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Heart’s Adventure

Scott Beyer — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:37:38 +0000

Life coaching offers an effective, convenient way to help you achieve results, live a more meaningful life, and sustain life changing behavior in your life and career. Are you ready to challenge yourself?

This site is a strong example of a simple, custom-designed site that conveys a professional image at an affordable cost. It’s built around a blog with additional pages for background information and file downloads. The owner can easily make his own edits. RSS feed and Twitter integration make his new content easily accessible.

The visual design takes a simple approach, using a carefully selected stock photo as the foundation.

Atwater Colors

Scott Beyer — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:55:37 +0000

This client was looking for an attractive online portfolio to showcase her work and highlight upcoming shows. I created a custom WordPress theme that uses watercolor paper and brushes as background images, and integrated the site with PayPal for easy online purchases of cards and prints.

OMERI

Scott Beyer — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:39:32 +0000

Whitney Lowe, the founder of OMERI, wanted a long-overdue makeover for his company’s web site, but needed to find someone who would apply the same standards of high quality and attention to detail that he applies to his own work. His goals included an updated visual design, revised navigation and organization, blog integration, and an easy-to-use practitioner directory.

The new site offers all of the above, along with an extensive collection of user resources, a newsletter subscription form, faculty bios, custom print formatting, and ease-of-use for both the reader and the site’s editors.

Ann Clark Promo

Scott Beyer — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:27:10 +0000

Let us take your customer’s logo and turn it into a cookie cutter. Add a custom recipe card that includes company information, a cookie recipe and a special message. It is a promotional product that will be shared with the whole family.

Ann Clark Ltd is a Vermont cookie cutter manufacturer who wanted to separate their online promotional business from their wholesale and retail web site. The audience, goals, and functional requirements of their promo web site are particular to that business, and we created a solution that stands out visually while offering just the functionality needed for that business.

The site is centered around a gallery of 300 stock shapes and custom examples. Promotional distributors can login for access to additional features, including the ability to blind-send photos and samples to their clients.

Selective use of javascript animates gallery and site navigation for an easier user experience.

Sykes Fitness Training

Scott Beyer — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:46:43 +0000

Erin Sykes has worked hard to grow her business, her clientele, and her future plans for her fitness training business. When deciding how to spend her limited marketing budget, she knew that a high-quality web site was a high priority. For Erin, it was important that her site convey her professionalism and dedication to quality–something that would have been lacking from a free, template-based site.

Erin can login to her site to make edits and add content. The photo-based page design takes advantage of a set of great action photos she was able to provide.

TouchChi

Scott Beyer — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:36:21 +0000

The TouchChi experience is a unique blend of modalities, ranging from energetic to structural work, seamlessly integrated into a flowing, personalized session focused on your needs in the moment.

The owners of TouchChi had planned to create their own web site, but the reality of launching a successful business meant that time was short, and there were always other tasks that took a higher priority.

Rick and Troy came to me with a logo, a color palette, and very well-considered thoughts about the professional image and style they wanted to convey. We worked closely together to create a stylish design that met their exacting requirements.

VT Gay Social Alternatives

Scott Beyer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:39:12 +0000

Since 1990, VGSA has provided occasions for Vermont’s LGBT community to meet in comfortable, safe, social surroundings.

This social club needed a site that enabled members to take a more active role in updating content, reducing their reliance on a dedicated web master. I built the site on WordPress, an open-source CMS, allowing certain members to easily make content changes.

The site also features private content that requires a member login. Rotating banner ads, PayPal store integration, and event lists powered by Google Calendar make this site a powerful tool for a reasonable price.

Red Leaf Therapy

Scott Beyer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:35:50 +0000

Recovering from an injury, going through a difficult life transition or just stressed out from daily demands: our body and soul need attention, care and nurturing. Red Leaf Therapy offers integrated healing sessions to meet your body’s most pressing needs. Specializing in HENDRICKSON Method®, Craniosacral Therapy and Hot Stones Massage.

This site’s main feature is its visual design, which I built around the central photo. The floating image with transparent shadow works on supported browsers, and degrades gracefully everywhere else.

Warner Body Therapy

Scott Beyer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:35:17 +0000

The owner of Warner Body Therapy had a massage business and web site with an identity that did not fit his personality. Because a new visual desgin was a high priority for him, we spent considerable time at the start exploring a number of design themes. My work for him also included the creation of business cards and pamphlets.

Inline Massage

Scott Beyer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:34:49 +0000

If you have muscle pain, massage is not a luxury; it is a necessity to help bring your body’s balance back inline. InLine Massage can help improve your quality of life by reducing chronic muscle pain.

The owner of Inline Massage wanted a site she could easily maintain herself. I built the site on Joomla, an open-source CMS that allows her to edit content and menus, and add or remove pages as needed.