About Rikter Corporation
Our Company
Rikter Corporation has earned a reputation for being a trusted and quality provider of web design and software development solutions since 1999.
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A privately-held California corporation headquartered in Lake Arrowhead, California, Rikter Corporation is comprised of a growing team of design and engineering consultants that lead engagements and develop technologies throughout the United States. The company’s business philosophy is one that thrives on design challenges and on meeting diverse project specifications on-time and within budget.
We design web sites for our clients that will:
- Display quickly.
- Use simple navigation.
- Adhere to W3C Web Standards.
- Remain easy to maintain.
Web sites should be functional, reliable, and easy-to-use. Period.
First and foremost, web sites are business tools. They increase sales, allow customers to interact with your business 24 hours a day, and can save money in advertising costs. A web site should be the voice of your business. (Get started now)
Our Corporate Standards
Above all else, Rikter Corporation subscribes to the belief that web and software development is a service orientated business.
Our customers return to us time and time again for three primary reasons:
- Communication. We consider clear, concise, and timely communication with our customers to be the single most important aspect of our business. This means that emails and phone calls are answered immediately. We dislike voicemail as much as you do.
- Dependability. Completing projects on-time with a 100% satisfaction rate for our clients is how we do business. Simply put, the project is not finished until that happens. We strive to involve our clients every step of the way---from initial design concept to finished product. You'd be surprised how many clients love this part. And so do we.
- Exceptional Quality. We put 257% into our work. For example, we have no limit on the number of draft revisions provided to our customers for our designs. In other words, our customer’s final design comp is finished if, and only if, our customer is nothing short of thrilled with it.
Our Studio, Tools, and Technology
Our corporate headquarters are located in Lake Arrowhead California, but we design sites for clients around the world.
We use a combination of the following tools and technologies to build web sites:
- ASP.NET 3.5. Much faster than classic ASP and more features than ASP.NET 2.0, ASP.NET 3.5 can dramatically improve the performance and quality of our customer’s dynamic web applications.
- XHTML 1.0 Strict and XHTML 1.1 is used for Web Standards compliant code on all pages. Our web applications are built to adhere to current Web Standards and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
- Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 is used to control all aspects of document presentation. Tables are used for their original purpose only: that is, displaying tabular data and not for presentation or page layout purposes.
- SQL Server 2005 and 2008 databases are used to manage the content. SQL Server 2008 delivers a highly secure and reliable backend system to manage mission-critical data.
By using a combination of these, as well as other technologies such as AJAX, we are firmly positioned to provide our customers with high quality, dependable, and fast-loading web and software applications.
Life is complicated enough. Adding a web site for your business shouldn't be.
Our Web Design Philosophy
Keep it simple and easy-to-use. Read on.
Much has changed since the early days of the web. Some of it good. And some of it, well, not so good.
Everyone from Fortune 1000 corporations to Mom and Pop all scrambled to take advantage of the Internet. Along the way, the “Information Highway” itself became lost. And so did many of the people using it.
Web owners were lost in the hype and false belief that the web would change everything. It didn't. Web developers were lost in the belief that bigger and FLASHier is better. It isn't. Mom and Pop were lost in the philosophy that anyone can slap a cost-effective and usable web site on the Internet. They can't.
The result? The web became a large animated supermall of pop-up ads, World Wide Waits of never-ending pages to load, difficult-to-use web sites with oversized banners across all the pages, broken links, browser wars, viruses, spam, and goofy shopping carts gone haywire.
Time for change
Right now, the World Wide Web Consortium is helping to bring a better web back to all of us.
Through careful application of web standards technology such as XHTML, CSS, and Accessibility Guidelines, we can be confident that web sites will again lead the Internet to its full potential.
One of our highest priorities is to apply sensible technology and experience gained since the early days of the web, but without all the mistakes and pitfalls of recent years. In short order, to make web content usable and accessible for everyone.
Let's return to the original spirit and usefulness of the web. Allow us to help you create a web site to your business or improve your existing site. Contact us for a consultation.