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General Contractors, Inc. hired marketing communication experts Avantgarde to handle their marketing needs. When it came time to work on the GCI website, Avantgarde turned to Getting Sites Built.

100% Flash Solution

While many websites these days include Flash elements, few have been built entirely around Flash technology. Working from early conceptual mock-ups, Getting Sites Built created a 100% Flash-based website for GCI. The result is a stunning Flash experience. The interactive elements, like scrolling text, and thumbnail picture selection, make for an elegant website that stands apart from the crowd.

“Donovan and his team were critical in helping us develop the GCI General Contractors website. Their technical knowledge combined with their project management skills helped complete the project to perfection on time and under budget.”- Marcus Colombano, Avantgarde

We build the website you’ve always wanted.

Give2Asia, an independent affiliate of The Asia Foundation, is a nonprofit organization that assists both donors and grantees in the flow of philanthropy to Asia. As their sole webmaster, Getting Sites Built has been meeting their varied web needs for the last two years. Here are some examples of the work we have done for this organization.

THE ASIA FOUNDATION is a nonprofit, non-governmental, philanthropic organization that works to build a peaceful, prosperous, and open Asian-Pacific community. Getting Sites Built has developed a number of web solutions for this organization. We are also their contingency webmasters.

Here are three examples of the work that Getting Sites Built has done to address their website development needs.

Bringing the exhibit to the web

The Asia Foundation wanted a web-based version of the ‘real world’ Afghanistan Exhibit that was on display in Washington, DC.

Getting Sites Built created a custom Flash-based solution in less than three weeks. An interactive, web-based, Flash timeline now seamlessly displays the text and images from the physical exhibit.

Work Done: Research; Flash production and web staging; version detection; compatibility testing.

Creating In Asia

The Asia Foundation needed a means of sharing weekly news and information outside of the main website.

Getting Sites Built created In Asia. This separate website utilizes RSS feeds and email tools to broadcast content, while keeping the presence and feel of the parent site. Now there is an effective and easy way to disseminate weekly information.

Work Done: Research; Site installation and customization; graphics, training.

Embedding with integrity

The Asia Foundation asked us to solve a problem they were having with the existing Flash video player. The display on the interface of the gallery page only allowed for a small number of videos. The webmaster found the existing Flash-based answer too difficult and time-consuming to be useful.

Getting Sites Built created an elegant solution. We embedded the basic interface of the Flash player directly into the web page, maintaining the integrity of the presentation while addressing the root cause of the problem. It’s simple to add new videos now. The webmaster creates a new page in Dreamweaver and enters the URL to match the new video’s URL. That’s it! No need to jump through hoops just to add more video content.

Work Done: Research; Flash extraction and web staging; version detection; compatibility testing.

We build the website you’ve always wanted.