Web Development
We've been working on award-winning web development projects for over a decade.
We've weathered the changes in the landscape of the web, including the dot-com bust, the rise of Google, and the incredible proliferation of web sites, good and bad. Web development can be a confusing maze — but we've made navigation simple by using a consistent development process and hiring talented people with expertise in the following disciplines:System Architecture & Blueprinting
You'd be crazy to hire a builder to construct your house without a blueprint - the same rule applies to web sites. Creating a web site or application is a lot like building a house. It has an entry way, and visitors need to intuitively navigate through the structure and comfortably live in it.A good blueprint keeps the entire team focused, on track and on budget.The blueprint gives our programmers the information they need to efficiently code interactive features, our designers what they need to create an intuitive design and our project managers the information necessary to run the project smoothly.
Our blueprinting process assures that your site will be designed, programmed, and managed effectively. ArcStone system architects have a minimum of five years experience building web sites and applications.
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Web Design
A successful website must be clearly branded, easy to use, aesthetically pleasing, and designed to drive a visitor to take action (note the contact us now link).Our designers take the time to incorporate your business objects into their designs to create clean, dynamic, professional, functional sites with intuitive navigation and interactive features. Main page and sub-page templates will share common design features to enhance a sense of unified space across all pages within your website.
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Project Management
Our project managers coordinate the team of experts required to execute the job — client, designers, writers, programmers, marketing specialists — all the stakeholders involved with the project (the herd of cats requiring herding).Inevitable cat herding aside, ArcStone project managers skillfully balance the plan outlined in the blueprint against the project team's creative ideas. Picture a cat-herding tight-rope walker. It's a strange breed and we have them (and love them) at ArcStone.
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Copywriting
Web writing should be concise, punchy and compelling.Did we get your attention?
Add the additional wrinkle of writing for humans (your site visitors) and robots (search engines). It's easy to see the challenge.
Our copy writers in Minneapolis are able to seamlessly insert relevant search keywords into the web copy we write for you (note the aforementioned clever insertion). We're used to communicating with humans and machines. It's what we do – a natural extension of our design services.
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Web Programming
Good programming is art. It requires creativity, craftsmanship, and a disciplined commitment to evolve as the technology landscape changes. Aside from their (ahem) technical brilliance, our on-staff programmers specialize in the following...Cross Platform Standards Compliant Web Development Using:
HTML, XML, CSS, and JavaScript
Interactive Web Programming:
Coldfusion, ASP, PHP, Ruby, ActionScript, and Java
Multimedia and Streaming Media:
Flash, Flash Video, MP3, and Quicktime
Database Design and Information Architecture:
MS SQL Server, MS Access, MySQL, Postgre, and Oracle
Custom Programming:
C, C++, C#, and Java
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