gestaltware web strategy consulting + application design

Who is gestaltware?

gestaltware designs and builds custom web application solutions, specializing in helping clients establish a solid, sustainable Information Architecture with a user-centered Web Strategy.

Solutions measured by business objectives

Before a single line of code is written, we will conduct a thorough business process analysis to ensure your business objectives are accurately reflected in your Information Architecture and throughout the development process.

Solutions that are user-centered

Web 2.0 is about transforming information silos into sources of functionality that engage end users. Our user-centered Web Strategy consulting starts with qualitative and quantitative user research and incorporates usability best practices.

Solutions from a strategic partner

We recognize that clients come to us with the objective of gaining some competitive advantage in their market and work with them as a strategic partner on an exclusive basis.

Solutions leveraging open source

We are strong proponents of open source software, and strive to leverage and integrate open source as a foundation to our solutions. Previous engagements have used these open source projects, among others:

Content Management

Drupal

eCommerce

osCommerce
Zen Cart

Application Frameworks

CakePHP
Ruby on Rails
Zoop


gestaltware news + blog

Feb 17

Related Links is a very useful module for any Drupal content management application. Your content can display links to other content in a number of interesting and automated ways, such as based on the content type, the author, common taxonomy terms or keyword search results.Read more

Feb 09

I have been working on polishing up user registration routines for a number of sites, and downloaded the Username Check module by Dmitry Kresin last night. The module performs an AJAX request during registration to check for the availability of a username so that the user does not have to submit the form only to find out the chosen username is unavailable. This is good usability practice, but the module remains a little rough around the edges.Read more

Feb 01

Role Watchdog automatically logs all role changes made through the user profile or the User List. Role Watchdog can also monitor one or more roles for user additions or deletions and notify via email whenever a change occurs. This module might be useful when there are multiple administrators for a site, and you need auditing or alerting of manual role changes.Read more

Oct 15

Content that you publish and comments about the content you publish are both just as likely to be found beyond the ramparts of your website as within it.1 In the latter case, a communication standard broadly called trackbacks has evolved to facilitate automated notification between websites, letting the original content publisher know that related information has been created and inserting a brief excerpt of the new content on the original site.Read more

  1. Does the proposition of not controlling the message, discussion or dissemination of your content scare you? Meet Stewart Brand...
Oct 09

timer_project.pngTimer defines a CCK field type for a timer, which can be started, stopped and reset via timer button controls or workflow actions. Timer fields can be shown in real-time with DHTML or only updated on page refresh. Timer button controls can be restricted by both field setting and Use timer controls access permissions.Read more