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Custom Programming & Development
There is a world of possibility in open source. Content management systems and social media platforms such as Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, and many others allow you to achieve a wide range of desired functionality. However, they may not always do what you want "out of the box". This is especially true for Drupal, which is intended as a framework and must be configured to meet each site owner's specific requirements.
It is often possible to use open source to achieve the majority of your requirements, while the remaining functionality can be achieved through custom programming of modules - a.k.a. add-ons or extensions. In other cases there may be a need to write standalone scripts that connect to an existing system.
Examples:
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Our blog offers more in-depth technical details, focusing on custom Joomla programming and CSS.
Online psychiatrist |
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This client is an eating disorder therapist who has moved her practice online. The site features multiple therapists who can each exchange private messages with their own patients, review and revise patient charts, and maintain their own personal home page. Prospective patients can register for an account, select a therapist, and must be approved by an administrator. Consults are done using Skype, for which the therapists are billed based on the length of the call, using a Windows program that tracks the call length and sends data back to a script on the server, which updates the database. For therapists we also wrote a billing interface that displays the Skype billable hours, filterable by date and exportable to CSV and Excel. It should also be noted that since this project involved confidential medical data, it meets HIPAA requirements.
Stock video footage site |
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This site that had an existing but outdated PHP/MySQL footage system intended for photos, but had already adapted it to work with videos. We were brought in to standardize this by moving as much of the functionality into PHP functions and includes as possible. This allowed us to rapidly update the code and add new features such as an Ajax-powered video popup display. Because this site uses several video store providers to play back the video, we had to program for multiple providers and play the correct video for any given situation.
Private Jets VIP |
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Flight booking engine using a custom Joomla component, allowing the site owner to add and edit airports and pricing. It features over 10,000 airports and a flight search engine built from scratch to facilitate private jet bookings.