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Custom WordPress Theme: Motorboat Movies

adesign — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:39:49 +0000

Alyson Design worked with Motorboat’s Cameron Burr to create a portfolio website just as quirky as his wide variety of video, documentary and hand-drawn animation projects. Updating the content himself was a priority, so we integrated this design into the WordPress content management system, our hands-down favorite to work with. The project also included an emphasis on organic search, as the rest of the world should witness Cameron’s humorous, professional, and sometimes bizarre take on his subjects.

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Custom WordPress Theme: The Muskin Company

adesign — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:54:43 +0000

Quite often less is more, and this web design for The Muskin Company puts that theory into practice by placing this long established Austin home builder’s work front and center. This project gave the company a clean, easy to navigate space to feature their amazing custom home and remodeling work, all of which is easily updatable using the WordPress content management system. Along with the site, we created a fresh logo design, matching yard signage, and integrated our SEO Starter Kit to help push the company’s organic search presence to a much higher level.

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Website Design: Petticoat Fair

adesign — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:55:52 +0000

Petticoat Fair has been meeting the intimate apparel needs of area women for over 45 years, and we were excited to help this landmark Austin retailer update their web presence. This project included a complete site redesign with a new foundation of xhtml/CSS code, a fresh visual identity, user-friendly non-Flash product galleries, and an emphasis on organic SEO to help potential customers find them online more easily.

Custom WordPress Theme: Opal’s Divine Mary Mix

adesign — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:36:22 +0000

Building a brand like the Opal’s Divine Mary Mix requires a cohesive look that runs from product, to advertising and marketing, all the way through to the website. For this part of the project, we created a custom WordPress website that not only reflects the Opal Divine’s brand, it encourages participation by fans and users alike! We’re looking forward to more tall tales on the site’s blog from Michael Parker, founder of the Opal’s Divine Mary Mix.

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Custom WordPress Theme: Home Sweet Home Austin

adesign — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:33:08 +0000

Home Sweet Home Austin’s Janet Cloudt is no stranger to the Austin real estate market, and when she decided to create a fresh approach to the traditional realty website, Alyson Design was there to assist. Janet had a number of very specific goals for her new business website, both visually and functionally, and once again a fully custom WordPress theme was the solution.

Anchoring her site is a Community section, which not only serves as a place for Janet to post personal blog entries and informative articles, but also gives users online space to interact and submit their own informative content. Visually, the site takes a big detour from the typical real estate website, and it gives the logo we designed a bright, comfortable new environment to live in. This project also included integrated MLS search tools, a featured properties section and featured neighborhoods pages, all of which can be quickly and easily updated through an administrative control panel.

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Custom WordPress Theme: Austin Centric Realty

adesign — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:33:58 +0000

Always excited about pushing WordPress code to achieve results way beyond a typical blog, Alyson Design partnered with Austin Centric Realty to create a fully custom real estate website theme. Principal Ross Cole is not new to the Austin real estate market, but his company is, and he wanted to create a fresh website that would set him apart from the typical Realtor crowd. With an ever changing inventory of properties for sale and for rent, the ability to efficiently update listings was a main priority, and the WordPress content management system allows just that.

This custom WordPress theme features extensive information for potential home buyers and sellers, integrated MLS search features, exclusive for sale and for lease listings, news and blog sections, and informative sections for each of the central and east Austin neighborhoods they specialize in.

You can’t miss Austin Centric Realty’s bright blue signs while driving around town these days – check out the identity branding we created for them here!

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Website Design: Westminster Manor

adesign — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:02:38 +0000

Alyson Design is proud to have assisted Austin non-profit Westminster Manor with their recent website redesign project. We helped the Westminster team realize their vision by translating their cohesive brand into a dynamic xhtml/CSS driven website. Website features include secure online job application and information request forms, an online calendar showcasing upcoming events, and an elegant and easy to use PDF page turning book! Retirement living has never looked better.

Custom WordPress Theme: GUGU by Retrocuffs

adesign — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:28:13 +0000

Alyson Design helped Retrocuffs make the leap into the world of ecommerce by creating a fully custom WordPress theme with built-in catalog and shopping cart functions. The client needed a site that was easy to navigate and would showcase her unique combination of eco-friendly leather cuffs and antique buttons, and would also give her the ability to quickly update her inventory at home or at a show. We also wanted to keep costs at a modest level compared to many ecommerce websites we’ve built by using the Instinct WordPress plugin; we believe the resulting website met all of those goals without sacrificing quality.

Included in this project was a branding package with logo design and merchandising materials, and our Organic SEO Starter Kit was applied to give the site a big push in natural online search. Go GUGU, go WordPress!

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