Well it has been another busy summer for us here at Barleywine Graphics! We launched several new sites, including the long-awaited complete redesign of the The First Universalist Society of Hartland Four Corners site.
This was one of my very first clients, and the original site had not been touched, design-wise, since about 2000! I have to say that it stood the test of time pretty well, but it was definitely time for a big change! We converted the entire site to Joomla!, which will enable the people at the Church to help with the updates. We implemented an events calendar and many other improvements, and I think they’re going to be very happy with the results.
Whippletree Yarn ShopAnother big project this summer was a brand new e-commerce site for a yarn shop in Woodstock, Vermont. Built with Zen Cart, this site will ultimately have hundreds of items, but for now, Whippletree Yarns is easing slowly into the waters of e-commerce, and will actually begin taking orders later in the fall. In the meantime, be sure to check out their great selection of yarns, patterns, and accessories.
Also this summer was a new venture for me, as the Joomla consultant working with another design house down in Massachusetts. Milk Row Studios of Worcester, MA, approached me last spring to help with the total redesign of the Wayside Youth site, migrating this enormous site over to Joomla! After months of meetings and the usual design changes, we are expecting to launch the new face for this very worthy cause in late September. Earlier in the summer I also collaborated with Milk Row on another project, The Encompass Education website.
Finally, closest to our hearts here in Weathersfield, is the simplest site I’ve had to to put together in ages; the
New Green Home Solutionslaunch for the new book, New Green Home Solutions, by David Bonta and Stephen Snyder. It’s just a little WordPress site with e-commerce enabled, but David is another client who goes way back with us – not only have we been friends for many years, I also have been working with his website since he opened his Solar Store empire back in 2001. And his co-author is no less than my husband Steve Snyder, a PR and marketing guru who I’ve been lucky enough to work with for the past few years, ever since he left Dartmouth to venture out on his own.
Steve is an important part of our team here at Barleywine Graphics, as main copywriter and head of all our PR and marketing campaigns for our clients.
We are all so proud to be a part of this green movement, and this book is going to be an important part of teaching people how easy it is to use renewable energy in their own lives, whether they want to start small, by changing their light bulbs, or go full steam ahead and install solar panels and wind turbines. It’s an absolutely gorgeous book, and I’m thrilled to be able to help them promote it. Congratulations, guys!!
So what are you waiting for? Head on over to New Green Home Solutions for your very own autographed copy!
