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		<title>Boulder Web Design: CCC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Boulder web design project for the Colorado Cross Classic event website was created to for the annual Cyclocross race, which takes place in Boulder, Colorado, and attracts professional riders from all over the state and beyond. This years event was supported by sponsors like Webroot, 1st Bank, Oskar Blues, VeloNews, and many other local Boulder area businesses.

The primary goal of the Colorado Cross Classic website / Boulder web design project was to inform riders about the 2010 event, including course maps and event info, online registration, event news and updates, as well as prominent placement of sponsor and partner logos for this Boulder event.  To help convey the location and setting of this event, we chose to use a large image of the iconic Boulder Flatirons as the site background, and then blurred the image to create a sense of distance and depth on the page.  The additional scrolling image banner on the website home page further highlights the nature of this Cyclocross event, and allows for graphic banner drivers to allow visitors to easily register for the Boulder event.

This Boulder web design project leveraged the popular Wordpress platform, which allowed us to hand off the site and its content to CCC event staff for ongoing updates, news posts, and addition of sponsors and other event info as race day approached.  The powerful Wordpress admin interface allowed for fast and easy site updates by multiple website editors, and connections to social sites, like Facebook &#38; Twitter, were also very ...<div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/boulder-web-design-ccc/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/CCC-website-design-sm.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Colorado Cross Classic Website Design Boulder]]></description>
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		<title>Boulder Website: Heidi Wicks</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/heidi-wicks-boulder-web-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The HeidiWicks.com website was designed to clearly communicate Heidi's personalized approach to Date Coaching and Matching, while incorporating her existing logo and branding colors throughout the site.  This is a Wordpress driven site, with a high level of customization to drive page functionality, as well as a customized Wordpress theme, custom page templates, and a remodeled Wordpress admin to make managing the content very easy for Heidi into the future.  Custom content types were created within Wordpress to handle templating and style formatting for client testimonials, news announcements, blog posts, and page content updates.

In addition to the Wordpress customization, we integrated the contact form on the site with Heidi's existing SalesForce.com account, so that all lead generation through her website is automatically synced with Sales Force, and she can more easily manage her clients and new leads going forward. We also migrated her existing Blogger blog posts into the new site structure and dating blog, which can all be maintained from the Admin panel and CMS that Heidi now uses to manage all her site content.

We kicked off this project with an informal meeting in Boulder over coffee, where Heidi described her hopes and requirements for the new site, as well as her existing online content that she wanted to incorporate into this new site.  We presented several site design variations to help guide the conversation and make decisions about overall layout, look and feel, as well as high level site functionality and color choices.  Once we collectively narrowed those ...<div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/heidi-wicks-boulder-web-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/heidi-wicks-website-design-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>boulder web design]]></description>
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		<title>The Prairie Club Website</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/prairie-club-flash-html-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 01:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The goal for The Prairie Club project was to take their existing flash website and site functionality, and convert it into an SEO friendly HTML website with a custom built content management system.  The primary challenge was to maintain the clients' current branding, look &#38; feel, and overall user experience using only HTML, CSS, and Javascript libraries.

Full flash websites are inherently bad for search engines, and generally don't produce high results in organic search listings.  By converting this site into HTML for the Prairie Club, not only are search listings and organic results greatly improved, but they are able to manage the site content via the custom Content Management System (CMS) and backend database that were built.

Visit site <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/prairie-club-flash-html-website/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/tpc-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Boulder Colorado Website Design]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR Team Website</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/anton-racing-website-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Anton Racing Website re-design project was completed for this NASCAR Camping World Series Team in March 2010.  We also designed and built their original website, but were asked to upgrade the site and modernize the site design before the start the 2010 race schedule. The client request included being able to make site updates easily and quickly from the track on raceday so that the race and qualifying results could be instantly posted to the site, as well as dynamic photo gallery integration, Content Management, and Search Engine Optimization.

For this client, we opted to build the site entirely on top of WordPress and leverage the easy to use front end interface that they have developed for managing site content, as well as the option to add plugins, and other applications onto the site.  The left column on the homepage is the dynamic "news" feed, which they can easily update from the track using only a cell phone to send info to the site, which will format and post it automatically.  They can also login as usual and add those updates.

The Photos and Videos throughout the site are powered by Flickr, and are automatically pulled in from the Anton Racing Flickr account as soon as new photos are uploaded by members of the team at the track.  Additionally, all the other pages and content on the site can be managed through WordPress directly, giving the team the ability to change content, or even create new pages whenever they need.

