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Pavia Systems Redesign

SimcoMedia Design — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:08:07 +0000

We have had the privilege of working on the redesign of a local company that specializes in online training for specific areas of road construction. The project included many enhancements to their existing site including the addition of several new sections and pages.The main focus of this project was to create a more user friendly experience for the potential clients as well as for employers who need to have employees trained and certified for specific job duties. The actual site does include a shopping cart system for registrants but that aspect was not part of our project. Our focus was strictly on the front end only.

Project Specifications

Extensive use of CSS for restructuring the page layouts
Javascript for controlling certain windows for displaying media
A search engine integrated into the site utilizing MySQL/PHP
CSS dropdown navigation
Multiple header images

Project Screenshots

Below are some screenshots of the before and after for your viewing.

Pavia Systems Home Page Before Redesign

Pavia Systems Home Page After Redesign

Pavia Systems Product Page Before Redesign

Pavia Systems Product Page After Redesign

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Little Pawz Pet Sitting

SimcoMedia Design — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:43:25 +0000

I’ve just begun working on a new project for a pet sitting service in Texas. The game plans is to provide a simple but informative website pertaining to the advantages of using a pet sitter as opposed to boarding pets in a kennel, plus promote their services to their regional area.

Because it’s a pet related site we decided to make the style fun and colorful. The project is done entirely in CSS with potential use for some Javascript/Ajax and some PHP to parse the scheduling forms data.

We will also be optimizing the site for search engine friendliness with the goal being first page results on Google for searches related to pet sitting in their local cities and surrounding areas.

Below is a full screenshot of the home page mockup.

Little Pawz Pet Sitting Custom Design by SimcoMedia

Shopper Press – Wordpress eCommerce Plugin

SimcoMedia Design — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:29:20 +0000

Shopper Press is a quick, easy and full featured way to turn your Wordpress into a robust storefront complete with product management and automated payments via Paypal and others. This amazing plugin transforms your site into a multi-purpose store and blog combined. If you have products to sell, a catalog to display or digital downloads to offer then Shopper Press could be your ticket to online sales!

ShopperPress Wordpress Plugin

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ShopperPress Demo

Painterman Redesign

SimcoMedia Design — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:54:26 +0000

Having already done an X-Cart setup for the sister site, www.painterguides.com, there was an urgent need to recreate the client’s main site that pertained to his primary business, professional home painting. This project posed many challenges since the previous host had unfortunately and inadvertently damaged many of the pages and functionality of the site’s pages. Therefore, we had to reconstruct it from images. All the galleries and lightbox effects had to be regenerated from scratch.The site is comprised mostly of images showcasing before and after, tips and how to’s, a list of services, some downloadable PDF files for references, customer testimonials and contact information.

The entire layout is done in CSS and the use of Jquery and lightbox effects. The color scheme and graphics were the original concept provided by the client including the logo. SimcoMedia now provides the hosting.

Screenshots

Here are some screenshots of the site.

Painterman custom web design by SimcoMedia

MistKing Custom Xcart Design

SimcoMedia Design — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:47:05 +0000

We have just finished the creation and integration of a custom skin for a recently upgraded Xcart for MistKing.com. The project involved creating a clean design based on the color scheme of the logo and prepare it for use with the latest version of X-cart Gold, 4.3, which uses predominantly CSS as its template core.

Some of the challenges included the need to modify multiple CSS files since one was used as the “Main CSS” and another used for specific elements of the core skin that was chosen to customize. This turned out to be the Light & Lucid default theme since it gave us the two-column look the client was looking for. Despite its simplistic look, this skin proved challenging in getting the elements to properly align in the various browsers. However, after MUCH tinkering, we were able to successfully integrate the design into the cart.

