Solutions

Web Design & Development

Our experienced designers create visually engaging websites that are driven by your corporate identity, marketing, and business goals. We create web sites that utilize the latest technologies, comply with current web standards, and are designed with search engine optimization in mind.

  • Graphic Design
  • CSS/(X)HTML Production
  • Flash Design and Integration

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Custom Programming Solutions

The only limit to what we can do is your imagination. Using an open-source platform of technologies, we create custom web programming to automate key business processes and replace or integrate with your current systems. We specialize in PHP, Ruby, AJAX and a variety of other open-source technologies.

  • Property Listing Solutions
  • Blogs & Forums
  • Secure Intranets / Membership Management
  • Custom Data Management
  • Calendars and Collaborative Tools


Flash Application Development

To add movement, depth, and interactivity to a website, our designers employ Adobe’s Flash™, a lightweight vector animation technology supported in all major web browsers.

  • Slide Shows
  • Dynamic Maps
  • Virtual Environments
  • Presentations
  • Holiday Cards
  • Product Demos

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eCommerce Solutions

Whether you are investigating e-commerce options for the first time or you are ready to take your current online store to the next level, Category 4 has the tools you need to build your business’s credibility and extend your marketplace beyond its current reach.

  • Integration of payment processing services such as PayPal, PayFlow Pro, Authorize.net, PayByCheck, and many more
  • Installation and customization of third-party products such as OSCommerce, CubeCart, ZenCart, etc.
  • Comprehensive custom solutions

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Content Management Solutions

Take control of your web site. Category 4 offers a variety of custom and third-party solutions depending on the amount of control that you want. We can design a custom site from scratch or integrate CMS software into your existing site.

  • Joomla!
  • Wordpress
  • Expression Engine
  • Custom Solutions
  • Wikis
  • Support Databases

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Consulting

With your business goals firmly in mind, we collaborate with you to develop a guiding metaphor for your site or application, identify your audiences, organize your content, and design intuitive interfaces to the interactive parts of your site.

  • Information Architecture
  • Documentation
  • Content Creation and Editing
  • Test Cases
  • Quality Assurance



Third Party Product Integration

We take advantage of a huge variety of open source and commercial applications to fulfill your needs without reinventing the wheel. we can also integrate your site with popular web services such as Flickr, YouTube, Google, UPS, PayPal, PayFlow Pro, and many more.

  • Message Boards, such as Vanilla, vBulletin, phpBB, etc.
  • Content Management Systems and Blogs, such as Joomla!, Wordpress, Expression Engine, Macromedia Contribute, etc.
  • Mailing Lists, such as SendStudio, MajorDomo, etc.
  • RSS feeds, such as Feedburner
  • Photo Galleries, such as Flickr, Gallery, Lightbox, etc.
  • Wikis, such as Mediawiki, Dokuwiki, etc.



Site Maintenance

Keep your site looking current and professional without hiring your own webmaster.

  • Site Edits and Maintenance
  • Upgrade to current technologies such as XHTML, CSS, etc.
  • Content Creation and Editing
  • Copywriting
  • Integration of Blogs, Calendars, CMS software, etc.