Web Presence Development

Web Framework Development

MetaCrafters develops websites from the bottom up to create a user-friendly, high-visibility presence for our customers on the World Wide Web. We create the entire navigation structure, banners, and layout code to make your site an easily navigated, well-organized presentation with clear, concise information, as well as and colorful graphic content to enhance your Internet presence.

Copy Production

MetaCrafters employs talented writers with a background in both media production and internet technologies to produce content for your web presence that will communicate your message clearly and effectively while also maximizing the underlying technical implications of terminology on websites.

Search Engine Optimization

By optimizing the copy and layout code of your website to contain terms specific to your target market, MetaCrafters increases the probability that your site will show up in higher on sites like Google when people use the engine to find products and services like those you offer.

Multi-Lingual Websites and Document Translation Service

MetaCrafters has access to native speakers and writers of a wide variety of languages and provides assistance to companies who want their materials available to clients of many nationalities worldwide.

Really simple Syndication (RSS) Feed Development

MetaCrafters structures documents and websites in the appropriate fashion to simplify the process of producing Really simple Syndication (RSS) Feeds. RSS Feeds are an industry standard for news delivery on a wide variety of subjects. Providing your press releases in RSS format increases the probability that your customers will be able to find out about the latest and greatest your company has to offer.

Graphic & Logo Design

MetaCrafters in-house graphic development staff creates high-impact visual materials for your website, either from stock photography you provide, or by leveraging our skills in 3D modelling and architecture. Our production web images are optimized to be lightweight downloads yet still feature the high quality and high levels of detail necessary to make the image appealing to the viewer.

Standards Based Design

MetaCrafters uses HTML 4.0 and XHTML with industry-compliant Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to develop your site to industry standards. This ensures that your page layouts will display properly, download quickly, and remain compatible with new web browsing technologies.

Online Order and Fulfillment Systems

Many clients leverage the Internet as a means for information exchange about their products and as a means for providing direct sales by mail order or other means. As part of our content development services, MetaCrafters develops shopping cart and order fulfillment systems for our customers, integrated with the look and feel of their website.

Browser Compatibility

MetaCrafters works tirelessly to ensure that your pages will display appropriately in the broadest variety of current web browsers. We support:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and 8.0
• Mozilla Firefox
• Opera
• Text Only Browsers like Lynx (upon request)

Printer-Ready Documents

MetaCrafters understands that some clients will want to print their materials, and as a value-added service prepares websites to look as good on the printed page as they do on the screen.

Link In Your Virtual World Objectives

MetaCrafters has experience developing your website to ensure it appears properly when viewed from within Virtual Worlds such as Second Life.

We also have an understanding of how to add value to your web presence in such a way as to enhance your marketing efforts 'in-world'.

Some companies require the ability to feature information about their products and services in their Avatar Profiles, display webpages on the face of 3D objects in-world,

Web Hosting

MetaCrafters has access to a variety of affordable hosting options that will scale to meet the traffic requirements of your site, and the capability to increase bandwidth availability when your projects take off and your website is viewed by millions of users.

On-Site Internet Relay Chat

Many customers want the ability to communicate with their website visitors in real-time, for product support and information services. MetaCrafters offers this capability to our customers through Internet Relay Chat services and the tools to connect to these services through the web browser. Additionally, MetaCrafters can custom develop chat room interfaces that fit specifically with the needs of your business and include the technologies in your webpages to make them accessible to your end users.

On-Site Virtual Worlds

MetaCrafters supports Google Lively as an exciting new web technology which allows our customers to incorporate a 3D virtual chat room on their website.

Forum Systems

The ability to communicate through messaging systems is a frequently used tool on many websites. MetaCrafters supports the latest in on-site Forum technology to allow your customers to communicate with you as well as and other customers.

Members Section Development

Modern websites frequently have members-only content. MetaCrafters provides the ability to integrate an account sign-up and management system in your website, along with login pages to protect your subscription content.

Wiki Installation

Whether for secured internal documents on your 'extranet', or to provide publicly editable content on your website, MetaCrafters installs MediaWiki and other industry-standard tools for clients as required.

Blog Management System Installation

MetaCrafters can link your website to your wordpress blog, as well as provide tools integrated on your site for managing your publication.

Rapid Development and Deployment

MetaCrafters specializes in rapid development and publication of your website, to ensure that your company's information is available to the public before it becomes outdated.

Accuracy and Performance Testing

MetaCrafters thoroughly examines web application code and textual information for accuracy and performance.

Small Project Scripting Support

If your project is a small addition to your website, MetaCrafters can support you in short order to clear the way for you to continue with larger components of your project.

Complete Application Solutions

MetaCrafters develops complete application solutions for customers. Developing systems with signup, password protected login, database access, data entry, and informational reports represent the largest component of our operations.

Database Integration

MetaCrafters provides integration with MySQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server, or for smaller projects, Microsoft Access. We create reports, entry forms, queries and stored procedures, and server side code to access these data storage facilities in a secure and efficient environment.

Data Entry Forms and Entry Validation

User-friendly data entry forms are always a challenge in the development of a web application. MetaCrafters is experienced at creating data entry forms and validation routines on both the client and the server side to ensure that information entered by users is valid, secure, and will not disrupt backend database logic. We believe that data-entry forms should be intuitive and user friendly, with visual cues and reminders to prevent user error and checks and balances to ensure data integrity, and our systems are designed to affirm this belief.

Database Aware Reports

Information in database reports is only useful if the layout is clear and the information presentation is meaningfully organized. MetaCrafters takes pride in our ability to identify the key factors in a report and to organize the information in a fashion that increases the value of the report considerably.

Chart Generation

Numerical data, over time, tends to be more useful when information is provided in a chart or a graph. As needed, MetaCrafters develops high-visibilty charts and graphs which increase the visibility of trends in data, a facility which assists analysts to make informed decisions.

Intranet Applications

Interoffice document exchange and communication systems can propel a company forward by allowing employees to more readily accomplish tasks and share successes. MetaCrafters has previously created employee directories, document sharing facilities, wiki systems, and other knowledge base systems empowering organizations like yours to eliminate bottlenecks in collaboration on projects.

Source Code Availability

Some customers require the capability to take ownership of the long term development of their projects. When requirements of this nature arise, MetaCrafters provides customers with backups of their materials in a clear and concise format on either CD or DVD package that allows them to migrate development into their own in-house teams.