methodology

Atticus Productions builds your web site using several key strategies.  These strategies not only ensure your compliance with current internet standards, but also ensure that your company site beats the competition in design, content and reach.

concept strategies
In order for your web site to be a success, it must be carefully planned and integrated with your existing business.  Many sites are developed using outdated, inefficient, or inexperienced procedures, and become over-budgeted failures.  Atticus Productions specializes in developing a site that enhances your existing brand and adds functionality to your existing business practices. Before we write the first line of code we:

• Build a secure testing and preview environment on our servers with client access.  You can watch your web site be built, add comments, upload files to us, or check your budget and billing status.
• Develop with our clients a user profile and target audience for the site
• Examine your current business practices for integration on to the web
• Display for client approval as many site layouts as necessary to meet their approval
• Develop a solution for the site that balances the aesthetic and function to make a holistic web-experience
  

design strategies
What you what your web site to be is a visual representation of your business. The site can contain the most sophisticated code and backend technology and still fail to appeal to your audience. Atticus Productions can give you the cutting edge look without sacrificing service, site integrity and functionality.

• Sharp, fresh images and layout
• 800 X 600 client resolution compliance
• Efficient design for slow connections
• Intuitive and redundant navigation method
• Use of new and emerging technologies such as Flash, Shockwave, Cold Fusion and Streaming Technologies, breaking down the boundaries of web design and functionality

deployment strategies
Once the design is ready for deployment we test every possible scenario in order to ensure cross-platform and and browse capability. Many site developed will work fine in Explorer try them in Netscape (11% of your audience) or on a Macintosh (5-15% of your audience)

• Cross-platform design
• Multiple site delivery platforms, Windows 2000, Unix, Apache (see: Atticus Hosting for info on our web-servers and hosting we offer in addition to our design services)
  
• Prerelease site testing
• Prerelease server load testing (NT, Unix and Macintosh)

marketing strategies
Your site is up and it works.  But does your target audience know it?  Who is your audience?  Is your competition stealing your site and putting their logo on it?  With Atticus Productions in your corner, you always have the advantage.

• Accurate meta-tagging
• Listing with major search engines
• Complete demographic breakdowns
• Targeted banner ad placement
• Code stealthing (How did they do that?)
• Competition breakdown with targeted marketing assaults

technologies utilized
Atticus Productions has many years of experience in web development.  We utilize the same technology that powers the most popular sites on the internet as well as emerging technologies to keep content fresh and the viewer interested.  

• HTML 
• DHTML
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Flash / Shockwave
• Active Server Pages - ASP utilizing server-side VBScript, JScript, and JavaScript
• Cold Fusion 5
• SQL Server 2000
• Quicktime, Windows Media and Real Players
• Digital Video Streaming and compression. (live or on demand)
   
  Take some time to browse the sites we've built and the solutions we've implemented for other companies.  Review our work >>
  Interested in incorporating streaming video into your website or CD Rom?
  Check out our Streaming Video page>>