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Managed Drupal. Fixed Rate.
We Take Care of Everything

Pixeldust offers high-end, custom built Drupal websites on a monthly subscription basis. This structure represents significant savings in reducing upfront overhead, while offsetting ongoing maintenance costs. Your fixed monthly fee includes site development, bug fixes, design, hosting consulting, monthly core and module updates, and our full support. If you would like more information, please fill out the form below. We will contact you for a consultation and deliver a proposal for your project.

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This form will help us to better understand your project. Feel free to skip any of the questions. The more information you provide, the more accurate our proposal will be.

Step 1 of 6 - Contact Information

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• Let's get started with a little information about your primary contact. This is the point person on your end—the one who will answer questions about the project.
• Primary Contact*
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• Let's talk about the reason for this project and some goals.
• Project Type
  • Maintenance and Support
  • Website Redesign
  • New Website
• Project Objectives
  Please tell us a few of your most important objectives with this project.
• Current Website
  What is the central “pain point” your organization is experiencing with your website?

• Okay, this is where we get nerdy. These are the details that we will need to know to estimate your project. A detailed specifications document will be created once the project kicks off, but this gives us a starting point.
• Number of Pages
  1-1010-3030-5050-100100+
• Functionality
  • Responsive Theme
  • SEO
  • Content Migration
  • Analytics Set-up
  • CRM Integration
  • Video Integration
  • Social Media Integration
  • Blog
  • Advanced Search Functionality
  • Calendar / Appointments / Scheduling
  • e-Commerce
  • 3rd Party Integration
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Other
• Current CMS
  If you are already working with a content management system, please explain.
• e-Commerce Details
  Please describe your eCommerce goals, including what type of products you plan to sell and how many. Please also tell us about any unique challenges to selling online in your particular industry.
• 3rd Party Integration Details
  Does your organization depend on 3rd party services for things like email newsletters, marketing automation, CRM / contact management, inventory control, intranet, accounting / Quickbooks, or inventory management? If so, be sure to include the ones for which synching / integration with the website is essential and describe how you expect it to work.
• Other Functionality
  Please describe any additional functional requirements.
• User Accounts
  Do you require membership management on your site? This would be for allowing people to access special or hidden content on your site, perhaps after submitting an email address or paying to view a whitepaper.
• Existing Hosting
  Please describe your current hosting set-up.

• This is the fun part. In this section, you will provide the information that will lead to an amazing design. Don't be shy about what you like and don't like.
• Interface Design
  As a pure development firm, we do not offer design services. We partner with creative shops that provide world-class design services. Interface design will be contracted separately.
  We need full interface design.We have a look we like but we need it finished.We have have the design covered. Do not include.
• Site Architecture
  Have any architecture documents been created? Please​ select one or more .
  We have a sitemap.We have page wireframes.We have a few notes on bar napkins.Include architecture design in the proposal.
• Site Audience
  Provide a general description of your primary target audience. Talk about your customers or clients—who are they (demographics: age/sex/income/location), what do they like to do (what are their hobbies, where do they typically spend time online) and why do they or why should they use your services or buy your product?
• Do you have accessibility requirements?
  For websites whose audience skews older, larger default text and click areas will inform the design. Government & public sites often require Section 508 compliance.
  • Yes
  • No

• All projects stem from goals and objectives. Your website is no different. You should have a clear set of measurable goals. Many website RFPs have goals around attaining new functionality (such as mobile friendly), however functionality is a means to an end, not a goal. Your goals should be around increasing leads from your website. Your website can increase leads in two ways: either by ranking higher in search engines or by improving your website’s conversion rate.
• Increase Conversions
  Describe​ what a conversion looks like for your company and require an explanation on how a path to conversion may be established or improved ti increase conversions. Talk about specific numbers if possible.
• Goals to Measure Project Success
  Describe other goals that you need to meet to consider this project a success. This field is extremely important.
• Would you like training sessions for administration of the CMS?
  Should we include time for training sessions post-launch? It is a good idea to get your staff up to speed on the​ functionality of their new toy.
  • Yes
  • No

• This is the section where we establish timelines for the project. These key dates should be enough for us to create a production timeline with milestones.
• Proposal Deadline
  All proposals should be delivered by this date.
• Selection Deadline
  This is the date that you plan to notify vendors of a selection.
• Project Kick-off
  This is the date that you expect that project to begin. (You can estimate.)
• Target Launch
  This is the date that the completed site will be available to the public. (You can estimate.)
• Additional Details
  Please use this space to include any other details you would like to convey.
• Name
  This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

What Our Clients Are Saying

We were really impressed with Pixeldust’s level of expertise and commitment to the project.

