Bay Observer Technology Stack

The Apache Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.

GIS software for creating maps, conducting spatial analysis and sharing intelligent visualizations.

ArcGIS Online is a complete mapping and analysis solution that enables users to connect people, locations, and data using interactive maps.

ASP.net is an open source framework for building web applications and services with .NET and C#.

Bootstrap is a free and open-source front-end framework for designing websites and web applications. It contains HTML and CSS-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, navigation and other interface components, as well as optional JavaScript extensions.

ECMAScript (or ES) is a scripting-language specification standardized by Ecma International. It was created to standardize JavaScript to help foster multiple independent implementations.

Font Awesome makes it easy to add vector icons and social logos to their website.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. It can be assisted by technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and scripting languages such as JavaScript.

The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant web server.

IIS (Internet Information Services) is an extensible web server created by Microsoft for use with Windows NT family

Phusion Passenger is a multi-language (Ruby, Python, Node) web & app server which can integrate into Apache and Nginx

Cloudflare mitigates threats from website scraping to application level attacks e.g. SQL Injection and DDOS Protection without any additional hardware.

reCAPTCHA is a CAPTCHA-like system designed by Google to establish that a computer user is human.

Wordfence WordPress security plugin provides WordPress security, protecting your website from hacks and malware.

Contact Form 7 is a tool to manage multiple contact forms.

Facebook Pixel helps organizations measure customer actions, build audiences and unlock optimisation tools. Facebook pixel is a snippet of JavaScript code that allows you to track visitor activity on your website.

Google Analytics allows users to measure sales & conversions, plus gain fresh insights into how visitors use sites, & how they arrived on site.

Hotjar is a complete website and mobile analytics tool enabling web developers, UI designers, analysts, digital marketers & more, to optimize the usability and conversion rate of their websites.

GitHub is a place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers, helping individuals and teams to write faster, better code.

WPBakery Page Builder is a page builder plugin for WordPress which allows you to create stunning website content.

WPForms is the WordPress forms plugin with drag & drop online form builder that allows users to create powerful WordPress forms.

WP Rocket offers a caching plugin for Wordpress.

Yoast offers plugins to improve SEO and optimize web sites and blogs.

YouTube is a video sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment and upload their own videos. The video service can be accessed on PCs, laptops, tablets and via mobile phones.

Inkscape is an open sourced business graphic software. This Linux, Windows & OSX vector graphics editor (SVG format) features transparency, gradients, node editing, pattern fills and PNG export.

Podium is a reputation management platform that manages reviews from multiple sites for increased visibility, improved operations, & better purchase decisions.

Zendesk is a cloud-based customer service software solution trusted by over 40,000 organizations worldwide. Companies such as Groupon, Box, and Zappos are using Zendesk to lower costs, raise productivity, and increase customer satisfaction.

ProSel is a sales force automation and mobile order management app that manages all the critical functions of users outside sales force and customers. ProSel allows users to build and send sales orders, browse and search a 75,000-item catalog offline and manage all sales-related content.

RapidAPI is an API marketplace that aids developers to connect directly to thousands of public APIs.

Shopify is a commerce platform to help you build a secure and customizable ecommerce website for your brand.

WooCommerce is an eCommerce plugin for Wordpress

Shopify Pay is a frictionless payment method to purchase goods online.

Venmo is an online service owned by PayPal that allows you to quickly pay and request money from your friends.

Squarespace is a SaaS-based Content Management System (CMS) offering a website builder, blogging platform and hosting service.

Zopim, a Zendesk product, offers Live Chat based customer engagement and customer support solutions