Website Development

Thank you for considering us as your website developers ! We are 3 Drupal freelancers, building and designing websites for clients all over the world, and working exclusively with the Drupal content management system. We have been creating websites for more than 4 years now. We love what we do and our clients are always happy with our customer service and our prices.

Here are the main things that are included with your payment while purchasing Website Development services from us:

Ready in advance template that you chose with your developer.
Basic customization of the template, which includes: a) changing the main colors of the theme b) chaging the default images of the theme to your images, that you prepared in advance from your designer. (we do advanced design too for additional fee, like logos, images, banners and more).
1.5 hours consulting on the phone or physical meeting.
1.5 hours of learning how to manage your website through the user interface. (check the Website Functionalities link to learn more about what you can do with your website)
Assistance with buying your domain name, redirecting and managing it.
ALL the default modules that come with Drupal core.
Additional "must" modules that are not part of the Drupal core modules, which we work with on any website for enhancing performences and basic functionalities.
Additional, easy to install, modules that are needed to your new website (no extra charge if modules are simple to install).
FREE support for the first 3 weeks, Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm Pacific time.
Update your website modules when needed to the latest versions available ( separate charge once a month or when ever you choose us to do that).
* Any additional hour after the above package (14 hours) will be added to your bill, after discussing that with you.
* Current hourly rate for developer is $50.
* Currently hourly rate for updating modules is $40.

* We will work hard for your website to be and achieve what you envision and beyond!

Hosting Services

Alternative Globe has a great hosting services for small to medium websites. Here are few things you need to know about our hosting services and how we differentiate from other hosts:

Our server is already equipped with Applications that give you the option to use any kind of Media on your website.

You get complete control over your website (The common Control Panel), which includes, but not limited to: Statistics for your site, email management, Database management, Tutorials of how to use the Control Panel, Security programs and many more features that would help you or your IT person to manage your website.

You can create as many email accounts as you need, same for FTP accounts, Databases and Sub-domains. With that you get 3,000 MB of Bandwidth, 1,000MB of disc space. You also get Shell access and CGI access.

You can always ask us to add more features to your hosting package. Whether it is more memory, more disc space, dedicated I.P, name it! Ask your IT person to send us a request.

We are here to help! Whenever you have a question or an issue with your hosting, open a ticket and your submission will be taken care of immediately. You can get a hold of us on the phone (510-250-0770 ) and by email.

Our servers are constantly upgraded to the latest software. Our network is secure and we constantly monitor our servers for attempted break-ins.

We're here to help make your site an effective way to interact with your customers. Many of our customers have been with us for more than 4 years.

We charge you ONLY 11 dollars a month, which includes FREE support for your hosting package with no hidden fees and even a 10 % discount if you take the yearly package!
Note, the free support applies only to the Hosting services and not for website development.

Alternative Globe Hosting and Site Development

Website Functionality

Modules are plugins for Drupal that extend, build, or enhance Drupal core functionality. This is very much like a puzzle, where each module contributes another functionality to a Drupal website.

The following is a list of all the modules, on top of the default core modules that Drupal comes with, which we can install on any Drupal site and

which we have experience with.

There are many more modules and functionalities on Drupal but these are the basic ones that we found as esential to building a new website.

The links will take you to the Drupal site, where you can learn more about the funcionality of each module in the process of choosing the functionalities you wish to have on your site.

Drupal Core - Drupal is an open-source platform and content management system for building dynamic web sites offering a broad range of features and services including user administration, publishing workflow, discussion capabilities, news aggregation, metadata functionalities using controlled vocabularies and XML publishing for content sharing purposes. Equipped with a powerful blend of features and configurability, Drupal can support a diverse range of web projects ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven sites.
Views - The views module provides a flexible method for Drupal site designers to control how lists of content are presented.
CCK - The Content Construction Kit allows the developer to add custom fields to nodes using a web browser.
Pathauto - The Pathauto module automatically generates path aliases for various kinds of content (nodes, categories, users) without requiring the user to manually specify the path alias.
Image - This module allows users with proper permissions to upload images into Drupal. Thumbnails and additional sizes are created automatically.
Organic Groups - Enable users to create and manage their own 'groups'. Each group can have subscribers, and maintains a group home page where subscribers communicate amongst themselves.
Audio - The audio module allows users with proper permissions to upload audio files into drupal. Each audio item is created as its own individual audio node.
Calendar - The audio module allows users with proper permissions to upload audio files into drupal. Each audio item is created as its own individual audio node.
Date - The date module is a flexible date/time field type for the cck content module.
Video - This module allows users to submit videos to a drupal site.
Image Field -
Event Module - This is a simple module to keep track of events and show them to users in various calendar displays. It also provides an event API to allow other modules to store and work with date data.
Node Profile - This module builds user profiles as nodes, which opens the opportunity to use the Content Construction Kit (CCK). So it's possible to make use of the field types, which are available for CCK. The integration of the views module allows one to easily build customizable user listings or even user searches.
Simplenews - Simplenews is a simple newsletter module which allows both anonymous as well as registered users to subscribe to different newsletters.
Location - The location.module and associated API allow Drupal objects, including nodes and users, to be associated with specific physical locations.
Admin Menu -Drupal Administration Menu displays the whole menu tree below /admin including
most local tasks in a drop-down menu. So administrators need less time to access pages which are only visible after one or two clicks normally.
Google Map - Gmap.module is used for displaying spatial data on Google Maps.
Mailhandler - The Mailhandler module allows registered users to create or edit nodes and comments via email.
Ubercart - Is a set of modules designed to allow you to run a store on your Drupal
site.
Guestbook - This module provides a site guestbook and individual user guestbooks. Guestbook owners can delete and comment the guestbook entries.

Website Theme (Style)

Choosing your Drupal theme can be a tedious task since there are so many of them that it can become overwhelming. There are various websites that can give you a good view of which theme best fits your needs. We've picked a few of them that we found helpful when choosing our own theme.

Collect few names of themes and save them on a document, so you can later show them to us or to whom ever you choose to build your Drupal site.

It is also recommended to search Google for the terms "theme" and "drupal".

Many websites out there have Drupal themes for free and for amounts that range from $10 to $200 and more.

The Themes on Drupal.org are not falling much, if at all, from the ones that are for sale for simple websites.

Keep in mind that after you chose a layout for your website, there will be small tweaks that will need to be done in order to get a perfect result. It is also possible that no changes should be done if you are happy with the default look of a specific theme.

Drupal official thems page

This is the core page of the Drupal themes. You can browse through different categories to find a more refine results to your search. The user interface on this page is built for developers, so you might want to try the next suggestions, which are more user-friendly websites:

All Drupal Themes