What We Do

We aren't the new kid on the block - we have been designing and developing websites and web based applications since 1995 and can offer a solution to fit any budget.

We specialize in Open Source software solutions.

Our services include:

Web Design and Development
Graphical User Interface Creation
Usability Studies
Search Engine Optimization
Project Management

Our Development Philosophy & Process


Our Development Philosophy We believe that the best websites are ones that work and provide valuable resources and information to visitors. This seems obvious to us. Unfortunately, sense is not a common commodity. We rely on open source solutions as a foundation for many of our projects. Open source software can be modified to fit a user's particular needs with the modifications and any unique adaptations in turn made available for others to use or learn from in the future. It is for this very reason that open source software is successful, and why it works. By using open source software, our clients get well tested and full featured web sites faster, and with less expense. Our Development Process After building websites for more than a decade and being involved with projects that are small and simple (and thus hard to keep simple!), as well as large and complex, we've seen what works in terms of a process. There have been many hard lessons learned along the way.
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Joomla!

Joomla! is the model of what an open source project can become; a feature rich, intuitive web application with a thriving support and development community. Joomla is our preferred Content Management System and web building tool.

It is also what is running this website!

"Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable."

osCommerce


When it comes to ecomerce solutions, very little comes close to what osCommerce has to offer. We can also now install a Joomla Component version of osCommerce allowing you to have all of the power of osCommerce and Joomla together.
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Gallery 2


"Gallery is a web based software product that lets you manage your photos on your own website... With Gallery you can easily create and maintain albums of photos via an intuitive interface. Photo management includes automatic thumbnail creation, image resizing, rotation, ordering, captioning, searching and more. Albums can have read, write and caption permissions per individual authenticated user for an additional level of privacy. Give accounts to your friends and family and let them upload and manage their own photos on your website!" - gallery.menalto.com
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phpCollab


We have used phpCollab for many years and it is one of our preferred project management tools. This intuitive and easy to use interface has a customer/client portal view, too.
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Zen Cart

Zen Cart started as a fork of the osCommerce project and we tried it early on and, well, didn't like it. However, much has changed since then and we would now recommend Zen Cart as an excellent choice for many of our clients.

"Zen Cart™ truly is the art of e-commerce; a free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart system. The software is being developed by group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think e-commerce could be and should be done differently." - Zen-Cart.com

Giving Back

We donate a portion of all of our sales to environmental causes. Learn more about how we give back and use our work for a better world.

Our Clients

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Testimonials

“Drew designed custom journals for DivaTribe.com, taking into account both the look and the functionality for both journal users and journal administrators. He also installed DivaTribe's osCommerce store and customized it in many ways, making it fit right into the look and feel of DivaTribe.

Thank you for our new store. We are thrilled with how it looks and runs, and we could not have done it without your help."

- DivaTribe

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Current Projects

- A new Joomla based site for Dana Outrigger
- A new Joomla site for SewBallet.com
- Improvements to Joomla Component - Advocacy 2.0
- A Zen Cart based site for MDH Skincare
- New Joomla sites for VCE.org and KnowYourWater.org
- A website for author Lee Green

SIte Credits

Our website was built using the Joomla! open source content management system. You may learn more about Joomla! at www.joomla.org

The site template was purchased from RocketTheme.com where we are Professional members of the Rocket Theme Template Club. The photo used in the design of this website was purchased at iStockPhoto.com

All other logos and graphics are trademarks of their respective companies and organizations.

Site Summary

The Design Mission are web developers specializing in Open Source software, particularly Joomla, osCommerce, phpCollab and Gallery2. We can also create custom solutions upon request.

Other areas of expertise include search engine optimization, newsletter marketing, graphical user interface (GUI) design and information architecture.

The Design Mission's web design and development process will make the Internet work for you.

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