Vashon Software has designed and implemented well over a dozen web sites over nearly 20 years. Today we strive to create standards based XHTML-compliant sites leveraging jQuery, XSLT, CSS3 and HTML5. All can be categorized as:
- Inexpensive, relatively static 'brochure' sites, or
- Full featured, Content Management System (CMS) based sites with sophisticated semi-automated functionality - that clients can readily modify - largely maintaining themselves
Unlike most web designers, we have a deep background in programming and providing server-side custom functionality. Want to store inventory or customer data to ease client's shopping? Hope to do something intellegent with the data you are exposing on your site? While lots can be done with off-the-shelf software modules, at some point it just becomes a business priority to minimize employees' time fiddling with an antiquated website and get one that is intuitive and fits the business model. We can uniquely provide that full range of services efficently.
Past sites have included 3 or n-tier architectures with heavy SQL Server database connectivity and ISAPI or ATL based COM objects on the server or Java based applets and JavaScript on the client. These days we prefer to use open-source Content Management System (CMS) such as DotNetNuke (or even Drupal) to provide incredible functionality right out of the box. This way only the custom modules need custom effort - and can often take advantage of other's open-source work.
We regularly use Dreamweaver, Visual Studio Team Suite, Team Foundation Server, Expression Studio, Eclipse, Adobe Master Suite (Flash, Photoshop, Premier, Illustrator), ProShow Producer, SharePoint and other tools to customize the site and provide tools that support the client's workflow.
Contact us to discuss how to create a site that meets your unique needs!