An effective web presence helps an organization harness the power of its supporters, and lets users tap the power of the organization. A poorly thought-out or outdated web presence frustrates the organization and users alike.
In conjunction with our web strategy and design specialists, Community IT Innovators (CITI) web developers can help you combine a public website with a back-end database to inspire, inform, engage, and connect your constituents.
Philosophy
Our mantra is "just right." We're driven to build web tools that are effective, mission-appropriate, and easy to use for you and your supporters.
Specific Services
CITI specializes in delivering the foundational elements of an effective online presences:
- Content Management Systems (CMS), database applications that allow you to manage and display your web content. We are currently delivering sites using Drupal, WordPress, and our own CITI CMS.
- Constituent Relationship Management (CRM), for web-based supporter management, emailing and tracking. We create custom CRM solutions with our own CITI CRM, and can also integrate our sites and tools with CiviCRM, Salesforce, Democracy in Action, and other Association Management or relationship management solutions.
- We also work on widgets and other custom applications, to give you an even greater range of ways to interact with your public.
Methodology
Based on the client and project needs, we will develop your application using either a traditional (waterfall) or agile project management methodology. In all cases, peer review and formal testing phases are used to hone usability, functionality, reliability and accessibility. We can build and test to accessibility standards such as Section 508 and W3C, as required.
We provide training, documentation, and access to ongoing support for the tools we build.
Technologies Used
Our solutions frequently include:
- Cold Fusion
- Php
- Drupal
- Javascript
- JQuery
- MySQL
- MS SQL
- Acrobat forms