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Beekman Helix India
"Everyone asks us for our website... But we don't
have one, and nobody on staff knows how to make one!"
Oh yeh... I feel ya. A company that literally
works on both sides of the world, but has bigger fish to
fry than making their own website.
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This multinational corporation is based out of
McLean, Virginia, with another base in Gurgaon, India.
They do BIG BIG business... Land, buildings, and all
kinds of economic development that makes the heads of us
mere mortals spin. These guys are too busy making
money, but they also needed a simple site that potential
clients could visit.
An added twist... Since they operate in India where
most folks surf the web on mobile devices, they needed a
site that can work in both the wired and wireless realm.
No problem. We built them a standards compliant XHTML site,
and a CSS that makes it all come together, regardless of
the browser platform. "What's that mean exactly?"
you ask... Don't sweat it. Just rest assured
it works the way it should... Isn't that all anyone
wants anyway?
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The Bike Racer
Ever felt really passionate about a sport? I
mean REALLY PASSIONATE? To wit: Mike Byrd.
This guy is a cyclist. I mean, a REAL cyclist.
He's all all muscle, heart and lungs. Yeh, he's
passionate. So what would happen when Mike went to
find a bike race somewhere? Well, turns out it was
a real pain. Nobody seemed to have a complete list
of of bike races coast-to-coast... So what to do?
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Mike decided that if nobody else would do it, he
would!
TheBikeRacer.com is an exercise in database MUSCLE!
Wanna find a mountain bike race in Colorado?... Check
out TheBikeRacer.com. Wanna find a velodrome race
in New York, head over to TheBikeRacer.com. What
if I wind to find a Cyclocross race within a 50 mile
radius of my Zip code? C'mon... You know the
answer...
Race directors can log in, post their races, manage
their info. They get free publicity and good
turnout. Mike doesn't need to manage any of it
(he's too busy training for his next race anyway)...
It's a win-win!
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The Talent Pool, Inc.
With a database of over 10,000 models, this
entrepreneur needed a way to showcase his best and
brightest for his potential clients. So how to do
that quickly, easily, and in a way that has visual
impact?
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Call the Zealot of course! All the models and
their information are housed in a MySQL database back
end. This allows the models to log into the
website, add and change their information, and post
their photos.
So with the models taking care of their own information,
we wrapped the database in a sexy... Yes, I said sexy...
interface that combines the best of Flash, for visual
impact, combined with good old fashioned HTML and driven
by a Cascading Style Sheet. Huh? HTML?
Cascading Style Sheet? "What's dat?" you say?
Don't sweat it... That's for me to worry about.
What this satisfied client is left with is a knockout
website that does it all, and looks good doing it...
"I couldn't do what I do now without this website..."
Don Buckalew
The Talent pool, Inc.
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SSDCP, Inc.
This small software company produces AutoCAD
compatible software for the steel construction industry.
The company changed hands in late 2001, and although it
was one of the most popular types of software in the
industry, it had a website hosted on AOL member space,
with a web URL that was virtually impossible for
potential customers to remember.
The new owners quickly set about to remake the site into
something more professional looking and functional. |
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first step was simple: Claim a new domain name!
SSDCP.com was available, so once purchased, the new
owners moved the entire old site to the new domain.
Site traffic increased dramatically as people now
instinctively surfed to the domain name.
Within a short period, the website had been vastly
improved over its predecessor. However, the site
was still primarily an Internet billboard. Users
could come in and find information but once they left the
site, that was it. Also,
there were four different web forms that visitors to the
site could fill out, but the information from these
forms ended up getting sent to different people in the
organization. Some of these web forms required
intervention on the part of company employees, such as
the manual creation of sales proposals.
Inevitably, sales leads occasionally fell through the
cracks. There needed to be a way to pull it all
the information together.
The decision was made to upgrade to a full-function ASP
website with a database backend. Now users and
potential customers could be more closely tracked, with
all their pertinent contact information being collected
in the web database. Additional programming was
performed so follow-up emails could be automatically
generated and sent to potential customers... All without
any intervention from the sales or management staff.
