Services

Services we can offer, including web development, web hosting, IT consulting, systems integration, and custom programming

Drupal server installation, configuration and tuning

In order for your server to have the best performance with Drupal, it has to be properly configured with the right software versions of the many component needed, and tuned for optimal performance and uptime.

Drawing on our experience in this field, we can setup your site on a dedicated server or a VPS of your choice.

Drupal performance assessment, tuning and optimization

As your Drupal site grows, more visitors and more page views are served. This puts more load on your server, and often bottlenecks cause the site to be slow, or experience hangs occasionally.

2bits has been involved closely with many high traffic web sites, for example, 21 million page views per month, and over 1,000,000 page views per day. We have assisted many large clients with their web site bottlenecks, solving performance issues with sites running on Virtual Private servers, to multiple dedicated servers.

Contributions to Drupal by 2bits.com

2bits.com has been contributing to Drupal for many years.

We have contributed features to Drupal core, such as patches to the contact module, the site offline feature (since 4.7), and the logging framework (since 6.x).

In addition, we have contributed tens of Drupal modules to the community. Most of these were commissioned by clients, and then released to the community. They can be further extended and customized to your specific needs.

Service Delivery Methodology

Before reading  this web page, please read our Frequently Asked Questions section. It may have answers to common questions customers ask.

Here is a brief overview on how we operate in most cases:

  • We first review your needs.
  • We then discuss them with you (initially by email, then by phone, IM or Skype).
  • We then write a formal specifications and send it for your review and approval.
  • We agree on a price, if this is a fixed price quote, or an hourly rate with an estimate of number of hours.
  • We then get approval from you.
  • We proceed to write the software or customize it, as required.
  • We setup a test system for you to view the complete work and make sure it is to your liking.
  • We fix any issues you point out, and can even incorporate new features if desired (as a separate quote if it is not in the feature list detailed earlier.
  • Upon acceptance we expect to receive payment via a mutually agreed upon method.
  • We then release the software for you.

The above methodology has proved its success.

Drupal Development, Consulting and Customization

Since 2bits.com is a long time contributor to the Drupal project, we are listed on the services page on Drupal's official web site.

We offer several Drupal services, including:

Services

We offer a range of technology services, and custom solutions, as detailed below.

Rates and Payment methods

Our standard rate is US $125 per hour.

Depending on the nature of the assignment and project, and its duration, lower rates may be negotiated.

Fixed priced estimates can be provided for most types of projects.

Emergency premiums are charged on top of our normal rates if the project is urgent.