Web Site Development

Overview

Spiderz is an ecommerce and web systems developer with a dedicated web development team. If you’re planning on developing a web site in future, this page is a good read.

An entry-level web site that acts as your corporate catalog is the first purpose of any company today. Spiderz is well equipped to develop your web site and assist you in getting it right the very first time. Developing web 2.0 applications is also a Spiderz specialty. We have extensive systems development expertise in building web applications and ecommerce enabled web sites for small and medium sized businesses, be it Linux or Windows environments.

This document covers our entire web development product range. To get more information or discuss your project, email Yasser Masood.

Web Site Packages

Spiderz Push Button

Entry-level web site with up to 10 XHTML pages with XHTML, CSS and JS coding. Includes one standard graphic design developed on lines of design brief and initial input. One dynamic XHTML form for data collection. Developed from scratch with a contemporary look and feel.

Addon: Stock photos are available for purchase at AED. 50 per photo. Some photos may be priced higher.

Spiderz Startup

Entry-level web site with up to 20 XHTML pages with XHTML, CSS and JS coding. Includes one standard graphic design developed on lines of design brief and initial input. Three dynamic XHTML forms for data collection. Developed from scratch with a contemporary look and feel.

Addon: Stock photos are available for purchase at AED. 50 per photo. Some photos may be priced higher.

Spiderz Catalog

Mid-level web site with up to 30 XHTML pages with XHTML, CSS and JS coding. Includes one standard graphic design developed on lines of design brief and initial input. Five dynamic XHTML forms for data collection. Developed from scratch with a contemporary look and feel.

Addon: Stock photos are available for purchase at AED. 50 per photo. Some photos may be priced higher.

Web Development Packages

Spiderz eCatalog

Mid-level web site with up to 30 XHTML pages with XHTML, CSS, JS, PHP/Coldfusion, MySQL/MSSQL coding. Includes one standard public site graphic design developed on lines of design brief and initial input. Includes one standard graphic design for private site that allows management of your product/service information.

Site is powered by a dynamic database driven shopping cart system that helps run product pages and provides one-click updates for your product/service content. Up to seven dynamic XHTML forms for data collection and storage.

Developed from scratch with a contemporary look and feel.

Addon: Stock photos are available for purchase at AED. 50 per photo. Some photos may be priced higher.

Spiderz CMS

Custom developed web site powered by Scribe, Spiderz’s Content Management System (CMS) a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. Spiderz CMS is based on PHP and MYSQL and is fully customizable to support any web site design or template.

Development includes one standard web design (multiple iterations) developed on lines of client project brief. All sections of the web site are developed from scratch with a contemporary look and feel.

Key Features:

Full standards compliance, templating system, integrated link management, search engine-friendly permalink structure, nested categories and multiple categories for articles, trackback and pingback, typographic filters for proper formatting and styling of text, static pages, multiple authors, can store a list of users who visit your blog, can block site visitors by IP address, tag support, intelligent text formatting, bookmarklets, workflow, XML-RPC interface, spam protection, full user registration, password protected posts and support for plugins.

Spiderz eCMS

Custom developed web site powered by Scribe, Spiderz’s Content Management System (CMS) a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. Spiderz CMS is based on PHP and MYSQL and is fully customizable to support any web site design or template.

Powerful shopping cart system and mechanism to add and manage products and services via the feature rich private site. Offers complete one-click management of product/service information with the ability to make instant updates.

Development includes one standard web design (multiple iterations) developed on lines of client project brief. All sections of the web site are developed from scratch with a contemporary look and feel.

Key Features:

Full standards compliance, templating system, integrated link management, search engine-friendly permalink structure, nested categories and multiple categories for articles, trackback and pingback, typographic filters for proper formatting and styling of text, static pages, multiple authors, can store a list of users who visit your blog, can block site visitors by IP address, tag support, intelligent text formatting, bookmarklets, workflow, XML-RPC interface, spam protection, full user registration, password protected posts and support for plugins.

Spiderz WebApp

Web application consulting, systems analysis, design, development and production. Includes development of application concept, framework, business workflow and implementation of standards based web development techniques.

The web app is powered by a dynamic, customized database driven system that includes:

Development of upto two public site templates that govern entire app design for front-end users. Public site constitutes up to 15 XHTML pages with XHTML, CSS, JS, PHP/Coldfusion, MySQL/MSSQL coding. Includes one standard public site graphic design developed on lines of design brief and initial input. Public site is developed after private site development (since in most cases private site visuals are embeded into the public site). A public site in this context refers to the main site used for marketing the web app and selling the web app services.

Development of upto three private site templates that control app layout and structure. Private site constitutes up to 30 XHTML pages with XHTML, CSS, JS, PHP/Coldfusion, MySQL/MSSQL coding. Includes one standard private site graphic design developed on lines of web site theme. A private site in this context refers to a web site that users may subscribe to as paid or free users and access the web app’s features.

Development of one admin site template that governs admin site page design and allows management of web app data lists, entities and related information (packages, account policies, etc). An admin site in this context refers to a password secured section of your web app that allows you to manage your information.

Developed from scratch with a contemporary look and feel.

Addons Available:

• Ecommerce integration services available to integrate with any payment gateway. Additional charges apply at the rate of AED. 10,000/- (one time setup, configuration and development fee.)
• Stock photos are available for purchase at AED. 50 per photo. Some photos may be priced higher.

