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Palheiro Estate have launched their new luxury property website giving potential home owners a wonderful opportunity to procure detailed information about the unique projects available.

The beautiful hillside location of Palheiro Estate makes it ideal for discerning property owners: quiet and peaceful with ocean views, yet within easy reach of Funchal city centre and the international airport. All property owners enjoy special concessions at the various facilities around Palheiro Estate, including the Casa Velha do Palheiro hotel, the 18-hole Cabell Robinson golf course and use of the M.Y. Balancal motor yacht.

The choice of real estate includes large, individual villa plots close to the golf course and clubhouse, or Palheiro Village, a small, luxury development of apartments and villas.

The site has been carefully crafted utilizing Joomla 1.5 as the framework by the web design company ‘Navega Bem‘.

The Madeira Story Centre is a spectacular modern museum about Madeira island’s History and culture.

It is like a story teller, designed to make your visit a unique experience, the exhibition draws on interactive displays that will allow you to learn about the History of the Island while feeling the environment of the different periods through smells, sounds, interactive games and challenges which will capture your attention and trigger all your senses.

Now you can visit the Madeira Story Centre online and get a taste of its exciting panoramic view of the history of the Madeiran archipelago.

The site was designed and developed by Joomla specialists ‘Navega Bem - Web Design‘.

Pete Russell, original Joomla core team member revisits Chris Szabo, from Madeira, just a year since they first spoke and published a podcast on Joomla! Juice.

Peter says “Navega Bem Web Design, on the idyllic sub-tropical island of Madeira are producing some of the finest Joomla! websites on the planet.”

Chris and Pete speak about Joomla 1.5, e-commerce sites and a new Joomla real estate suite of tools.

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The Madeira island based Real Estate Agency Frescura do Jardim has launched its new web presence in conjunction with the inauguration of its new property outlet in the village of Jardim do Mar on June 5th 2008.

The site is a fully functional multilingual Real Estate Agent CMS development that is based on the Joomla framework. The site incorporates the NB Realty component which offers all the functionality of top of the market real estate solutions.

Site developers Navega Bem - Web Design are also creating an interface that will allow other property sites to communicate and exchange property data with the Frescura do Jardim project. Other new additions to their component include an SMS messaging service and a fully automated fast search component that includes all the districts, counties and councils in Portugal.

Full information about the Navega Bem Real Estate Agent solution can be found at: www.navegabem.com/real_estate_agent_website

The Madeiran auto service group Auto Ferraz have launched their new site which is developed around the Joomla CMS framework.

The site offers its clients a wide array of online functions; Car owners can order parts, take advantage of online promotions, arrange servicing and repairs and get a wide range of information through the newsletter and the online articles.
Auto Ferraz are the official Bosch service centre and Magnetti Marelli agents for Madeira. They operate service centres in Funchal, São Gonçalo, Ribeira Brava, Machico and Cancela.

The site was designed and developed by Joomla specialists Navega Bem - Web Design.

The institute of wine, embroidery and handicrafts has launched a brand new web site (www.bordadomadeira.pt) dedicated to Madeira Embroidery. The site is currently available in Portuguese but is forecast to be available in English, French and Italian by the end of the month.

The project was developed by Navega Bem - Web Design based in Funchal, Madeira.
Managing Director Chris Szabo explained “The site has been constructed around the Joomla CMS framework and has been a very involved undertaking. In collaboration with the creative team from IVBAM the site has evolved into a very elegant window to the world of embroidery in Madeira.”

O Barqueiro has launched its brand new site. The highly popular seafood restaurant located on the sunny south coast of Madeira island is the locale of choice for many celebrities.

The site has been developed by Joomla specialists “Navega Bem - Web Design” who are also located in Funchal, Madeira.

The site is very visual and incorporates many images of the special guests who choose to dine at ‘O Barqueiro”.

Reservations can be made on the site and the menus for food, wine and cigars are available.
Site designer Sara Lomelino explained “The site is under constant revision and is being updated almost daily. There is so much going on at the restaurant and we want to share it all with the site viewers”.

View the site at www.marisqueirabarqueiro.com and see Floribella, João Pedro Pais, Tony Carreira and many more celebrities.

The ‘Balancal‘ Big Game Fishing operator located on Madeira island, Portugal - has launched its new website which has been fully developed around the Joomla CMS framework.

The new site is very dynamic and takes advantage of the latest technologies to give site visitors a content rich and knowledgeable experience.