Sales proposals could also be automatically generated
in Adobe PDF format and sent to customers as an email
attachment.
The net sum of all this was a much more efficient sales
process, and a sophisticated looking and performing
website that actually worked for the company, saving the
staff time, and helping to encourage sales leads to
periodically return to the site.
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site now>>>
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SpeedyDry.com
Ready for a chemistry lesson?
Me neither, but this company produces an ink additive
that, well, like the name says... Printers can add this
stuff to their ink so it dries quicker.
Big deal, right? Well, actually, it is. This
revolutionary stuff means that printers can now print on
materials once thought to be unsuitable for printing...
Like plastic. |
However, their website did not reflect this cutting edge
technology. It basically looked like... Well... I
don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Let's just
say it left something to be desired.
WebZealot to the rescue! Using their existing
logos, and much of their existing content, WebZealot
worked up a site more befitting this upstart company.
With a jazzy Flash menu bar, and even a little
introductory movie with some snappy music, this site
conveys the "can do" attitude that exemplifies this
company, an attitude that was lost on the old website.
See... Chemistry IS interesting!
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site now>>>
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747SP.com
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!
This was a different kind of site for WebZealot in that
it wasn't strictly a business site... Well, at least not
yet!
The 747SP.com website was originally founded in 1996 by
Swedish aviation photographer and enthusiast Tommy
Mogren, and was
entirely dedicated to the Boeing 747 variant known as the
"SP" or Special Performance version. |
Well, much to Tommy's delight, the
website turned into a tremendous success! However,
with that success also came a lot of work. When
the site was first created, it was done entirely in
HTML. However, many of the websites aficionados
would send in photos and information to Tommy.
In order to include this information, he had to manually
reenter the information, build links, and republish the
site. This labor intensive method was okay for
awhile, but as the site began to pick up steam it became
increasingly burdensome. Sometimes he would be
deluged with dozens of emails or photos per day... And
keep in mind, he was also working a regular full-time
job!
By 2003, the workload for what was supposed to be a fun
hobby had simply become overwhelming, and the website
was scaled back, and an announcement placed on the front
page that it was no longer being actively maintained.
WebZealot quickly saw that what this site needed was a
database solution. Working hand-in-hand with Tommy, WebZealot set about to create and design
a database backend, tied with an ASP capable web server,
that would end up automating many of the tasks that had
once been performed manually.
Tommy already had an extensive web design
background, so his pride of ownership came in the
overall look and feel of the site, while the
functionality was engineered by WebZealot.
WebZealot created a custom administration backend, so
now users can submit their information via web forms for
Tommy to review... Then with a
click of a button, the information is verified and
automatically added to the site. What once could
take five or ten minutes can now be accomplished in
SECONDS!
Additionally, WebZealot developed photo uploading
functionality, so users could upload their 747
photographs. Tommy can then quickly and easily
check the photos for acceptability and quality, then
instantaneously add them, without the need to republish.
Because photos were entered into a database, they can be quickly and easily searched and
grouped by any number of different criteria.
Additionally, WebZealot added RSS feed technology to the
site, so as new information is added, it can
instantly be mass broadcast to all the sites users.
This assures many return visits to this site which now
features accurate and up-to-the-minute data and
statistics. The
site has seen an astounding increase in traffic, and is
highly regarded by aviation enthusiasts around the
world.
Visit the site now>>>
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Richard Friedman Associates
Let's say you've built a better mousetrap, but you
just aren't sure how to get your message out.
That's where Richard Friedman found himself. With
an eye for interior style, and a business model unique
in his industry, he knew he was onto something special. |
But Richard is a "one man band" and while he
understands things like upholstery and paint, the
Internet is not his forte... Nor does it need to be.
Needing a site that showcases his product, while fitting
his own personal style, WebZealot worked closely with
this Richard to get quickly get his site up and running.
From the simple things like getting a domain name and an
email address, to the more complex, WebZealot took care
of it all, completing the site in four weeks.
