www.beachstreetstudios.com
Designed to show off the work of both the artists-in-residence and contributing artists, this site also provides details of the studio and the services provided.
The portfolio pages are categorized so that the client can upload new work, check a category box in the editor, and have the piece show up automatically in the correct slideshow.
The homepage highlights the work of the artists with a series of four slides that animate out when moused-over. This allows us to show more work front and center on the homepage. Clicking on one of the slides takes the user to the relevant portfolio page.
The site architecture is designed make edits simple for the client and easy for visitors to navigate through. The custom code uses Wordpress categories to place content in all the relevant parts of the site automatically.
The clients received two tutorial sessions and an always-accessible-online customized user guide. They are now comfortable making text edits, adding/deleting/editing pages and posts, uploading new artwork to their portfolio pages and they can also add new users if they need to.
Tags: information architecture, seo, web site design, web site development, wordpress
www.trevidesign.com
Client: Communications-Ink
This client needed four websites: a corporate homepage describing the company's offerings; and three branded "sub" sites (including one ecommerce site).
Trevi Design is the corporate homepage. A custom Wordpress theme was developed so that the client can use Wordpress to make future updates.
Trevi Design Dwell is another self-editable Wordpress website using a custom theme. This time showcasing homesites and luxury home development plans in Puglia Italy. The theme makes use of custom fields for subpage layouts, allowing for image, link and testimonial additions.
Trevi Design Discover offers tailored vacations in Puglia, Italy. This Wordpress web site uses a slightly modified (for branding) theme and has similar functionality.
Trevi Design Decorate is an ecommerce web site that uses Newtek Cart software as requested by the client. Gatehouse designed and coded the custom skin to work with the Newtek page templates. In addition Gatehouse configured the ecommerce site settings and uploaded products.
Tags: ecommerce, information architecture, seo, web site consulting, web site design, web site development, wordpress
www.ectaonline.org
New logo: improved readability, updated but still classic look, and a more accurate reflection (deciduous trees, stone walls as opposed to firs and mountains in the previous logo) of Essex County's open spaces.
Web Site design and development: custom Wordpress CMS theme presents trails info in a user-friendly way using tags and categories; trails can be found via a map, listed by town and also by activity (they automatically display under the correct town/activity according to tags assigned by the writer); latest news and an events list are automatically displayed on the home page; the site can be maintained by staff with no coding experience; secure joining, renewing and donating is enabled through PayPal integration.
NEW: Facebook integration has been added. News and events published on the web site can be sent to the new ECTA Facebook application with just one click when the post is written by the site editor. Fans will then see news, events and trail alerts in their Facebook news feeds. Designed to build community, drive traffic to the web site, and as a convenience for users.
Tags: copy-writing, facebook integration, information architecture, logo design, paypal, seo, social media, web site design, web site development, wordpress
www.ironcrowyoga.com
Client: Communications Ink
Iron Crow Yoga needed a clean and apt look that would communicate the brand to new and existing clients in a compelling way. Collaborating with Communications Ink we identified the three core offerings: classes, a dvd and retreats which are highlighted on the home page as a user-friendly starting point from which a visitor can find out more. Communications Ink provided the copy and manages marketing strategy for their client.
We developed a custom CMS theme running on the Wordpress framework and utilizing an embedded Google Calendar so that the client could update site copy and class times easily without needing to hire a developer. Iron Crow's clients can also subscribe to the calendar via any ics-compatible calendar application (such as ical, outlook etc.) so they don't have to visit the web site to get the updated schedule. This also extends the reach of the site as a marketing tool, reminding clients to remember to take a regular class.
Tags: embedded video, embeded google calendar, information architecture, paypal, seo, web site design, web site development, wordpress
www.communications-ink.net
Communications Ink is a Massachusetts-based marketing agency. The company needed a web site redesign that would upgrade the look and feel as well as displaying the portfolio of work in a modern, visual way. They also wanted to upgrade the code to web standards compliancy and ensure it was search-engine optimized. The new web site is powered by Wordpress which, while costing slightly more upfront, delivers again and again in cost savings because the client can edit the site contents without needing to hire a web developer.
Result: the client has re-booked Gatehouse to provide web design and development solutions for a number of their clients.
Tags: flash, seo, web site design, web site development, wordpress
Client: Esdaile-Ryus
Esdaile-Ryus designed this web site for Boston interior designer Jeffery Delvy. Gatehouse was tasked with production and development of the flash web site from Adobe InDesign layout comps.
Tags: flash, web site development
Solesqua is a new company that sells and installs Velux solar water heaters in Massachusetts. The client needed a logo, business cards and web site consulting (the web site needed to be built in-house).
Tags: logo design, web site consulting
The town of Ipswich, MA is celebrating its 375th anniversary in 2009. The event committee needed a web site that could provide information about the town, its history and 375th events, also a way to donate to the event fund, drive traffic to local businesses and get in touch. It also needed to be able to expand in size without becoming overly-complex to navigate. Finally, it would need to be updated regularly.
Using Wordpress as a framework a custom CMS (content management system) was developed that would meet all these goals, and that could be updated by volunteers with no knowledge of html thus reducing the cost of upkeep dramatically.
Result: to date the web site has had nearly 11,000 visits and 39,000 page views. A team of five volunteers run the web site, two of whom are local high schoolers.
Tags: information architecture, paypal, seo, web site design, web site development, wordpress
Estoile is a new fashion label that needed a logo. The client wanted the logo to reflect the style of their fashion designs which are elegant, modern, and high-quality. The main design element was informed by the definition of an "estoile" which is a six-pointed star.
Tags: logo design
Client: Compton Consulting
Compton's client Robeco USA wanted a web site layout design for their regional presence as part of Robeco international. The design needed to work with a new code template that Robeco had developed in-house to apply to all regional web sites. Robeco USA wanted to adjust the template design option to reflect more of their design and layout tastes, catering for the expectations of their specific audience.
Result: three design solutions were presented, the client chose their favorite and it was applied by the parent company's in-house development team who apparently liked it so much they adapted their own template to use some of the design elements.
Tags: web site consulting, web site design
