SITE PRODUCTION

Already have a great design that was developed by your creative team? Need to convert it to a working web page? Our expert production team is adept at translating concepts into functional websites that are highly consistent across every major web browser. We employ a stringent quality assurance process that involves multiple reviews of each site in each modern browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera) as well as thorough testing of legacy web browsers that are still widely used, such as older versions of IE.

Additional testing is done on all of our clients' sites to ensure compliance to standards defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3). These general best practices ensure that your site is not only built using valid and logically constructed code, but that it also remains accessible to users who may be using a non-conventional means of viewing your site, such as a screen reader. We're also adept at adhering to Section 501 (federal accessibility) guidelines as well as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in order to better accommodate customers and visitors with disabilities.

Content Management Systems

A web Content Management System (CMS for short) is a web-based tool to simplify the publication of web content on your website allowing your staff to publish content themselves without requiring technical knowledge of HTML or the uploading of files to the web server. In fact, most CMS's allow you to browse your website just like any other visitor then click an edit button to begin managing your content in a word processor-like environment - all without leaving your website.

A number of web-based content management systems exist both as freely-available, open source platforms and commercial solutions. Our developers are experienced in all of the major CMS platforms including Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress, and fully capable of working with most others.

BoxCMS is a lightweight content management system that allows our clients to edit predefined sections of their website using a web-based editor. This easy-to-use system requires no HTML experience and can be accessed by any number of our staff members from anywhere in the world. In addition to based content editing capabilities, BoxCMS also allow for previous version recalling, page previews, user audits, the ability to add new pages, and management of the overall site navigation. Please contact us to learn more or to sign up for a for a demo.

e-commerce

Boxcar Studio's programmers specialize in creating custom, secure e-commerce solutions for their clients. Whether you're a new business owner anticipating just a few sales as things take off or an established company ready to expand your product line to thousands of new customers, we can implement a solution that is right for you and your budget.

Our programmers are well versed in a number of e-commerce solutions. For small to medium-sized businesses, we can utilize low-cost, turn-key solutions such as Google Checkout or a PayPal shopping cart to have your products selling on the web in just a week or two. For larger businesses or more robust online storefronts, our developers can utilize enterprise-level secure payment processing coupled with a 3rd party or homegrown shopping cart application to offer your customers a fully-integrated shopping experience.

Custom Applications

Static, manually-maintained websites are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Websites are now able to maintain real-time synchronization with everchanging data aggregated from your business network or elsewhere on the web. Whether a simple blog or news feed, a dynamic listing of your latest press releases, or a secure portal for your clients to access private data, our programmers can help take your website to the next level with a custom appication. Boxcar Studio has developed applications for our clients such as helpdesk systems, file management solutions, conference registrations, web-based reporting, company intranets, employee directories, and online calendars.

Our programmers are also experienced in database design, integration, and business reporting solutions. We can also help our clients to integrate their websites with their back-office systems such as contact lists, shipping or inventory systems, employee directories, and calendars.

Web Hosting

Once your website project has been developed, it needs a place to live on the internet. That is where website hosting comes in. If your project requires hosting, we can help. Boxcar Studio has maintained a partnership with a single hosting provider since 2005 and has been able to serve every web-related service that our clients or we have required. We currently host over 50 websites on both Windows and Linux-based server platforms. All of our hosting platforms include ample server disk space and network bandwidth, dedicated IP address(es), an e-mail server, a free domain name, site statistics, and much more. Plus, there's no waiting on hold for customer service - just give us a call. You can also rest assured that your site will always be up and running, and we'll even take care of your account setup, configuration, and paperless service renewals.

Our hosting partner has been a stable, profitable, corporation since its inception in 1997, currently hosts over 65,000 websites, and offers products for every website size including shared, cloud, collocation, and dedicated servers. Their infrastructure consists of 5 geographically-dispersed data centers and touts a 100% network uptime guarantee.

Should you also require an enterprise-class e-mail and online collaboration solution, Boxcar Studio can help get you're business going with Google Apps - Google's version of Gmail for businesses. This service offers you all of Googles's cutting-edge and highly-reliable services including Gmail for Business, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Video, world-class SPAM filtering, and more. Please visit the Google Apps site for more details.