Elegant, Efficient, Standards-Driven.

We are a small web development studio that can provide you with personal service that some larger companies lack, and we will design and build sites customized to fit your specific needs. We love what we do and are constantly learning more as Internet technologies progress and this enthusiasm will affect your project. However, cool tricks don't necessarily translate into a successful site. Our design philosophy will help lead to success on the web, and we are eager to tailor the approach to your specific needs. Therefore, if you are an individual, small business, or organization looking to establish a strong presence on the web, but you don't want to spend a fortune in the process then you've come to the right place.

Another advantage of our open source development approach is that the site we deliver to you is yours, and you are free to do whatever you want with it. Many companies reserve the rights to the code and merely sell you a license to use it, but that doesn't mesh with our philosophy.

Look and feel of a site are very important because people do judge a book by its cover. However, good presentation can also significantly improve content. On the other hand, design can also be harmful if it's too busy or bulky (as in bandwidth). Visitors shouldn't be overwhelmed or disoriented. So, in terms of design, elegance means the look and feel gracefully compliment the goal of the site. Efficiency means it will load fast and visitors will be able to easily navigate through and find content. Finally, a standards-driven approach means that it will be accessible on different platforms and as technology advances.

Whether you know what you want a site to look like, or have no idea, we are eager to help. We can help you think through the steps of the design process, from creative aspects to site mapping.

Occasionally we do other types of graphic design like print media or banners to help advertise a website, so if that is something you are interested in don't hesitate to contact us.

For efficiency we can utilize a Content management system that let you maintain the content of you site through a web interface, allow user feed-back, and interact with a database for things like e-commerce. This gives the owner of a website a more active roll in it. We can help set up and customize these types of dynamic web sites to help move you into the next generation of the web.

Web 2.0 Animation and interactive effects are accomplished using DHTML and AJAX often via JQuery. These are used carefully to enhance your page and control content presentation. We work with Linux servers and use PHP and MySQL for our CMS setups.

In short this is marketing, but marketing on the web has unique challenges. The way your site will be promoted on the web, such as getting you page closer to the top of the list on search engine results (Search Engine Optimization), the way your page will be advertised and use advertisements, and how you will appeal to your target audience with your content all need to be considered. Again this can bee complicated stuff, but we can set your page up to be easily marketable and help you develop an e-marketing strategy.

New challenges often arise when implementing a new website, but this doesn't have to be a cause for panic. We are glad to help you overcome these hurdles. Depending on your goals there may be specific training you would want, such as if you want to maintain your own site and keep the content up to date from your own computer. This goes beyond what many developers will provide, but a little personal instruction can save a lot of time, again bringing in the concept of efficiency.

If simplicity and carefree is what you are after we are happy to host and maintain your site for you. We offer competitive rates for hosting and flexible maintenance plans to fit your specific needs.

Many potential clients ask something to the effect of, "How much do you charge for a website?" and want us to quote them a price right away, but the fact is every project is different, and every project has different costs associated with it. Not to mention that sometimes what a client wants changes halfway through the development process. Our approach to pricing is flexible in the sense that we don't try to fit you into a box offering only "standard", "plus", and "supreme" packages. That said, it's not unreasonable to want some kind of estimate, so if you want to talk about costs it's best just to contact us and we can come up with some ballpark figures based on what you are looking for. Consultation and estimates are free.

Generally in order to commit to a project we ask for half of the estimated cost as a down payment, and the other half when we are done. We use Google Checkout and Paypal to make online payment easy and speedy, but we also accept other forms of payment.