Richard provided some photos, and put some words on
paper, and we just took it from there...
The finished product melds the look, feel, and textures
of some of Richard's work into a website that is simple,
straightforward, and easy to navigate!
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Cole Creative
Tony Cole, owner of Cole Creative, knows graphic
design inside and out. However while he uses a
computer virtually every day to ply his trade, he is a
bit flummoxed when it comes to the Internet. "I
don't get it really. I don't even pretend to." |
Tony had started his website years ago, primarily so
folks could see samples of his work and get his contact
information. He claimed his domain name, booked
his web space, and hired a webmaster to put it all
together. For years it worked well enough, and he
didn't give it much thought.
Then he realized one day that some of the information on
the site was out of date. Not coincidentally, he
also realized he could no longer find his webmaster.
This also meant he no longer knew the passwords to get
access to his site. Not feeling confident of his
computer abilities, he chose to just leave well enough
alone.
Years went by, when one day he looked at his credit card
bill. What had once seemed like a reasonable fee
for web hosting now seemed not reasonable at all.
Still, he had no idea where to begin to move his site,
or even if it could be done at all.
Enter WebZealot, who led Tony out of his old and
expensive web hosting, and into a hosting plan that
costs less per year than what he was paying PER MONTH!
WebZealot deferred to Tony on the graphic look of his
new site (it is his profession after all!) and was able
to quickly, easily, and painlessly move and replace his
old and out of date site, without a minute of downtime
between the old site and the new site... And the money
he is saving more than makes it all worthwhile!
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Brenneman Thompson
Properties
Selling and renting lots of beautiful properties in
some of Charlotte's best neighborhoods, Brenny had a
problem... When people asked "What's your web address?"
he just didn't have an answer. Brenny knows real
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He needed a way to quickly and easily post his
properties and pictures to the Internet. But using
AOL email was about the limit of his online expertise.
We built him a fully database driven website, that
allows Brenny to add, delete, and edit his property
listings with a few clicks of a button. Add some
pictures?... Sure, no problem. Then we wrapped it
in a silky smooth interface that matched his corporate
look, and voila!
Now Brenny has a website that he's happy to send folks
to!
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100 North Church
This Mooresville, NC, developer started an innovative
project and needed to pull out all the stops.
Selling high-end luxury condos in what used to be a
sleepy and small North Carolina town requires a thorough
set of sales tools. But when your hands are full
trying to wrangle suppliers and contractors, you don't
have the time to learn how to pull all your marketing
together...
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In cooperation with Cole Creative, WebZealot helped
to pull together this informative and highly interactive
website. Potential customers could enter the site,
browse building specs and floor plans, download and
print maps and blueprints, and even reserve their very
own condo, all online!
Maps of each floor level show prospective buyers at a
glance which spaces are available and which have already
been sold. Not only that, but out of town folks
could get a feel for the distinctive flavor of
Mooresville.
The website was created to match the look and feel of
the project's printed sales matter, with coordinated
colors, fonts, and graphics. The finished product
is polished and professional.
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Hirsh.TV, Inc.
Hirsh.TV is an Atlanta area television production
house founded in 1993. While skilled in visual
communication, website design was not an area of
expertise. After grabbing one of the pricey ".TV"
domains, owner Logan Hirsh was run through the ringer
trying to get his website and email up and running.
He finally settled on a point-and-click design service,
and paid handsomely for a site that left a lot to be desired.
But, hey, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do,
right?
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Tired of feeling bad after looking at the cool sites
of other TV production shops, Logan decided it was time
to get serious... Time to call WebZealot.
With little more than a résumé and a photo, WebZealot
was able to redesign the Hirsh.TV website from the
ground up, including the distinctive "eyeball" logo, and
an attractive, professional color scheme to match.
Clean, easy to navigate, and memorable... With just a
few pages and a small budget, WebZealot was able to put
together a no-nonsense site, befitting the spirit of
this company.
Visit the site now>>>
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