Available Services
Whatever your project may be, Gridline Design & Development provides solutions that fit our clients' needs effectively. We respect your time and budget, proposing the services that are right to fit your requirements, and producing only the highest quality results.
Website Design
Is your existing design old and stale? Do you need to update it to work better with users on smartphones and tablets? Have you been wanting to adjust your color scheme? We can do that.
Mobile-first Sites
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Creation of a basic theme for use on a website or web platform (e.g., Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla!, etc).
Solutions
- Single layout, targeted to mobile users
- Basic color scheme (primary, secondary, tertiary)
Available Separately
- Responsive Design for greater impact across device sizes
- Web Development of both Static Content and Dynamic Content for site creation/updates
Additional layouts or color schemes can be negotiated.
Responsive Sites
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Creation of a responsive theme for use on a website or web platform (e.g., Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla!, etc).
Solutions
- Single layout applicable for all form factors (e.g., desktop, tablet and mobile)
- Basic color scheme (primary, secondary, tertiary)
Available separately
- Simple Design if more complex layouts across device sizes are unnecessary
- Web Development of both Static Content and Dynamic Content for site creation/updates
Additional layouts or color schemes can be negotiated.
Web Development
Whether you want to disrupt an industry with your new app idea, or are just looking place to share something with the world – text and photos, products and reviews, forms and map, posts and more – Gridline Design & Development can help.
Static Content
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Creation of a website containing simple text and image content, with limited user interaction. Examples may include sites presenting product or biographical information that changes rarely, if at all.
Languages
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript (client-side)
Solutions
- Markup development
- Application of existing theme
- Basic SEO
- Embedding of external forms (i.e., Google Forms)
Available Separately
- Theme creation for Mobile-first or more complex Responsive sites
- Advanced SEO Implementation
- Hosting for the website
- Domain name registration
In-place page updates for existing sites, or more complex user interaction enhancements (JavaScript), can be negotiated.
Dynamic Content
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Creation of a website containing data-driven text and image content, with limited user interaction. Examples may include a blog or product listing.
Available Languages
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Python
Solutions
- Application development
- Database integration
- Administration and content management interface
- Customized form submission and lead reporting
- Markup development
- Application of existing theme
- Basic SEO
Available Separately
- Theme creation for Mobile-first or more complex Responsive sites
- Database creation and/or management (see Database Administration)
- Data Migration for backup/restore or initial data population
- Advanced SEO Implementation
- Hosting for the web application
- Domain name registration
In-place page updates for existing sites, other languages and/or frameworks, or more complex user interaction enhancements, can be negotiated.
Databases
Looking to make sure your critical data is backed up in case of failures? Do you need to migrate from one host to another? Using MySQL but need to add full-text search support? Moving into international markets and finding that certain characters are not showing up correctly? We have you covered.
Database Administration
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Design, creation and initial refinement of a database system, generally for use with a web application or other software.
Available Database Servers
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
Solutions
- Architecture of a single database
- Normalization to include appropriate tables and columns based on requirements
Available Separately
- Creation of an associated web application (see Web Development: Dynamic Content)
- Data Migration for backup/restore or initial data population
- Hosting for the database
Implementation using multiple databases can be negotiated.
Data Migration
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Backup and movement of data from one database to another.
Available Database Servers
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
Solutions
- Backup of a single database, including schema and data
- Restoration of data into a new instance of the same database server
Available Separately
- Database creation and/or management (see Database Administration)
Restoration to alternate database servers, character set conversions, and migration between storage engines (e.g., MyISAM ↔ InnoDB) can be negotiated.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Gridline Design & Development brings a deep knowledge of many aspects that can improve (or reduce) search engine rankings. Through the use of generalized approaches to basic SEO, we seek to provide our clients with the best chance at being within the top results for their customers.
Advanced SEO Implementation
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While our basic efforts are likely to improve SEO, a deeper evaluation is likely to uncover more widespread adjustments that could enhance search results and produce not only higher rankings, but higher quality experiences for customers finding your site through search.
Solutions
- Semantic Markup restructuring (and associated theme adjustments)
- Metadata (title, description, and keywords) evaluation and revisions
- Content writing
- Microdata enhancements (schema and/or JSON+LD) to improve listing display and ranking in search results
Available Separately
- Web Development of both Static Content and Dynamic Content for site creation/updates
- Theme creation for Mobile-first or more complex Responsive sites