SLS Design specializes in deploying and/or customizing E-Commerce Solutions, Content Management Systems, Community Systems, Blog Solutions, Forum Solutions, Website Template Design, Banner Design and Open Source Script. We support and develop the following Open Source applications: Xoops, Joomla, OsCommerce, Wordpress, PHP-BB, Drupal, vTiger, Zen Cart, SugarCRM, Pommo and more.

The list below is a simple website development hierarchy and can be extended to include all client-side and server-side aspects. It is still important to remember that web development is generally split up into client-side coding covering aspects such as the layout and design, then server-side coding, which covers the website's functionality and back-end systems.

Client Side Coding

• AJAX Provides new methods of using Javascript, PHP and other languages to improve the user experience.
• Flash Adobe Flash Player is a ubiquitous client-side platform ready for RIAs. Flex 2 is also deployed to the Flash Player (version 9+)
• Javascript formally called EMCAScript, Javascript is a ubiquitous client-side programming tool.
• Microsoft Silverlight Microsoft's browser plugin that enables animation, vector graphics and high-definition video playback, programmed using XAML and .NET programming languages.

Server Side Coding

• ASP (Microsoft proprietary)
• ColdFusion (Adobe proprietary, formerly Macromedia)
• CGI and/or Perl (open source)
• PHP (open source)
• Python, e.g. Django (web framework) (open source)
• Ruby, e.g. Ruby on Rails (open source)
• .NET (Microsoft proprietary)

Database Technology

• Microsoft SQL Server
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
  

We offer additional services to create aesthetic, functional websites including:

• Graphic Design / Web Design
• Information Architecture and Copyediting with web usability, accessibility and search engine optimization in mind
• Project Management and Quality Assurance