Gaea Connary

Marketing Manager, Convio, Inc.

Without Pixeldust, we could not have come up with the extensive and creative array of choices that they were able to rapidly put together for us. The team at Pixeldust is highly creative, and had the follow-through to make our entire site consistent and elegant.

Mark Johansson

President, Missing Link Consulting

The team at Pixeldust reached way outside the box to come up with a creative solution for our users. They worked closely with our team to develop an engaging website that gave us immediate traction. There is not a person who sees the site that is not blown away!

Ken Dion

President, Decision Critical

Pixeldust has always been responsive to our needs. They’ve provided solutions quickly and gone the extra mile even on short notice.

James Scott

Business Manager, Cielo Wind Power, LLC

Pixeldust allows us to offer an enhanced e-newsletter to our 10,000 plus subscribers. Thanks to Pixeldust, we are not only able to be competitive in the arts; we have the leading edge.

David Wyatt

Marketing Director, Austin Symphony

We have partnered with Pixeldust on a number of web projects. Their reservoir of creative energy, ability to coordinate and deliver first-rate solutions in a straight-forward manner, and willingness to go the extra-mile for the customer are exceptional. We couldn’t have chosen more wisely.

Tim Leifeste

Owner, MetaLinks Online

Pixeldust continues to generate fresh creative content for us as our company evolves. In both web and print, we rely on them to create the image we need to succeed.

P. McMillan

McMillan Company

Pixeldust gave us exactly what we wanted and delivered it on time and on budget. What more can you ask for?

Shawn Rucks

CEO, Deverus

Our new website really turned some heads–especially the investors at Mattress Firm, who went to our site to learn about our business. Ultimately, they liked what they saw and immediately began to redesign their own site. In addition, our website helped us present a progressively competitive front during our recent merger negotiations with Mattress Firm.

Philip Busker

CEO, Mattress Pro

Pixeldust was a great one-stop shop for our startup. They handled everything from logos to UI design to web pages and many things in between.

Jerry Bowerman

President, VoiceCaptionIt, Inc.

Pixeldust is a professional team that listens and gives results…on time. What sets them apart from the others is that they truly care about your vision and work together to achieve it. For me, this made all the difference.

Yvette Montalvo

Owner, Mariposas Spanish School

From our first creative concept meetings, to the ongoing refinement of our groundbreaking website, the professionals at Pixeldust brought imagination, commitment and a passion for excellence to our relationship. I look forward to working with them on our next digital design project.

Michael Dubrow

President & CEO, Memoria Direct, LLC

Managed Drupal Services

Pixeldust Provides Worry Free Drupal Support & Maintenance

The keys to our Drupal support are to provide 24/7 availability, quick response times, seamless integration into existing development workflows. Try to eliminate any division between your team and our team, seamless and painless.

Support Services Include:

Module Development

Already have a site but have a need for a new module to increase your site’s functionality? We can add this for you or create a custom module to suit your needs. Having trouble with an existing custom module? We can fix it.

Module & Security Updates

As developers of the modules used in Drupal make enhancements, updates are released and recommended on your site. In addition to these module updates, there are also security updates. These are especially important if you are running e-commerce on your Drupal website to ensure your site stays safe from hackers. If not kept up to date, your site becomes more and more vulnerable and susceptible to intrusion.

Drupal Commerce Support

If your site currently has commerce integration, our Drupal developers can assist in adding additional functionality or fixing any issues that may occur. Or if you are contemplating adding a store to your site, we can assist in helping to not only get it set up but also in making sure you are using the best solutions for your individual needs.

Bug Fixes

Our Support team can quickly troubleshoot issues and provide quick solutions. Through years of experience, they have countered many issues and overcome many ways of solving problems in the Drupal platform.

Administration Problems

Is your site confusing or hard to administer? We can smooth out issues related to administration workflow, content types, blocks, rules, views and other Drupal developer tools.

Theme Changes

We can help give your site a new theme or make small adjustments based on your needs.

Site Performance

Is your site experiencing slow downs? We can perform an audit on your site to determine factors that contribute to the poor response time of the site. We then will offer recommendations to speed up the response time of initial and subsequent page loads.

Hosting Consulting

Need to get your Drupal site set up with a hosting company? Or perhaps you aren’t sure if your current hosting provider is the best option for you. Speak with one of our experienced server professionals and learn about other options that may be more suited for your needs. This can help increase your performance, retention, security, and save your business money.

