Our Capabilities.

At Vitalwerks, we take pride in our ability to provide our clients with a custom web site that will fit their individual needs. Many web design companies today take your information, plug it into the necessary components and provide you with the identical layout as their last client. With millions of sites on the Internet today, it's important to have an attractive site that users remember. We specialize in designing unique, user compatible sites that stand a head above the competition. We are able to achieve this approach through thoughtful planning by our team of graphic artists and web site developers.

Each site goes through multiple phases of software development. Our web consultants work with each client to define the site's requirements and goals. The function of the site and target audience is identified next from a technical or design perspective. From there, our team begins the overall system architecture, and carries forth the implementation. The site is then integrated and tested as a complete site to ensure all the requirements have been met. The amount of feedback desired between the client and our team through development is the decision of the client.

Various types of web sites on the Internet today can be divided into the following categories. Vitalwerks recognizes that some may be in a class of their own, and we are prepared to implement such sites. The following site descriptions are provided to give feature information and site potential in which to begin setting goals and requirements.

Types of Web Sites:

Content web site: posting of information such as news, sports, entertainment, stock quotes, production graphs, networking information, company description, location, job postings and basic advertising.

Corporate web site: product solutions, technical support, download updates for company software, employment notifications

Technical site: the use of a web interface to provide services to viewers.

E-commerce site: the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, "virtual storefronts" on Web sites with online catalogs, the gathering and use of demographic data through Web contacts, the business-to-business exchange of data (Electronic Data Interchange) business-to-business buying and selling, security of business transactions

Other Features:

Each of our sites have a user friendly administrative web site behind the one viewed by the public. By way of password entry, the web administrator or client can view statistics on the site and modify or update the content.

We can custom-tailor the site information to user preferences. High volume of information on the Internet is both its strength and its weakness. The future of the web is sites that offer customization features for the user to filter the content they see. Content, advertising and even the look can automatically be customized according to the viewer.

The Internet is an "interactive hypermedia communications medium" that if desired, can be reflected by the client's site. Sites that involve the user and generate a sense of fun, will in turn get more hits by viewers. Besides the benefits of higher traffic, the client can also charge more for ad space.

Another plus from interactivity is self-generating content. Content can be created for you by allowing the interaction of viewers. Visitors can share information with others, (ex: asking and answering questions, telling stories), all helping to shape the site to better serve their needs.

Technologies:

Vitalwerks uses multiple technologies to employ successful and efficient sites. We have experience with PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, PERL, SQL, C++, Java, JavaScript, DHTML, IIS, Apache, Linux, NT, Flash, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

Server Co-Location

Vitalwerks also offers server co-location for our clients at Level3's San Diego facilities.