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Our services
Expert services to help your library get the most out of RefBytes solutions and accelerate your success.
SVC 01
Service
Custom Omeka Development
Omeka does a great deal out of the box, but every collection has something it can't quite do. RefBytes builds custom modules for Omeka S, plugins for Omeka Classic, and themes for both — the piece tha...
- Custom functionality for Omeka S and Omeka Classic — new admin tools, integrations with systems you already run, and features the directory doesn't cover.
- Public-facing themes for either platform, designed around your collection rather than retrofitted from a template.
- Themes built to accessibility standards and tested across screen sizes, so patrons can reach your collection however they arrive.
- We start with your collection and your workflow, then scope the build. No code until we agree on what it needs to do.
- The finished work is yours. Keep it private to your institution or release it to the Omeka community — your call.
- Custom work installs cleanly on RefBytes Cloud hosting or on the server you already run.
SVC 02
Service
Custom Laravel Development
Not everything an institution needs is a collection. The room booking sheet, the digitization tracker, the summer reading sign-up, the staff process that has been a spreadsheet for six years — RefByte...
- From the first conversation about a workflow through architecture, build, and launch of an application your staff or patrons actually use.
- We join a codebase already in flight to add what's missing, shore up what's brittle, and leave it better documented than we found it.
- Inherited an app nobody has touched in years? We handle Laravel version upgrades, dependency cleanup, and getting it maintainable again.
- Connect your application to the systems you already run — your ILS, your LMS, payment processors, and third-party APIs.
- We start with the workflow and the people doing it, then scope the build. No code until we agree on what it needs to do.
- The finished application is yours — repository, documentation, and no lock-in.
- We build and run our own Laravel applications, not just client projects, and hold your build to the same standard.
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Get in touch with our team to plan training, hosting, or a custom project.