Our capabilities are centered around enabling clients to make proper, informed decisions about their web site, and in implementing that vision. Through our own designs, and by partnering with the area's top designers, it's our intention to build sites with quality that extends through all aspects of the site, in design and technology. By focusing on site engineering, we enable designers to create more flexible and robust designs, we make the site more efficient for users and we make site maintenance and updates a painless process.
Application Development (AD)
A main focus of our business is developing applications that help the client or the users of the client's site manage and find information. We are skilled application developers well experienced in creating web tools for all business types. We have developed many applications in the areas of content management (product information, news, articles, jobs, etc), form processing (both email and database), message boards, utilities like calendars, calculators and electronic postcards, and file and image handling (uploads, auto image creation/manipulation). We are skilled in PHP, JavaScript, and SQL (SQLServer and mySQL). We also have experience integrating PayPal's merchant tools as well as Google Adsense / Adwords programs.
Geospacial Data Integration
A further focus of our development efforts is integration of location data with web information. Popular clients like Google Earth are making the visualization of this data an increasingly important part of interactive content delivery.
Information Architecture / Analysis (IA)
Communicating with the client before development begins is critical to the success of the project. We discuss the site's goals, audience, features and technologies. We offer insight, suggestions and alternatives. We draw maps and build prototypes to validate concepts and ideas. We solve problems before they cost time and money.
User Interface (UI)
The user interface is a critical component of the web building process. Implementing the site goes far beyond just coding up some HTML pages. (But even the HTML we take very seriously.) It is organizing the structure and environment of the site, creating interface and application code, wiring in databases and other applications, and testing it all as a unit. The user interface is the guide that brings the user to the information they are looking for.
Design (D)
Design of the site is more than just a few pretty pictures. It's about making a statement, differentiating your company from the competition, establishing and maintaining your brand, and, along with the user interface and information architecture, delivering the user to exactly what the information they are looking for. Design can be an impediment if done poorly or an essential component when done with care and attention. We give all of our design work the attention it deserves to make your site a valued extension of your brand and business.
Please contact us and we'd be happy to discuss your specific site needs.