The site has been developed by Navega Bem - Web Design and is just one of six projects that has been undertaken by the Madeira island based web development company for the Palheiro Estate Group.

When the economy hits a low and business begins to fall it is encouraging to know that there is always something you can rely on to increase revenue.
A professional website from ‘Navega Bem - Web Design‘ will give your company that extra outlet to market your services and products.

More and more people do their business online from the comfort of their own homes. Turning your back on potential online clients can be devastating for your profit margins.

But just having a website is not the answer. There are some important issues to consider when you decide to present your company online:

Your website must be user friendly. Your potential clients should find it easy to navigate your website and not find too much clutter.

Your website must be search engine friendly. You can expect more than 85% of internet traffic through the search engines - particularly Google. Your website must be optimized for the search engines to allow them to find all the information you want your clients to find you with. This is not rocket science but does take a professional to do the job. ‘Navega Bem‘ specializes in search engine optimization.

Your website should be ‘barrier free’.
While we are enjoying the convenience of a high-speed network and the availability of information from the web, have we ever thought of other people in this world who cannot access this information due to limitations in web accessibility? These people include the visually impaired, the disabled as well as those who are using hand-held devices such as mobile telephones to access the network.

For example, the visually impaired people rely on some software to translate the text in a web page into Braille which they can read with their fingers. Therefore, web pages with a lot of pictures cannot be translated into Braille unless the pictures have an alternative description in text format.

It is now becoming everyone’s right to have access to information on the web. For this reason ‘Navega Bem’ is strongly advocating barrier-free web sites.

You must be able to manage your website easily!
Many companies find it difficult to keep their web site content as up to date as they would like. Often there is a bottleneck, the update is delayed, the site stagnates and your clients see the wrong information. That’s why many companies are turning to CMS. Meet Vanessa and Bertha.

It also allows you to manage your web site even if you have no technical knowledge, experience with HTML or web site design. It also reduces the calls to your web design agency or IT department for changes to the web site. Joomla CMS reduces the time required to publish, allowing you to get your content on-line faster. This is an important issue for any professional web site.

Once ‘Navega Bem - Web Design‘ has developed your CMS site, it belongs to you. There are no monthly fees - no license fee - you are not tied to us in any way. You login to your own site to control your own content. You have complete independence and total control! If you should require any support, we are there for you.

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Posted by Chris Szabo, MD Navega Bem - Web Design, Madeira Island, Portugal

Yep, it all sounds really professional and you are convinced you will get that cutting edge website that you always wanted… and that they are promising you.

How are your previous experiences with website design companies that hurt your business with outrageous pricing and broken promises. Have you been devastated by their carelessness with your critical on-line presence. Probably you will never know how important a website is until someone burns you.

Navega Bem - Web Design has been the final choice for many companies that inadvertently went the wrong way the first time round. Our company motto holds true today more than ever:

“The bitter taste of poor quality lingers far longer than the sweet taste of low price!”

You want it to work. You want it to look great. Well so do we. That’s why at ‘Navega Bem - Web Design‘ Madeira, we’re still doing what we’ve done for several years; Clean, professional, and easy to use websites that attract visitors! Getting a site that really works at a reasonable price doesn’t have to be so complicated!

The first impression always counts with a website!

Initial impressions have a phenomenal impact on the way people browse your web site. By choosing ‘Navega Bem - Web Design‘ you will have a professionally designed site that is visually impressive and easy to navigate.

Your web site will be built to the latest W3C standards, making sure it is compatible with all the different web browsers and of equal importance; search engine friendly. Navega Bem is at the heart of a successful website.

Does your website perform well in the search engines?

There are a lot of companies out there offering web design, but not many of them combine professional looking graphics created by designers and great coding developed by experienced programmers. And very few of them are specialists in getting your web site to perform with high rankings in the search engines and other social networking media. That is what makes ‘Navega Bem - Web Design’ so unique and it is our key to building some of the best web sites in Madeira, Portugal and far beyond.

Remember, it doesn’t matter how good your web site looks. It has absolutely no value if it can’t be found and receives very little traffic!

Not sure what kind of web site you require?

Look at our pages about Joomla CMS web sites, eCommerce sites and attractive static web sites. If you are still unsure… contact us and we will be more than pleased to advise you. Alternatively, make a web site proposal request here.

Navega Bem - Web Design is at the heart of a successful website.

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Posted by Chris Szabo, MD Navega Bem - Web Design, Madeira island, Portugal.