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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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WordPress for Golden Mountain Park

brit — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:05:19 +0000

Golden Mountain Park is no stranger to the off road community. If you have ever seen an episode of Xtreme 4×4 where they field tested a vehicle, it was most likely at Golden Mountain Park. From mild fire road trails to extreme rock crawling and even mud bogging, GMP has it all. It was an honor to be contacted by the owners of the park to help them better market their park online. The requirements fit perfectly with WordPress. We worked with the staff to develop a custom theme and information strategy that is surely to help attract more visitors to the park. It will also help them get new information out to their patrons in a quick and cost effective manor. The new site can be seen at http://www.GoldenMountainParkLLC.com.

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WordPress for AnkleSavers.com

brit — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:53:30 +0000

I was contacted by Tom Crain of Ankle-Savers™ about improving the website for his new product. He has an innovative product that maintains a very high level of simplicity. The website needed to reflect those product features. The main goals of this project were: high impact, simple (one page if possible), show product through video. See for yourself if you think these goals were accomplished – AnkleSavers.com.

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WordPress for AtlantaRooftopWeddings.com

brit — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:47:19 +0000

One of our first clients, The Peachtree Club, in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, contact us about building a separate site for their new rooftop terrace. The site needed to be very focused and streamlined, strictly for the purpose of revealing the beauty of their new rooftop terrace and more specifically, this terrace for wedding events.

Enter WordPress. The terrace is still under construction, so we wanted to keep fresh updates on the site informing the visitors of the progress being made. Also, after the construction is completed, we still need to post frequent updates to the different program options available and updated photos from events held on the rooftop. The fluid nature of WordPress and its ability to aid in search engine optimization meant that it was a shoe-in for the platform for this new site.

We’re very happy with how it turned out.

You can view the site at AtlantaRooftopWeddings.com.

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Magento for GameDayGirlStuff.com

brit — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:43:25 +0000

We seem to be getting a lot of requests for Magento lately. The platform has grown leaps and bounds over the last couple of years and we have been with them from the beginning. It has been encouraging to see how the platform has developed into a full fledged commerce solution. We were approached by the owner of Game Day Girl Stuff about building a new site for them that was more robust and scalable than their existing platform. Magento was the perfect fit for their needs, and so it was.

Please visit the Game Day Girl Stuff store to see the results.

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brit — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:33:19 +0000

We have done quite a few Magento installations now. Each time we dig into Magento, we appreciate the platform even more. Agreed, it’s a huge beast and a pain to get setup, but once it’s up and running it’s great. The flexibility and scalability are the major benefits.

You can checkout our latest Magento installation at the Extreme Roc Rigs store.

This site is also coupled with a WordPress installation available at the root of the site.

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Extreme Roc Rigs WordPress

brit — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:54:33 +0000

We have been talking with Extreme Roc Rigs for a while about building them a new website. They make custom parts for off road vehicles, primarily Jeeps. Their products are CAD designed for near perfect fit and finish and the website had to portray that professionalism, but still be edgy enough to say “we are off road”.

WordPress was chosen for the content management system and Magento is the commerce system of choice.

Grand Ole Pumpkin Patch in Clanton, AL. They have an amazing product and do business much the same way we do, the old fashioned way. We spoke with them on Wednesday and three days later we had the site you see here. Obviously, this isn’t a normal timeline, but they were under a massive time crunch due to it being in the middle of pumpkin season, so it was imperative that their site be completed ASAP. Their market is fairly saturated, so maximizing SEO for this site was the number one priority. WordPress was chosen for the content platform due to its lower development time and SEO abilities.

Visit the Grand Ole Pumpkin Patch website.

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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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HelenaDepot.com Website Launched

brit — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:47:29 +0000

We have been working with one of our favorite local restaurants for a few weeks putting together a simple website for them. It has finally launched and is available at http://www.HelenaDepot.com. This site is built on WordPress for easy content updates and content syndication.

This site serves as a great example of the power of WordPress and proper content organization. Expect more from this site soon as it hopefully becomes more popular within the community.

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