Top Story Studios

Behind the scenes / Custom development

Your workflow.
Your custom tool.

Custom-coded backend support sites, dashboards and portals. Built around the way your team actually works.

Give people an easy way to update information, keep your team in sync or turn a manual task into a simple online process. Tell us what you need to do. We’ll help design and build the tool to do it.

A connected workflow In sync

One update.
Everyone in sync.

  1. 01
    A user updates their information.

    A simple place to make a change.

  2. 02
    The update carries through.

    The portal and dashboard stay connected.

  3. 03
    The admin sees it live.

    Current information, ready to work with.

A simple illustration of the EFOC workflow.

What is backend support?

The working side
of your website.

It’s the system that helps people manage information and get things done behind the scenes.

That might be a dashboard where your staff manages records, a portal where clients update their details, or an internal site that keeps requests, resources and next steps together.

Custom code lets us shape the screens, features and connections around your process. We can build a standalone tool or connect it to your website and the systems you already use.

A real example / EFOC

Easy for the user.
Live for the admin.

For the Education Foundation of Osceola County, we built a custom admin dashboard connected to an easy way for users to update their information.

When a user makes a change, the information updates live for the administrator. Both sides of the experience work together, with the tools each person needs.

01 / The user’s side

Make a change.
Keep it simple.

Users can update their own information through an interface designed for that task.

02 / The admin’s side

See the update.
Keep things moving.

The dashboard reflects those changes live, giving the administrator the current information.

What this could mean for you

Your team may need a different workflow. We can design the experience around your users, your information and the way you want it all to work.

What we can build

Start with the need.
We’ll shape the tool.

A small tool that solves one frustrating task. An entire system that supports your team. Custom development can take many forms.

These are starting points. Bring us the process, problem or idea you have in mind—even if it doesn’t fit a category below.

  1. 01

    Admin dashboards

    Manage records, see activity and keep the information your team needs together in one place.

  2. 02

    Client & member portals

    Give people their own place to update details, share documents, view resources or follow a project.

  3. 03

    Forms, requests & approvals

    Collect the right information, send it to the right person and make each next step clear.

  4. 04

    Bookings & resources

    Organize appointments, equipment, spaces or shared materials around the way your organization operates.

  5. 05

    Connected systems

    Connect your tools so information can move between them, with less copying and re-entering.

  6. 06

    Something entirely your own

    A calculator, a reporting tool, a custom database or a workflow unique to your business. Let’s work through what it needs to do.

How we can help

From “could we?”
to a working tool.

You bring the need. We help map the process, design the experience and write the code that makes it work.

  1. 01

    Understand the work.

    Walk us through the task, who does it and what would make it easier.

  2. 02

    Design the fit.

    Define the screens, information, access and connections. Agree on scope and cost before the build.

  3. 03

    Build & try it.

    Code the tool and test the everyday workflows with your team. Refine the details together.

  4. 04

    Put it to work.

    Plan the launch, show your team how to use it and agree on ongoing support as your needs grow.

Every build is scoped to your needs. Features, integrations and ongoing support shape the custom quote.

Let’s make work easier

What do you wish
your system could do?

Tell us what takes too much time, what needs to connect or what you’d like to make possible. You don’t need a technical brief to start.

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