Locus Launch: KayakShed.com
March 16 2008
Nearly two years after its initial launch, KayakShed.com has been redesigned with a new look and upgraded functionality.
While the core structure of the site remains the same, new designs were applied to more highly search engine optimize each page of the site. Additionally, usability was enhanced by organizing product pages more hierarchically, and allowing the site main and sub-categories to be controlled by the client as necessary.
To further streamline the checkout process, the shopping cart was redesigned with on the fly shipping calculations integrated with both USPS and UPS.
Additionally, the HTML email newsletter sending tool was migrated to Locus' partner, Vertical Response.
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Locus Launch: Race4AReason.org
March 06 2008
Locus Interactive in conjunction with Starbucks Cycling and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is proud to announce the launch of Race4AReason.org - a website designed to help people in all stages of cancer survivorship by raising money for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Survivorship Program, part of the LIVESTRONG™ Survivorship Center of Excellence Network.
Tasked with creating a tool for SCCA and The Starbucks Cycling Team, Locus Interactive designed and developed a website with extensive functionality that enables riders to plan, coordinate and communicate. Automated reminder emails ensure that riders, volunteers and coordinators don't miss out on any training opportunities and a multimedia module, message board and blog provide plenty of material for post ride cooldowns.
Ride on over to www.Race4AReason.org to find out how you can help.
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Locus Launch: RipCaswell.com
February 21 2008
Designed to showcase Rip Caswell's range of sculptures and provide insight into the artist himself www.RipCaswell.com features a complete online gallery in addition to streaming high defnintion videos that provide unique perspective on the artist, his process and work.
Look for Rip to appear in producer Neil Rogers' PBS series "Discover the Wild" which is scheduled to air in 2008 and features Rip and Neil on location researching Bighorn Sheep in Wallowa, Oregon. Or just swing by the gallery in historic Troutdale, Oregon to experience his work in person.
www.RipCaswell.com
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Locus Launch: RiverHealth.org
February 14 2008
When Clackamas County's Water Environment Services and Locus' strategic partner Conkling, Fiskum & McCormick needed to tell the complex story of resolving the county's shortage of treatment capacity, they turned to Locus Interactive to design and develop a website to use as a tool for getting this message out.
RiverHealth.org utilizes streaming video to tell it's story and supporting video case studies to support the need for additional capacity to protect public health and water quality.
Residents and interested parties can now visit the website to keep up to date on the latest news and events, monitor construction updates, submit feedback, and register for email updates and information from WES and the Wastewater Capacity Management Program.
“We’re really happy to be working with Locus on RiverHealth.org! With large dollar projects on the horizon, it was a priority to make information available to our customers. We had other alternatives within our organization to use, but we were limited on how the site would look. Locus Interactive did a great job designing and hosting our web site just the way we envisioned it. Not only do we have an appealing site for our customers to easily obtain important information, the administrative area is easy to use too. After a successful rollout, the Locus team has been very friendly and responsive to our support needs. We’re glad we used Locus Interactive and will use them again.”
~Steve Shampine
Water Environment Services
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Locus Launch: NACHC.com
February 06 2008
With Healthcare a key topic of debate in this upcoming Presidential election, the timing couldn't be better for NACHC to launch a new website.
Locus Interactive worked closely with NACHC's Director of Information Technology, Jason Gump, Webmaster Ken Kirtland, and Data Manager Jeremy Bronheim to fully assess the needs of NACHC's staff and develop functionality that would aid in their communication efforts while maintaining an easily navigable website architecture. The NACHC IT "Dream Team" made things happen in DC and deployed Locus' code on NACHC's servers.
Built on top of Locus' proven content management system www.NACHC.com now houses a centralized document library, a custom (and scalable) blog, on the fly include file generation for 3rd party applications, various RSS feeds throughout the site, automatic post and remove functionality for content, along with press releases, an online magazine, and much much more.
Locus helped guide us through a discovery, design and implementation process that ended up being much wider in scope than we could have ever predicted. The end result is a streamlined web site that not only makes a visual impact, but enables staff to post fresh content in a timely manner. The new site communicates the depth and breadth of NACHC’s services and mission more clearly, and is loaded with features that will allow us to maintain and grow it over time as our organization and membership constantly evolve.
~Jason Gump
Director of Information Technology
Read the full NACHC.com Case Study
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