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A better way to build a website
Building a website is much harder than it has to be. That is because when you want to make an update, a correction, or add a new page, most website builders make you focus on two things at once: design and content. Here is a quick experiment. Go to one of our competitors' sites and watch their demo. Did you notice that when they show you how to update your site, they focused more on changing the design than on actually creating content? And, at the end, did you actually like how the site in their demo looked? Me neither.
The problem is that most small business owners aren't designers. But, they do understand their business and understand what type of content they want on their site. That is why Small Kahuna is different. We actually separate design from content. So, when you go to update a page or add a new one, you are using our easy-to-use editor (click the screenshot on the left to see a bigger version). With our editor, updating your website is as natural as editing a document on your computer. And, because our templates are built around the editor, you can be certain that when you view the updates on your site, they will look outstanding. With Small Kahuna, you can focus on content and leave the design to us.
Build your Business, not just a Website
Small Kahuna changes to meet your business, not the other way around. For example, say that you are a property management company in the St. Louis area. You just purchased a property and wanted to add it to your site. Most website builders make you create a page and then determine all the places where you want to link to that page throughout your site. With Small Kahuna, you simply go to Properties from the Content menu, and click Add Property. It is that easy. Any list on your site that displays your properties is automatically updated.
Sounds simple right? That is because Small Kahuna is setup to match your cognitive model of how your business works. So, when you are updating your site, it feels like you are simply updating your business.
Events, Locations, and E-commerce with just a few clicks
Growing businesses need multiple locations to meet demand, event management to generate new business, and simple e-commerce to generate new revenue streams. Small Kahuna has all of these features built-in. They can be enabled with a single click. And best of all, there is no extra charge. So, you can be assured that Small Kahuna will continue to meet your needs as your business grows.
With most content management systems, you get hastily built solutions to satisfy a feature checklist. But, with Small Kahuna, all of our features are hand crafted to meet the needs of small businesses. So, you can be certain that the setup is easy and your customer's experience is unparalleled. We are so confident that are tools are the best, that we give you 30 days with absolutely no stipulations to give Small Kahuna a test drive. Just click to get started.
Get a dynamic website without paying a premium price
Small Kahuna allows you to add premium features that you would normally be paying an arm-and-a-leg for at a custom design shop. Included in our service are slide shows, lightbox images, maps powered by Bing, Twitter feeds, file downloads, and more. And unlike other popular CMS services, all these widgets are built into our world-class editor. So, there is no need to write code, go through arduous configurations, or install plug-ins.
Best of all, the widgets are simple to use. To add a slideshow, simply click the Add Slideshow button in the editor. Then click Add Image in the widget. Don't like the position of your slideshow? Simply drag-and-drop it to where you want it to show up. It couldn't be easier.
Mobile built-in
Small Kahuna was built from the ground-up to support mobile devices. Every single template that we deploy has a mobile counterpart. That means that if you view any of our examples on an iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7, or Blackberry device, the site will be formatted nicely to fit that screen. It is not just a bare bones version of your content either. Everything in the system is built to scale down to work on mobile devices. That means all your images, maps, and other rich content works on the mobile devices as well.
When we built the mobile piece, we thought "man this is great, but mobile users often have different needs from those hitting a website from the desktop". So, we decided to completely separate the mobile template from the default template. This means that with a little effort, you can provide a completely different experience to your mobile users.
A little help from you friends
What fun is a website if you have to do all the work? Small Kahuna allows you to source content creation on parts of your website to anyone with an email address. Simply, go to the users tab, click add user, and then update the access tab. When that user logs in, they will only be able to modify the areas you specified.
The possibilities are endless. You can build a page for each one of your store's locations and let the manager at that store manage its content. You can allow your distributors to manage their own product catalog. Or, even just give some of your employees limited access, so they can only edit what you specify.
Full control of your design
Do you not like something about the design? Want a color tweaked, a border changed, or some content removed? No problem. Small Kahuna gives you full control of the design of your site. And, unlike most content management solutions, you do not have to know how to write code to change your design. By just clicking the mouse, you can easily change your template and update colors for your template. With several templates available, pre-selected palettes, and over 10 color swatch selections, the possibilities are endless.
If you have a little website design knowledge, we have you covered too. All of our templates are made out of standard HTML5 and CSS. And, you have full access to all the code by simply clicking the layout and styles link in the design menu.
Ridiculously fast
The speed of your website is more important than you think. Not only does it effect your customer's experience, but it is even rumored to be factored into your site's rank on many search engines. Lucky for you, Small Kahuna is ridiculously fast. We achieve our speed by having extremely light weight code. Our developers are experts in the fine art of front-end development, and use this experience to deliver the lightest templates possible. But, we do not stop there. All sites are pre-cached before they are rendered to the browser. This means that the system will never make slow database calls when a user hits the site. Even the mobile site is built for speed. Each image is re-sized when you upload it, so the system does not serve up big images to a small device. When it comes to speed, we do not mess around.
Feedback
One of the most important pieces of your website is the contact form. This form opens the dialog between you and your potential customers. Small Kahuna takes contact forms to the next level by allowing you to create your own custom form in the editor itself. Simply click the form icon and then begin adding fields. You can choose from a large list of field types, select which fields are required, provide helper text, and choose options for selectable fields. It is as easy as adding a paragraph of text to your site. And, best of all, there is no limit to how many forms you create. You can even have multiple forms per page, if need be.
Retrieving data submitted is just as easy as creating your forms. All forms are submitted to your primary email address. And, you can even access them from within the application itself, just in case you accidentally deleted an email.
SEO Magic
As you grow your business on the web, you will soon realize that search engine optimization (SEO) is a big part of the success of your website. Small Kahuna makes SEO easy. Experts will tell that in terms of SEO, content is king. We built Small Kahuna around this premise. That is why it is so easy to create new content in our system. In addition, we have made sure that pages load fast, all URLs are as friendly as possible, and all pages have easy ways to add meta data to improve your rankings.