How we do it.

At CloudAccess.net we not only offer users the ability to create a life-changing Joomla! website in a matter of moments, we also specialize in building custom Joomla! applications for special use cases or when out-of-the-box Joomla! doesn't fulfill your unique needs. We do this in the four steps illustrated and explained below.


1. Understand objectives

First we work with you to understand and plan your key goals and objectives to develop a concrete plan that will drive the next three steps. We're not just a team of crazy-smart engineers, we also have seasoned marketing professionals who help shape your vision into actionable strategies that will drive your business.

2. Capture user flow and features

The second phase focuses on the end user’s perspective. Working with you, we spec out every step the user will take on your website, from start to finish. We build out screens that reflect navigation, user flow, and data requirements, and that clearly illustrate the relationships between data and the front-end view.

3. Design the user interface

The above Joomla! application screens are then hooked together so that the flow of the application begins to take shape. At this point, you will be able to instantly and definitively see what’s working and if anything is missing or not working right. From this feedback we can confidently deliver the road map for your well-organized Internet application, which will drive development to deployment.

By focusing on how the user interacts with business data, we drive out requirements that can be missed by the back-to-front approach. With our approach users are more engaged, more interested and provide more meaningful feedback and information, dramatically reducing the chances of expensive missed requirements.

4. Implement the user interface

In this critical phase, the application begins to come alive. We focus on the use of established Joomla! Open Source application development best practices, including open and transparent source control, automated builds, automated unit and functional testing, and the use of collaborative tools such as a wiki and project management system.

These tools open the doors to provide a transparent development process. The project and test plans developed in Phase 1 are loaded into our project software and as tasks are assigned, fixed, and tested, the project software provides a complete view of the progress. Issues can be discussed, assigned, redirected, and re-opened through an intuitive Web-based interface. Reports can be viewed online, in Excel, and can be delivered right to the desktop using RSS.

Our process differs greatly from traditional Joomla! application development during which users and stakeholders feel the most left out. Joomla! developers retreat to dark corners, slinging code to deliver a robust internet application that never sees the eyes and ears of users until the last possible moment. We understand that providing an open and transparent development phase helps not only reassure business users, but helps our developers, project managers and QA teams know they are building the right solution.

After the development is finished, we're not

You don’t grow to thousands of customers by thinking your partnership ends when the last line of code is written. We believe in mentoring and growing alongside our customers. We provide a complete suite of on-going maintenance options to help our customers continue to grow and mature their business using their Joomla! Open Source Content management system.

Get started today

We can take your custom Joomla! vision and turn it into a reality. Years of experience have proven that our approach delivers software that works the first time. Contact us today to get started.