Site Launch: Michael McCarthy Law

Jul 172009
 

Michael McCarthy Law has been in development for a while now and readers will soon find that it was worth the wait!

Meant to be much more than a simple “shingle site” for a Personal Injury and Estate Handling firm, MML is aimed at educating both current and potential clients, an approach that more and more businesses are finding to be beneficial to both parties. Creating this site was an exercise in conditional tags, one of WordPress’s most powerful site architecture tools. Certain pages were designated by the client to live in the top navigational bar, while pages dealing with the various areas of practice were to have their own listing in the left sidebar. The theme is a customized version of CognoBlue 1.0 by BlogsDNA, which was a pleasure to work with, clean, flexible and consistent across browsers. Feel free to stop by Michaelmccarthylaw.com and take the grand tour!

Site Launch: Century Portraits

Feb 142009
 


Earlier in the month, Jenn Mears Web Design completed work on Century Portraits, a web site for the portrait photographer Brian Corbett. This was a great site to work on since the images provided by the client were luminous black and white portraits that lent themselves nicely to a design based on the imagery of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Inspired by the classic portraiture style of George Hurrell, Century Portraits’ owner and photographer Brian Corbett has worked for over a decade and a half in the film industry. From working with such cinematographers as John Seale and Darius Khondji, he has combined his experience and love of photography into a studio that creates commissioned portraits in the style of famous Hurrell photographs of such legends as Humphrey Bogart and Jean Harlow.

To view a collection of Century Portraits’ work, go to: Centuryportraits.com/gallery.html

Featured Client: RCTerry.com

Jan 222009
 

On January 20th, 2009, Barack Hussein Obama II was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States and many comparisons were made to Kennedy’s inauguration into the Oval Office. Beyond the superficial resemblances of vigorous youth and dynamic speaking skills, there is another striking resemblance to that era, President Obama’s call to Americans to work together to create a better world for all. This strongly echoes President Kennedy’s passionate support for one of his administration’s longest-lasting legacies, The Peace Corps.

Sargent Shriver, JFK and RFK’s brother-in-law, became a driving force in the creation of the Peace Corps based on his experience with The Experiment For International Living. In preparing to launch his new agency’s efforts in the area called East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), Shriver decided to ask Robert Terry Jr., a journalist who had written about rural community development in South Asia, to lead the first team of Peace Corps Volunteers into East Pakistan. Terry accepted the job and began a long and distinguished career in the field of volunteer service.

After deciding to collect his stories of early life in the Peace Corps into a book entitled “And Everyone Should Try”, Robert Terry realized that he would need a web presence to attract publishing interest and so he contracted Jenn Mears Web Design to develop a site to showcase his experience under the name; rcterry.com

Recently launched, the site’s visual design is based on the colors of the national flag of Bangladesh, Terry’s area of service. In addition to the home page which introduces the user to the site’s purpose, the site also offers a brief biography, samples and reviews of Robert Terry’s writings over the years, and also a photo gallery which reveals fascinating glimpses into the early years of both the Peace Corps and the country now known as Bangladesh.

Jenn Mears Web Design welcomes 2 new clients!

Nov 042008
 

Things are happening around here! Three companies have hired Jenn Mears Web Design LLC to create new websites. They are:

Milestones Unlimited, P. C.: This is a company that was looking to create a brand new site for their care management and consulting business based in Hopkinton, MA. They are licensed social workers who are dedicated to helping seniors and their families find the best care available in times of transition.
Design Objective: To create a site that will present the services offered by Milestones Unlimited in a way that is easily read and understood by the end user. After surveying a number of similar web sites, it was determined that a simple, easy to follow navigation would be most important, followed by easy to read content that could quickly be scanned by the reader.

Loynd Capital Management: There are several internet services that help users choose a Chartered Financial Analyst and these services often direct the user to the CFA’s website via a link. Wishing to capitalize on this service, Geoffrey Loynd, MBA contacted Jenn Mears Web Design about setting up an informational site for both prospective and current clients.
Design Objective: In order to present the company to prospective clients, a home page with a strong sense of the site’s purpose was needed. Loynd Capital Management’s logo is a nautical steering wheel and it flows smoothly into a theme of aiding navigation through today’s financial waters. The aim of the content is to guide the client through the services offered and help them to make informed decisions.

I’ll try to keep posting articles on things like advertising and search engine optimization, but from here on out it’s going to be ABC (always be coding) for a while!

Salem Main Streets Launches New Site!

Oct 062008
 

Salem Main Streets New Web Site

At a Salem Chamber of Commerce coffee connection last summer, I had the opportunity to meet Jennifer Bell, the manager of the Salem Main Streets Initiative, a non-profit focused on revitalizing the downtown area. She had mentioned that they were looking to develop a web site on their URL, salemmainstreets.org, and now, that plan has come to fruition!

It was a lot of fun to work on something that would reach into so many aspects of our community and there is so much going on in Salem that at times the committee wasn’t sure what the main focus of the site should be. Was it for visitors looking to find out about all there is to do here? Was it for new and current business owners to tap into all the resources available to them? Was it for residents to follow local business news and find out what’s happening in their town? Luckily, the idea of a WordPress-driven site was approved and its flexibility and ease-of-use was a good fit for the task at hand. Welcome to the new Salem Main Streets site, where you can find information about local festivals, shopping, dining and new businesses. There is a section for local business owners and an interactive map, powered by Community Walk, to be your guide to everything this great community has to offer!

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