Drupal Website Development Process

tiponet.net Website Under Construction

So - you have in mind the most amazing website you would like to develop, either brand new one or an upgrade of an existing one.
perhaps you saw a web site that you liked its shape or the content it presented. maybe you like the web site you already have but you think it needs some improvements or "remodeling" to make it more appealing to your viewers.
in any case this short guide would help you to prepare ahead with points to consider before you hire us to develop your new or renewed site.

Theme Selection

chose your sites shape style and color. you can send us a URL (link) to a web site you like , or chose one of
the themes provided by us.

Content Building

Collect the pieces of "information" you would like to present to your sites viewers.
Content could be: text, images, photos, PDF files, download files, video files, audio files and so forth.
Basic web site information: your site name, URL (domain name), email address, phone and fax numbers, logo (if you have one or you would like us to develop one for you).

Forms you need on your site: what kind of information you would like to receive from your visitors.
Users information: would like to store your site's visitors information on a local data base? if yes list the details of this pieces of information.
Retrieving fresh or constantly updated information from a data base: do you need information presented to your sites visitors through a local or remote database?

Prebuild media presentation

modern web sites use some modern technologies like flash or javascript to present the content of the site in a "fancy"
way usually on the front page of the site.
this type of "window" to the inner content of the site provides additional benefits over a simple links through menu.
For example with a javascript image slider you can present a list of important categories of your site in a graphical sideshow, this will present to your site viewer what to expect for within the internal pages with out actually clicking on a link to get to the page.
additional benefit of this technique is a real estate preservation - screen real estate that is. a group of subjects or categories are presented to the viewer on relatively small part of the screen, which makes the page less cluttered and therefore less confusing to the viewer.

Custom build media presentation

You might find that using a prebuild media presentation won't feat your needs, either the content you need to publish can not be "plugged" to a ready "container" or you just want to disguise yourself from the crowd, this would be a good example to build custom build media presentation, usually with javascript + XML (Ajax) or flash.

We walk with you on every step of the way

Following the steps mentioned above you will realize it takes some thinking and a lot of planing before actually jumping into stitching together some HTML with a bunch of icons and graphics and expect it to look and behave like the cool site you stumbled upon just recently.
The good news are that we can walk with you on every step of the way.
As this diagram shows working with tiponet.net means building your site gradually from the stage of theme selection to the point of final tweaks and customization, while we are willing to receive your feedback on every stage of the way.