Welcome to DJS Consulting! We develop interactive web applications to fit almost any need...
• Information-Driven Process Automation
Computers are great. They can be used to automate almost any information-driven process you can think of. Online bank statements, mailing lists, and order tracking are all processes that can benefit from automation. We can develop web-based solutions, that can be deployed either on an intranet or the Internet, to automate these types of processes.
Our largest project to date is for the Not So Extreme Makeover: Community Edition in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It gives the project a public presence, allowing anyone to volunteer or donate items, as well as a non-public side that allows leaders to keep track of the families, volunteers, and donations; put teams together to do work; generate hard-copy reports, such as volunteer check-in sheets, needs lists, and critical communications sheets; and communicate directly with volunteers and work teams. Springing from this effort is TCMS, The Clearinghouse Management System. It is designed for long-term support of a "needs clearinghouse," an organization such as Love INC of South Albuquerque that does the work that the Not So Extreme Makeover: Community Edition did on a regular basis. We are also in development on a project for Hoffmantown Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico called Hoffmantown Prayer. This will enable members of the church to sign up, and the church will be able to notify these members immediately when they receive a prayer request.
Another project we offer is called PrayerTracker — it is used to automate the generation of a prayer request list for a Sunday School class. Requests are tracked by age, and expire based on configurable settings. More applications in the works include a golf tournament application that will automatically shuffle players based on handicap, rotate teams for multiple days, and calculate teams' scores based on the slopes of the courses played; and a Cub Scout progress tracking application, which will allow leaders to track the scouts' progress, let them know what they have left, and greatly help the Advancement Chair do their job.
• Information Publicizing and WordPress Customization
The Internet is about information. Using it as a tool, you can find the news of the day, the latest weather forecast, all kinds of medical information, and information to help you choose a school, a church, a car, a home, or even a spouse! We can get your information onto the Internet, where your potential customers or clients can see what you have to offer them. Additionally, With the advent of blogs, the only technical skill you need is simply typing text in a box. WordPress is the best blogging platform available today; it allows authors to concentrate on the content of their websites, rather than forcing authors to turn into programmers.
On the custom-built side, we currently host the web site for Emerald Mountain Christian School, where they have information about the type of curriculum they teach, the school's 40+-year history, and how to get more information. We also host the site for Photography by Michelle, a site that has information, prices, and samples of the photographer's work, as well as the ability for customers to view proofs and make photo selections online. TCMS, through using WordPress as its front end, can provide organizations with a public web presence.
On the WordPress side, we here at DJS Consulting maintain both the design and content on the DJS Consulting Tech Blog, a collaborative blog with technology and programming tips and advice. For Cassy Fiano, we helped her move from Blogspot to her own domain, modified the theme to make it do what she wanted it to do, and wrote several plug-ins to help her maintain the same look-and-feel on the sidebar. We also designed a theme from scratch and created custom plug-ins for Dr. Melissa Clouthier, who moved her blog from Blogspot as well. WordPress can also be extended — we used WordPress as the front-end for the private application (NSXapp) designed for the Not So Extreme Makeover: Community Edition. On our tech blog you can browse the WordPress category for information on plug-ins, and the themes on all of the blogs linked on the right have been customized.
• Legacy Data Sharing
Our background in mainframe applications gives us a knowledgeable perspective on retrieving information from older, “legacy” systems. This data can be placed into a database, and then a web-based application can be designed that retrieves this information. These types of systems are often a great way for companies to expose their data to their customers, without having to move their day-to-day system from its current environment. While we currently have no active projects along these lines, our developers have done them in the past for other organizations.
Why Web-Based?
Developing a web-based solution has many advantages, whether that
application can be used just on a local, private network (an intranet),
or on the World Wide Web (the Internet). The first is that the
application is available from any computer connected to the network
— for example, if you're on vacation, you can still get to your
information (at a library, a friend's home, or a Wi-Fi “hot
spot”). The second is that there is no special software to
install — almost every computer (and especially those that are
connected to a network) has a web browser on it, and we take care to
ensure that our solutions work on today's most popular web browsers,
including Microsoft® Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
Third, web-based solutions are easy to implement in a step-by-step
fashion, so your most critical needs can be addressed and deployed
first. Enhancements are generally easy to do as well.
We'd be happy to discuss your information technology needs, and how we may be able to help you. Just e-mail us and let us know what we can do for you!