Spiderz EbEntSysIntg

E-business Enterprise Systems Integration customized, written between your web site and your ERP/back-office. Includes development of all forms, business logic and code that helps power your business work flow on your web site. Covers integration using your ERP API, XML data structures or flat-file import/export/transfers.

Addon: Multiple systems integration is possible using additional APIs. Additional cost of AED. 10000/- is applicable per system, per api.

Web Site Development Fact Sheet

Project management is a mix of messages, to-dos, milestones, chat conversations, file exchange and copywriting. To collaborate with our customers Spiderz employs the use of Basecamp which is one of the most popular web based project management tools.

Three step development process followed for our:
Push Button, Startup and Catalog Web Site Packages

The following steps guide our web design process. Each step is revisited several times during development and our process is cyclic in nature.

• Artwork & Design
  This includes creation of your website’s look and feel and development of your web interface. Graphic designs are created in-house and clients are free to request modifications. Clients must provide logo artwork, product photos and texts to speed-up the design process. Spiderz can help you develop your corporate identity, acquire stock photos and write web site copy (additional charges are applicable).
• XHTMLing and Programming
  The actual nitty gritty that occurs once site design and layout has been completed. All web design tasks are posted to our team via Basecamp with graphic snapshots of intended functionality. Spiderz believes in rapid-application-development and we employ RAD tactics to achieve our development objectives in the most effective manner.
• Quality Assurance & Delivery
  Testing your site is a crucial process and irons out any inconsistencies in code or design. We review all project components during development and ensure that your site looks perfect.

Four step development process followed for our:
eCatalog, CMS, eCMS, WebApp and EbEntSysIntg Web Development Packages

A different route is taken when developing dynamic web sites. Here are the steps we follow to ensure quality web development practices:

• Artwork & Design
  This includes creation of your website’s look and feel and development of your web interface. Graphic designs are created in-house and clients are free to request new or modified versions. Clients must provide logo artwork, product photos and texts to speed-up the design process. Spiderz can help you develop your corporate identity, acquire stock photos and write web site copy (additional charges are applicable).
• System Analysis and Design
  A two-way discussion on your web app leads to system analysis and design. This process involves discovery of your business process, work flow and overall parameters that govern your system. With an Information Systems Specialist on board, Spiderz is well equipped to slice and dice your program requirements and develop a data structure to create your system architecture.
• Databasing & Programming
  The actual nitty gritty that occurs once site design and basic html work has been completed. All web development tasks are posted to our team via Basecamp with graphic snap-shots of intended functionality. Spiderz believes in rapid-application-development and we employ RAD tactics to achieve our development objectives in the most effective manner.
• Quality Assurance & Delivery
  Code translates to form, function and interaction. Testing code is a crucial process and irons out any inconsistencies in code or design. Web development is a cyclic process and as we develop applications we run them through continuous testing. Our policy is based on excessively testing our systems once development is complete. Clients may participate in testing during development and identify potential caveats and work-flow issues.

During Development

A project co-ordinator is assigned to you and at times two project co-ordinators may work with you on the project. The primary responsibility of the project co-ordinator is to ensure all communication takes place through Basecamp and project information is made available to our developers.

Client Feedback: How to deal with inconsistencies in design, form or function

If something is not right, or not as expected, you’re encouraged to express your observations as follows:

• Make a list of all the issues you’ve noticed and message them across to us. Do consider that at most time the inconsistencies you may point out would be on our private lists on Basecamp. They may only exist for a particular reason and your project co-ordinator will explain why.
• Create a To-Do list on Basecamp and assign tasks directly to our staff. This is a surefire way to get the quickest response since it engages our team directly and does not require someone to post if to our developers. All To-Do items are automatically emailed to the person to whom you assign them.
• Establish a balance between a need and a want. Your developer may discourage the use of a certain feature due to unwanted/extensive programming (writing a spell checker when a library may be used) or out of scope requests (add a new module that was never discussed earlier). If your system works differently than expected, please request an explanation from our team and we’ll help identify this issue. It may be that our developers made a decision on your behalf or simply corrected a want to a need.

At Project Completion

A project is complete when a website goes live and is available to the public. This may also happen when a client wants to publish a web site as a BETA project. Once a project is live, we allocate one month for live testing and support (from the date of going live).

During this period we test, review and fix any issues or bugs that are discovered. New features are not added during this time and the client may not request program or design flow changes.

After We’re Done

Once our test and review period of one month expires, we offer project support under our web site maintenance services program.

Cancellation

• Project cancellation is possible if we receive a signed and stamped letter requesting cancellation from the client. At cancellation all advance payments are considered realized and earned.
• Project scope may not be drastically altered once the project has been awarded and work has begun. In such cases, Spiderz may halt the project and request a review of costs or consider canceling the project at its discretion. All fees paid are considered realized. Advance payments are not adjusted with any products or services, at any time.
• Spiderz does not offer a full, partial or pro-rated refund/credit on any advance payments or deposits made for our services.

Payment

• Web Design projects are subject to a 50% deposit at time of approval of quote and subsequent placement of our first invoice. Once the project is complete a final invoice of 50% is placed and payment is due. Projects may only go live once all pending dues are cleared.
• In case a domain name or web hosting account is setup along with your project, our domain name services and web hosting policies are applicable.