Performance
Drupal is a diverse and flexible content management system that runs well on most Linux, Apache (or nginx), and MySQL (or PostgreSQL) server configurations. However, dynamic sites with massive amount of content, modules, and active users can quickly waste system resources. Before disbursing your budget on more hardware and/or complex multiserver configurations, there are cost effective steps to take that will help manage system resources. These low cost and long term improvements will give your users a more responsive and pleasant browsing experience.
Drupal Training
Drupal is starting to take a strong hold on the web development community, so training the new recruits is a necessity. Rapid Waters Development has partnered with great community advocates like Lullabot, and can create customized curriculum for you or your employees. With experience in corporate offices like Sony Music Entertainment as well as startups and as simple as local meet-ups, we have the knowledge to help you get the foothold you need.
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) helps get websites indexed and listing in search engines for relevant terms/keywords. Great SEO, is about making your site list above all others in your market. Drupal core by default, has been a great content management system for Search Engine Optimization, but there are still quite a few modules out there that will aide in further optimization. Rapid Waters Development uses contributed modules along with strict coding and themeing standards as part of our routine while developing your website with advanced SEO in mind.
Drupal Consulting
We can help you if you need advice on how to architect your next big site, or just on what module you should use for a particular feature. Our expertise covers a wide-range of topics and we can get you where you need to go, as fast as you need to get there. See what Tu had to say about us when we stepped in to consult for the U.N. site, standagainstpoverty.org
Custom module building
So you've built a good Drupal website, but maybe you are missing that one specific function that will make it great, and can't find the right module. Let us know what functionality you are looking for, and we can develop the module you need to make your Drupal site great. Our developers have contributed many custom Drupal modules, with thousands of Drupal patch contributions between them. Contact us to create custom modules for your site and to extend Drupal's functionality even further to fit your website's needs.
Site building/migration
With a growing popularity of Open Source software making it's way into businesses, corporations, and governments across the globe there is a need to build more robust websites while maintaining data from existing proprietary and commercial infrastructures. There are literally thousands of contributions from the Drupal community that can add or extend functionality to your data as well as improve security. We are here to bring all the right pieces together in the most efficient manner possible to build amazing sites for you.
