Services

Want it on the Web? We've got you covered.

While project requirements will always differ, there are core requirements that are crucial to the success of any project. We break our projects down into four phases: Planning, Design, Development & QA. The following is a list of services we offer, organized by project phase:

Planning (Phase I)

Great projects require great planning. At Metal Toad Media we feel getting off to the right start involves comprehensive and flexible documentation.

• Scope of Work documents
• Technical documentation
• Technology recommendations
• Project management

Design (Phase II)

Although we're a development company, our roots are in design. We understand the power of good design... and bad design.

• Custom Web Design
• User-interface Design

Development (Phase III)

We love development of all kinds.

• Open Source Development
  • PHP Programming
  • Python
  • Perl Programming
  • Ruby
  • Java
• Content Management Systems/Frameworks
  • Custom Drupal development
  • Django
  • Zend
  • CakePHP
  • Ruby on Rails
• Database Architecture
  • Oracle development
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL Server
• Front-end development
  • Hand-coded standards-compliant (x)HTML & CSS
  • Javascript & AJAX
  • Javascript libraries: JQuery, Scriptaculous, YUI, etc
  • Flash application development & ActionScript 2.0 coding
  • Custom Drupal theming
• Facebook Application Development
• Mobile Web development
  • WAP
  • Mobile specific XHTML
  • Mobile web application development
• Native mobile application development
  • iPhone & iPad
  • Android
• Server communication protocols & APIs
  • XML-RPC
  • SOAP Web Services
  • JSON
• eCommerce solutions
  • Magento
  • Ubercart (Drupal)

Quality Assurance/Training (Phase IV)

We view software as a long term investment, so it's important to have the right level of quality control.

• Code troubleshooting
• Browser compatibility issues
• Drupal administration training

What we are not

Just as important as knowing what we do, we feel it's also important to know what we don't do.

• We are not a branding company. We can help you with a logo, but if you need to find out who your company is, we can introduce you to people who can help you.
• We are not an advertising agency. Do you need to buy TV and billboard ads? We know people who can help.
• We are not a video production company. We know a lot about video on the internet (encoding, transcoding, streaming, you name it) but we don't produce video. However, we can introduce you to people who can.