Here’s a screeshot of the home page:

MistKing Misting Systems custom design by SimcoMedia

Second Half.net Site Revisions

SimcoMedia Design — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:04:50 +0000

We have just completed some modest revisions to an existing client’s Wordpress based site. The goal was to incorporate three new items into the content of the site. This included adding a shopping cart system for the sale of the client’s new book along with a contact/booking method for speaking engagements.

The primary focus was to bring attention to the two main services and products that the client provides to the public. The book sale and his speaking engagements. This required creating some graphics that would relay those elements to the site visitors along with a dedicated page with the full details for each item.

The end result involved the creation of a split ‘home page’ that provided a summary of each service with a link to the full page with details and ordering or contact information.

The shopping cart was a PayPal based plugin that works perfectly for the single item purchases, the WP Simple PayPal Shopping Cart. For the contact form for speaking engagement bookings we used the incomparable cForms.

The graphics for the book and speaking pages, although simple in their design, were created from photos taken with a cell phone camera and digital camera respectively. The client expressed a desire to keep the site layout to a minimal design to ensure that the expected customer base of over 50’s would be able to navigate easily and not be addressed with undo clutter.

Screen Shot:

Bill Morton Second Half of Life

Myers Chiro Project Completed

SimcoMedia Design — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:53:05 +0000

We have just completed the project for Myers Chiropractic. This project was a redesign of an existing template-driven website. The desire was to move away from the point-and-click style that was currently in use and create a look that was less block style.

One of our major goals was to utilize a more efficient method of displaying content. Therefore, AJAX was used for the majority of links in the main menu as well as for summoning page content in the FAQ’s and Info sections.

The site also incorporated their new logo design of the human torso. The color scheme was chosen to exemplify the calm nature of chiropractic treatments.

An AJAX form system was also incorporated that features validation, customizable CAPTCHA and autoresponder with the capability of delivering attachments.

Myers Chiropractic Custom Website Design

Update To DJ Kona Dance

SimcoMedia Design — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:59:40 +0000

We’ve just completed an update to a Wordpress installation for Tiger Jones Productions / DJ Kona Dance involving installing and customizing a new theme as well as several new plugins for site management.

Tiger Jones Productions provides DJ services and event planning in Kona, Hawaii. Their primary advertising and communication is through their website at www.djkonadance.com. The initial site was created over 18 months ago and was in need of an update to coincide with the latest enhancements to Wordpress and the availability of more dynamic themes.

The original design was based around a basic theme. The new design is based upon one of the Elegant Themes selections, eNews. However, we further modified the theme by creating a completely different header setup and post display.

Before view:

Custom Design by SimcoMedia

New View:

Wordpress Installations

Do you have a need for a content management system or blog? We can assist in setting up, hosting and customizing your Wordpress website. Simply contact us to discuss your project.

The Kitchen Outlet

SimcoMedia Design — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:34:17 +0000

The Kitchen Outlet’s main focus was a very simple design as requested by the site owner. Xcart was used to provide the shopping cart system which allowed for easy customization and functionality. The product line focuses on kitchen gadgets and popular salad dressings. The website also compliments their street fair business where their high-traffic store is located. The website draws nearly 30,000 visitors monthly.

SimcoMedia provided the initial installation of the shopping cart system, the creation of all product images, the creation of the initial product database and hosting. Currently the client handles the updates of products to the cart using the administration panel that comes with Xcart.

Prestige Fundraisers

SimcoMedia Design — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:27:02 +0000

Prestige Fundraisers began as a redesign that also included the integration of a complete online ordering system where schools, organizations and churches could log in and place orders for bulk fundraising products such as candies, candles and cookie dough. The system involved the creation of an automated daily export of the orders in a specific CSV format that would be imported into their office system for processing.

SimcoMedia created the design, all product images, established the shopping cart system, custom coded the wholesale ordering system, created all the various marketing graphics for their special fundraisers and promotions and hosted the site.

SimcoMedia is no longer involved in the upkeep and design of the site. Those responsibilities were turned over to an employee of the company in 2007.