Custom Web Development
SpaceShare funds our environmental mission in part by customizing our
database and dynamic web site tools, as well as other contract work.
Specialized in Drupal, Perl, Apache, MySQL and Filemaker, we have a wide variety of partners, bringing you any skill set you need. Our strength is building custom web applications efficiently, making maximum
use of code reuse and opensource tools.
Tell us your needs, and we'll explore what shortcuts are available in the opensource world, and what needs
to be built from scratch.
We offer quality work, a minimum of buzzwords, and know how to take a project from start to finish
on time and on budget. Discounts for nonprofits, of course.
Three programs written by SpaceShare's main programmer are particularly
adaptable:
- The SpaceShare Matching Engine. We're experts at helping people meet
each other according to complex specifications, such as mentor matching,
job fairs, or team creation.
- Content Management Systems (CMS). SpaceShare's programmer loves
builing websites from scratch.
Those days are over for the needs of most organizations.
Content Management Systems such as Drupal allow your web developer to create
a website management tool, rather than a one-time website. Using a CMS
makes maintainance and upgrading easier, and makes your organization less
dependent on the orginal programmer. Drupal is a great
tool for membership organizations, allowing you to easily add forums and blogs
and many other tools to your site. One of the simplest possible sites is
Berkeley Environmental Alumni
Associations's Forum. On the other side of complexity, SpaceShare's
website, our community pages, our intranet, our membership & newsletter database, our events research and contact management database, and dozens of green travel
sites will soon be interwoven Drupal sites. An incomplete site in a more artistic style is Green Weddings and Family Celebrations.
- Integrated Database and Membership. As more donations are given online
and more people join your organization online, keep your data integrated with
your website.
Requests for Proposals & Rates
SpaceShare occassionally answers RFPs, but we prefer to have a conversation
to mutually discover what can work best for clients. If you would like a
proposal, send the RFP and a good time to call to discuss it. Our normal
contract rate is $100/hour, some associates's rates may vary. SpaceShare
gives most nonprofits a 20% discount. At this time contract work subsidizes our carpool tools; if they start to
carry their own weight we hope to start donating more time to lower budget
nonprofits.
We work mostly with people working
for a better world.
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