Client News

We've just launched another event-related site for CSL Newport Mesa for their 8th Annual People Helping People Fest, a terrific program that brings hundreds of volunteers together with local and regional non-profits.

PHPFest asks attendees to commit to one hour per month for a year with any of the many non-profit organizations exhibiting at the one day event that takes place in September.

The site is light and colorful reflecting the vivid colors of the event's logo that's been reworked by us for an updated look. Built on the Joomla CMS platform for ease of administrative management, the PHPFest site will continue to expand as the event grows in size and scope.

We look forward to continued work on this site, not just because it's a good project... but also because it's for a very worthy cause. In 2009, the PHPFest generated over 7000 volunteer hours for local orgnizations.

You can see the site live at PHPFest.org.

With a significant presence in the guitar world, GSi Media Network sought to develop and launch an "editorial style" news distribution site that would engage guitar players and enthusiasts as well as provide an efficient PR platform for companies and organizations. To accomplish that goal, we created the new GuitarPR website with a bold, fresh look and feel that offers plenty of air, but gets right to the point. Billed as the News Funnel for the Guitar Business, the site features news, announcements, profiles and more from the world of guitar.

GuitarPR, like many of the larger sites we develop and manage is built on the Joomla CMS platform for ease of administration and design flexibility. Because GuitarPR operates in editorial mode, it needs to have the power to process and edit a large number of articles with pictures by several different editors and writers. With Joomla's permission-based back office, these tasks can often be handled by trained staff without specific programming or web design skills.

Click the image to the left to see a larger view or visit the site directly at GuitarPR.com.

We've been building these Guitar Walls for over three years now and we keep on getting orders for them from some the finest guitar builders and guitar-related companies in the business. A recent example is this beautiful wall for Moonstone Guitars located in Eureka, California.

Moonstone was created about three decades ago by luthier Steve Helgeson and he's still the main guy. His work is known the world over for it's incredible style, creativity and top-notch craftsmanship that is second to none. You just have to look at the wall to see the splendor and glory of these instruments.

So creating a wall for Steve was not only an honor, but a real pleasure. And the end result shows a vibrance that is truly captivating. Each of the three walls displays a different style of instrument... Acoustic, Electric and Semi-Hollowbody. There's only one way to truly experience the Moonstone Guitars Wall... and that's to visit it here.

If you're a guitar builder... or just about any other kind of builder or dealer of things visual... we can create a Wall for you. Just contact us for more information. You can also find out more about the other Guitar Walls at BigGuitarWalls.com.

With the challenge of how to produce a high-quality, visually stunning website for a non-profit organization on a slim budget, we choose to develop the Women's Journey Conference website on the open-source content management system known as Joomla.

Joomla is a popular platform because of it's robust web-based administrative capabilities that allow trained staffers to make content changes and additions from virtually any computer with a Web browser. However, developing a Joomla site that takes advantage of it's many powerful features and designing a skin that fits the clients needs can take a great deal of skill and experience.

Fortunately, we've been working the Joomla platform since its inception which gives us a substantial advantage over other developers and in-house marketing departments. Plus, we can deploy a Joomla website in a few days if necessary and still at a cost that is affordable for most organizations.

The Women's Journey Conference website is a clean, but visually intriguing design utilizing only a few of the basic functions available but nonetheless engages visitors and urges them to register for the event.

You can see the site at WomensJourneyConference.com.