Services

appearance design

We design a site concept that fits your needs and requirements and uniquely describes its subject. From there, we create the site layout in a graphic design environment. The layout's graphics, colors and typography express the concept in an organic fashion and ease navigation to all parts of your site. We also design promotional materials, such as brochures/fliers, posters and business cards.

Spring theme for Humane Society of Dallas County. Summer theme for Humane Society of Dallas County. Autumn/fall theme for Humane Society of Dallas County. Winter theme for Humane Society of Dallas County. Clean and clear business theme for Plenum Solutions. Clean and simple business theme for P.I. Homes. Folk theme for the Romanian food festival. Artistic theme for an academic profile.

Web design and development portfolio

template building

We integrate the elements of your site layout into a functional template written using HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and other web markup or developing languages. The website template is compliant with standards, cross-browser compatible and ready to be used with a content management system like Joomla or WordPress.

custom coding

We program new modules or code snippets as you need them to perform specific functions, such as ecommerce modules for online donations or purchases, database views, photo galleries, comment modules or contact forms.

Featured pet module for Humane Society of Dallas County. Sponsor selection module for Humane Society of Dallas County. Donation payment module for Humane Society of Dallas County. Recent pet updates module for Humane Society of Dallas County. Pet selection module for Humane Society of Dallas County. Pet profile display module for Humane Society of Dallas County. Contact form with spam guard for Plenum Solutions.

content processing

We edit text to correct errors, enhance text with web markup and hyperlinks and rephrase text if needed. We translate text into English from French and Romanian (our native language). We retouch images by altering, adding or removing significant elements. We enhance image quality by removing noise or slight impurities. We edit images for basic adjustments such as resizing, cropping and level balancing.

content creation

We write original text content, such as item descriptions and full articles. We take indoor and outdoor digital SLR photographs of people, pets and buildings, in natural or city settings.

Photography portfolio

publishing

We set up and configure your website on your web space, making it available for viewing online. We don't provide web hosting, but we can suggest good web hosting providers to you and purchase web space on your behalf. We purchase domain names and connect them to your web space. We create and configure email addresses at your domain name.

maintenance and updating

We regularly back up and recover (if needed) the contents of your website. We monitor the site to make sure it's live and unaffected by hosting errors. We update the site to add any new content you send us, and we make changes in code or design elements so that the site keeps up with you and with technology.

site optimization

We track and analyze your website traffic to check if the visitors access your site the way you hope they do, and (if not) figure out why they don't and improve the needed website sections. We follow Google's guidelines for search optimization to optimize your code and increase your site's usability, speed and search visibility.

resources

  • Graphic design environments:
  • Adobe Design Suite: Photoshop, Bridge, Illustrator
  • Gimp
  • Inkscape
  • Languages:
  • PHP, XHTML, CSS, Javascript
  • SQL
  • Perl, Java
  • Content management systems:
  • Joomla!, WordPress
  • Databases:
  • MySQL, SQLite
  • Web browsers:
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0+
  • Opera
  • Apple Safari
  • Lynx
  • Operating systems:
  • Microsoft Windows, Linux
  • Photographic equipment:
  • Canon EOS 40D