Mirmillo

Why not stand on the shoulders of giants?  There really is no point in reinventing the wheel.  There are thousands of viable open source applications that are available for you to adapt to your own needs.  Starting with one of these applications provides you tons of functionality from day one.  Functionality that would only be available to you, if you started from scratch, after many weeks or months of development time.  Plus, if we contribute back the improvements and adjustments, the base application just grows stronger for next time.

Content Management

WordPress is the perfect base for a site.  While starting as a blogging platform, it can easily be used a a full fledged content management system.  There are thousands of plugins available that extend the functionality.

Ecommerce

Magento is a feature-rich, professional open-source eCommerce solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the look, content, and functionality of their online store. Magento’s powerful marketing, search engine optimization and catalog-management tools give merchants the power to create ecommerce sites that are tailored to their unique business needs.

While it requires a fair amount of hosting horsepower to run, the customization and feature set are unmatched.

Still want Custom?

Start with a framework.  We have experience in creating custom applications using Zend Framework and CakePHP.