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WordPress for Magnum Ink

brit — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:38:24 +0000

While doing some official industry research (better said, “surfing the forums at Pirate4×4.com”), I came across a company making a big splash in the custom screen printing world, Magnum Ink. The shirt designs I saw were both innovative, grungy and clean at the same time, something very hard to pull off with one creative work. I couldn’t help but reach out to them in hopes of putting a website out for them that matched their design style.

With products as innovative as those created by Magnum Ink, it was important to present those products up front. To accomplish this, we constructed a very unique layout that displayed the artwork proofs on the very front page. This type of layout creates some problems.

Problems created by this type of layout:

Different screen resolutions (and thus, browser sizes) wreak havoc on displaying the artwork proofs in a symmetrical flow. When the browser resizes, the artwork proofs would normally be lost in the overflow or the grid would go from three columns to two, or worse they would cause a horizontal scroll.
With smaller viewports (ie. browser window size), the right columns (news, company info) would be lost or not cause a vertical scroll.
Artwork proofs don’t scale

How we solved these problems:

By using custom, but standardized Javascript and CSS we progressively enhance the HTML layout to cause a vertical scroll and affix the right column to the top right if the viewport width falls below 960px. This assures that the layout stays readable and usable on smaller computers, including the newly popular netbooks. The design also continues to maximize the size of the artwork proofs on these smaller browser layouts. You can verify this by resizing your browser while the Magnum Ink site is loaded. As the resolution lowers, notice how the proofs resize and the right column affixes to the top right.

We greatly enjoyed working with Magnum Ink on this project and are looking forward to a long lasting relationship as their company and products explode into the custom clothing market.

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Blue Torch Fab WordPress

brit — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:39:27 +0000

We just finished up the final touches on the Blue Torch Fab website. It is built on WordPress and uses a custom theme and customized OS Commerce shopping cart. There are still a few visual bugs we’re working out, but for the most part, it’s up! Take a look and let us know what you think.

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Faith Racers Ministry Wordpress

brit — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:31:10 +0000

The brain child of Andre Pene, the Faith Racers ministry has grown into a vital asset for motocross events all over the Southeast. Andre prepares monthly “Life Lessons” that often relate to the sport of motocross. The impact that this ministry is having on the MX racing scene is apparent at ecah event.

Andre contacted us in hopes of getting a quick website built that looked good, wasn’t overly expensive and was easy to update. Enter, Wordpress, the same software on which our OctaneMedia.com site is built. The site was deployed onto a Linux server with PHP5 and utilizing MySQL for data. The entire site, graphics and all was deployed within a week, keeping costs low.

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Rated X Motorsports

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:41:55 +0000

Client: Rated X Motorsports

Location: Santee, CA

Project: Ecommerce Website

Website URL: www.RatedXMotorsports.com

This was one of our first custom ecommerce websites. Rated X had some specific requirements that prevented use of an off of the shelf package, so putting together a custom solution better served their needs. They actually have two websites, both featuring their own products and content (photos, etc.), but are both managed from one admin interface. This vastly simplifies updating the site.

Technologies used in this project are ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000 and standards compliant HTML and CSS.

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Hutter Performance

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:16:58 +0000

Client: Hutter Performance
Project: Website Redesign
Website URL: HutterPerformance.com

Octane Media was contacted by Hutter Performance with a request to bring their online presence into the “new media” age. Our main objective was to create a content management system for them which supported embedding HD video, race team biographies, and project vehicle biographies. Hutter specializes in high end modifications to Corvettes and other LSX powered vehicles. In order to demonstrate their experience and focus in this market, we put together an Adobe Flex application called “Corvette Builder”. This online application provides the ability for the user to build their own package of parts and send it to the Hutter sales staff for a personalized quote. The Flex framework adds some familiar features of desktop applications such as drag and drop as well as state management.

The site features a fully featured, secure content management system which can be used to manage all of their products, race teams, project vehicles, and high definition videos. The videos are hosted on a social media video sharing site called Vimeo. This reduces hosting costs and provides another outlet for their video content.

Technologies used in this project are ASP.NET, Flex, Flash Video, Google Maps, jQuery, and standards compliant HTML and CSS.

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2008 King of the Hill Video

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:23:17 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

Client: Rocket City Rock Crawlers
Website URL: www.KOTH4×4.com

Now shipping!

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ChildrensDDS

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:16:29 +0000

The overwhelming direction given to this project was, “make it fun”. Understanding that this site was geared toward children’s dentistry gave us the opportunity to design the look of the site in a way that would appeal to children, but still provide the necessary information for their parents.Incorporating the aquarium design elements allowed us create a theme for the site that was both unique and unobtrusive. It also created our “fun” feeling that lasts throughout all of the pages in the site.

Ease of updates was also a major requirement for this project. We created a fully featured secure administration site for which the client can use to update their locations, doctors, photos, and other aspects of the site. This is a fully custom admin section that only displays what is necessary and makes updates very simple. If you are reading this, you have enough knowledge to use an admin site like this.

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Lance Brannon Trailer Sales

admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:07:40 +0000

Client: Lance Brannon Trailers
Project: Company Website
Website URL: www.LBTrailers.com

LBTrailers has been a client of ours for years. They were actually one of our first web design clients, so having them continue to come back for more design work is always flattering. We have enjoyed building the relationship over the years.

The trailer industry is not one known for pushing the limits of design or technology, so we wanted to jump at the opportunity to raise the bar with a cutting edge, quality website. The site is powered by a custom content management system that the internal staff uses to manage current inventory, unit and model details (text information, photos, etc.).

Technologies used in this project are ASP.NET, SQL Server 2005, Flash, Flash Video, jQuery, and standards compliant HTML and CSS.

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LunatiPower

admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:40:55 +0000

Client: Lunati
Project: eCommerce Platform Creation
Website URL: www.LunatiPower.com

It was a great honor when Lunati contacted us about building a custom eCommerce platform for their new storefront. Almost all of us here at Octane are motorsports junkies, so the thought of working with Lunati is all the motivation we needed to pull off such a large project. The motorsports industry has very unique challenges for eCommerce, most of which revolve around organization of product data. The platform developed for Lunati is built to take advantage of that advanced product classification as their internal product data evolves. These advanced features will be rolled out periodically over time to match their internal processes.

The new Lunati website handles all product, news, specials, and orders administration through a secure content/order management system built custom to their specific needs.

Technologies used in this project are ASP.NET, SQL Server 2005, Flash, Flash Video, jQuery, and mostly standards compliant HTML and CSS.

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