Training

We offer varied levels of training based on your team needs. We can do training remotely via webcasts, videos, Q&A sessions etc. We also offer onsite training for a more personal approach. This allows us to customize the material based on the knowledge level and needs of the individuals or groups. With this option, we will teach the theory along with a demonstration and then let the team try it on their own.

We Strive To Seamlessly Integrate Our Support With Your Workflows.

We understand that everyone has a workflow that works for them and they are not all the same. With this in mind, out Drupal developers work to integrate our services into your existing development workflow, including using your issue tracking or project management systems when necessary.

Our Agency Partners

Drupal Website Developer

Pixeldust offers premium quality drupal development services. We are committed to developing under drupal’s best-practices, ensuring our clients have a stable, maintainable codebase.

Pixeldust is an expert Drupal development agency specializing in responsive Drupal website development, mobile
applications, and online marketing services. Using the latest technologies, coupled with a healthy dose of imagination and expertise, we work closely with you to identify your needs, wants and provide a comprehensive, integrated
solution to your online communication requirements.

Our Drupal developers are focused on quality, not quantity; we aim to provide a responsive and personal approach to each project to ensure that our clients can benefit from their investment. We see each Drupal web development project as an opportunity to grow your business—we aim to help you grow sales and improve retention while offering leading, aesthetically pleasing and functional designs that suit your needs faultlessly.

What differentiates Pixeldust from other Drupal Web Design companies is our effort to create a positive return on returns for our clients. We have devoted years of effort to understanding the variables involved in user experience as well as online marketing strategies. Our team of inspired Drupal Drupal Web Designers, Drupal developers and marketing specialists help to increase the exposure of your website, as well as provide a unique user engagement. Pixeldust is focused on creative and results orientated solutions developed to maximize your website’s true earning and traffic potential.

Professional class Drupal Development is absolutely integral to the legitimacy and effectiveness of your online presence. Our Developers boast superior Drupal technical know–how. In business since 1999, we have completed over 300 Drupal projects, giving us plenty of experience in developing beautiful, tailored websites while keeping your business interests in mind.

Our Drupal Developers build conversion oriented interfaces, as well as fully-integrated e-commerce solutions for businesses looking to expand revenue streams to a powerful online presence. In order to provide robust online infrastructure for our clients, Pixeldust Developers work with premium hosting providers with technical support to guarantee that our client’s websites are easy to update and maintain.

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ThinkShout: Content Modeling in Drupal 8

In many modern frameworks, data modeling is done by building out database tables. In Drupal, we use a web-based interface to build our models. This interface makes building the database accessible for people with no database experience. However, this easy access can lead to overly complex content models because it’s so easy to build out advanced structures with a few hours of clicking. It’s surprising how often Drupal developers are expected to be content modeling experts. Rachel Lovinger wrote this great overview of content modeling for the rest of us who aren’t experts yet.

Data Modeling Goal
Our goal when modeling content in Drupal is to build out the structure that will become our editor interface and HTML output. We also need to create a model that supports the functionality needed in the website. While accomplishing this, we want to reduce the complexity of our models as much as possible.

Getting Started
One of the first things to do when building a Drupal site is build content types. So, before you start a site build, start with either a content model or a detail page wireframe. This spreadsheet from Palantir will help you. The home page design may look amazing, but it’s unhelpful for building out content types. Get the detail pages before you start building.

Why Reduce Complexity?
The more content types you create, the more effort it will take to produce a site. Furthermore, the more types you have, the more time it will take to maintain the site in the future. If you have 15 content types and need to make a site-wide change, you need to edit 15 different pages.

The more pages you need to edit, the more mistakes you will make in choosing labels, settings, and formatters. Lastly, content can’t easily be copied from one type to another, which makes moving content around your site harder when there are many content types. So, the first thing you’ll want to do with your content model is collapse your types into as few types as feasible. How many is that?

5 Content Types is Enough
Drupal has many built in entities like files, taxonomy, users, nodes, comments, and config. So, the vast majority of sites don’t need any more than 5 content types. Instead of adding a new content type for every design, look for ways to reuse existing types by adding fields and applying layouts to those fields.

Break Up the Edit Form
Drupal 8 allows you to have different form displays for a single content type. With either Form Mode Control or Form Mode Manager, you can create different edit experiences for the same content type without overloading the admin interface.

By reducing the complexity of the content model, we decrease maintenance cost, improve the consistency of the website, and simplify the editing experience. Now that you’ve got some content modeling basics, look for opportunities to reduce and reuse content types in your Drupal projects. Content editors will thank you.
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