Visit ...<div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/anton-racing-website-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/website-antonracing-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Westfield Mass Web Design]]></description>
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		<title>Black Dog Timberworks</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/black-dog-timberworks-website-logo-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We met Rusty Partridge, owner of Black Dog Timberworks, through a client referral in 2009.  Black Dog Timberworks is located in western Maine, and the scope of the project was to create a great looking logo, and then build a website that highlighted his custom timberframe structures and others services that he could manage the content of going forward.  Moving into the online realm was a big step for Black Dog Timberworks, but we were both convinced that with a great site, highly optimized for Search Engines, his business would certainly grow in 2010 and beyond.

Black Dog Timberworks builds hand-crafted, custom timberframe homes, barns, and structures, and we had to convey that craftsmanship and unique detail in the design of the website.  To accomplish that, we decided on a highly stylized design that incorporated warm, earthy colors, wood grain and rustic textures, subtle gradients in some of the graphics and a script-like customer testimonial font, while still keeping a modern "shine" on certain design elements.

It was a project requirement that a Content Management System (CMS) be available to Black Dog Timberworks as well so that they could make changes and update the site with new photo content as they complete projects this coming year.  Here is what Rusty said about the the CMS we have them using:

"you did a great job in setting things up for me to
update and change easily.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate that." - Rusty Partridge

To  make new project photos easy to update and display ...<div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/black-dog-timberworks-website-logo-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/website-blackdog-SM1.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Maine Website Graphic Design]]></description>
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		<title>East Coast Resurfacing</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/east-coast-resurfacing-web-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/east-coast-resurfacing-web-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Website Design project for East Coast Resurfacing, based in Western Massachusetts, is actually the second website project we have executed for ECR.  This time, we updated the look and feel of the site to accommodate wider browser widths that are standard now, as well as a large Search Engine Optimization push to get the site to rank higher and generate more business for ECR in 2010.

East Coast Resurfacing does Concrete Floor etching, Epoxy Floor coatings, and offers other flooring solutions for large industry, commercial buildings, and even huge government projects at military installations around the East Coast.  For this project, it was important that we improve their online visibility, as well as convey a professional and trustworthy corporate image and brand.

The website re-design portion of this project was limited to refreshing the look and feel of the site by going with a wider web page display/layout, incorporating their existing logo, and implementing a Content Management System that would make the content easy for them to update and change in the future.  In addition, we suggested adding a project Blog to the site that they could update bi-weekly with current project updates, progress, photos, and other info to really show that they are an industry leader and knowledgeable experts in their field.

Visit site <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/east-coast-resurfacing-web-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/website-ECR-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Western Mass Web Design]]></description>
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		<title>Neith Motorsports Website</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/neith-motorsports-web-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California-based Neith Motorsports hired us to design and build their new business website back in the fall of 2008.  They specialize in manufacturing triple chrome plated accessories and  well-padded aftermarket seats for various lines of motorcycles, and were primarily interested in collecting dealer applications during their startup phase.

During the initial consultation, several design options were presented based on our discussions with them about the site design and other online websites they liked.  After the mockup design was chosen, we proceeded in building out and launching the site in October of 2008.  We also assisted in hosting setup and email access for Neith Motorsports to coincide with the new site launch.

Visit site <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/neith-motorsports-web-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/thumb-logo-neith-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Denver Colorado Web Design]]></description>
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		<title>Lodos Bar &amp; Grill Website</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/lodos-denver-website-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Denver's best restaurants and bars, Lodo's Bar and Grill, contracted us in the summer of 2008 to redesign their website into something that would be easy for people to find online, fun to use, and convey their proximity to Coors Field, the home of the Colorado Rockies.

After an initial meeting with this client, several design decisions were made, including the decision to create a fun flash introduction to the site that would include a beer glass filling, and food and drink arriving with Coors Field in the background.  after this introduction, the site loads fully and visitors can explore the menu, events, and other Lodo's locations not in downtown Denver.

We installed a Content Management System for Lodo's so that they could make updates going forward into the future, as well as installing Google Analytics for site traffic tracking and site user stats.

Visit site <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/lodos-denver-website-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/thumb-logo-lodos-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Denver Colorado Web Design]]></description>
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		<title>Hannah Kahn Dance</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/hannah-kahn-dance-denver-web-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The website portion of the project for the Hannah Kahn Dance Company started in the summer of 2008.  The request was to redesign/face lift the old site to make it more user friendly, add some visual interest and allow for easy updates by the staff.

After a bit of research and some design feedback we settled on a very open layout with a user friendly Content Management System called Cushy.  The project allows the dance company to display photos, post recent projects and daily class announcements. <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/hannah-kahn-dance-denver-web-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/thumb-logo-hkdc-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Denver Colorado Web Design]]></description>
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