We can help you build a powerful site that captures what you do and conveys your message on the web. First, you'll work with one of our designers to agree on a look and feel for your online presence. Then, we'll build an elegant, intuitive web site and get you started creating content.
Even our most simple web sites are based on an open source, rock-solid, commercial grade content management system that ensures keeping your site up-to-date is as easy and painless as possible. Furthermore, our Django foundation means adding additional, highly-customized content is only a short step away.
For more complex, content-rich sites, we leverage powerful content tagging mechanisms to connect related pages in innovative and eye-catching ways. Our agile approach to development and flexible solutions deliver a product that consistently meets and exceeds expectations.
Interested? Contact us today.
Technologies We Use (and why we use them)
- Python and Django
- PostgreSQL
- HTML and CSS
- JavaScript and a number of AJAX libraries (such as jQuery)
Related Projects
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Sacramento, CAAsian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association
The Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA) requested the services of Caktus to redesign their online presence and allow members and staff to easily update and manage content. Working closely with Roger Hu, Caktus designed a custom, Django-powered CMS to fit their current and future needs. The new database-driven site allows APAPA to easily manage event announcements, attendee signups, large photo galleries, and basic CMS pages.
Learn more about Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association
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Chapel Hill, NCClapping Dog
Teaming up with local designer Jennifer Pittman, Caktus developed a easily maintainable website for Clapping Dog. Clapping Dog offers services to open the imagination, supporting making meaning and developing understanding through education, the arts, and our common diversity. They also offer teacher training as well as support to musical productions.
Technology: Django
“Caktus joined us on a mobile health project in rural Zambia that had many challenges. Their team adapted quickly to the environment and showed exemplary design, development and project management skills to make the project a success. ”
“Pair programming was very beneficial for me even though we were pressed for time and couldn't do this all the time I really enjoyed the benefits both in gaining a good overview of the codebase and learning from a seasoned Python/Django expert. ”
Working with Caktus
- We're a small company and don't tier our support. This means you always talk to an expert when you meet, call, or write us.
- We like people. We are personable folks and will give you straight answers that you can understand. We believe in face-to-face contact.
- We deliver concise proposals and emphasize development over lengthly, detailed planning. This means you'll get a usable product right away, and the details will emerge over time.
- We believe in small, incremental steps that keep the product in a releasable state and make adapting to change easy.
- We employ proven agile development techniques, such as Extreme Programming, that emphasize teamwork and collaboration with you and amongst ourselves.
- We leverage open source, standards-compliant technologies with thriving user communities. This means your web site will be built on top of robust tools that continue to be improved.
