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Disney's Water Sports website revamp completed

July 23, 2010

Disney's Water Sports is the largest boat and jet ski rental shop on Clear Lake, and they've been in business for nearly 30 years.

They came to BitSculptor with a website in need of a facelift and content refresh. With high-quality photos and videos available of the various boat models they rent, creating a site with pleasing visuals was a simple task.

The new site is focused on the fun families can have while boating on beautiful Clear Lake, and attempts to answer the many questions which potential renters have, including specific features of boats, rental policies, and storefront location.

Be sure to visit their new site, and give them a call if you're ever looking to rent a boat on Clear Lake, CA!

Visit www.disneyswatersports.com >

Posted 7/23/2010 in Site Launches

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Grace Church site launched

June 11, 2010

We're happy to announce the arrival of a new website for Grace Church in Kelseyville, CA.

The new site include powerful features for members and new visitors, including:
 - Calendar of events
 - Sermon archive and podcasts
 - News blog
 - Email List tools

The new site is built on the ExpressionEngine platform, providing a solid foundation which can be expanded in future phases.

The site was launched concurrently with a Grace Church's new Facebook page. Facebook status updates are automatically posted, pulled from church's news blog. This allows the church to easily communicate news to Facebook's thousands of local users.

Posted 6/11/2010 in Site Launches

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Outrageous deals for Lake County, CA! ShopStayPlay.com site launched.

June 7, 2010

We're happy to announce the launch of ShopStayPlay.com, a "shop local" project we worked on for the Lake County Chamber of Commerce.

The site allows local merchants to post their business profile and sell "outrageous deals" online. It also allows shoppers to review local businesses and purchase deals. The goal of the site is to encourage local shopping by offering visitors compelling deals and accurate information on local businesses and events.

BitSculptor designed the site, including the ShopStayPlay.com logo and a variety of offline marketing materials like banners and posters. We also developed the extensive backend features which include tools for online selling, reviews, account management, and more.

Visit ShopStayPlay.com >

Posted 6/7/2010 in Site Launches

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Alexander's Aesthetics Gets Pretty

February 11, 2010

Late last year we finished development on a website redevelopment project for Alexander's Aesthetics (www.alexanders-aesthetics.com), a SF Bay Area aesthetician supply and education company.

Alexander's has sells of lot of products and they needed us to develop a custom e-commerce solution that allowed for them to easily manage sales and inventory.

The design of the site was driven by existing branding and print materials so there wasn't much wiggle room for giving things an entirely new look but working within the existing constraints we created a site that's a far cry better than the old design while also being more accessible to users.

Posted 2/11/2010 in Site Launches

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Bay Area Auto Care Website Lifts Off

February 10, 2010

We are glad to announce that we recently launched the new Bay Area Auto Care website (www.bayareaautocare.com). This was a collaborative project with another company who provided the design and sitemap while BitSculptor did all the programming.

Our part of the work involved converting Photoshop layout files into an XHTML templates and then programming the backend to allow the client and easy and secure way to manage the business listings and page content.

Posted 2/10/2010 in Site Launches

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General Baptist National Missions Site Revamp

February 4, 2010

We've recently launched the redesigned and rebranded site for General Baptist National Missions (www.generalbaptistnm.com).

The site includes all of the backend tools from the previous iteration as well as a Wordpress blog installation, and dynamic Google map for displaying churches (www.generalbaptistnm.com/national-impact/new-churches.asp). Each page on the site can be edited by the site administrator using our MS Word-style web editor.

Posted 2/4/2010 in Site Launches

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Illinois Student Ministries Site Goes Live

February 3, 2010

We launched the new web site for the Illinois Student Ministries last week. This site was designed by a designer working for the ISM and was then contracted out to BitSculptor to build the XHTML shell and do the backend programming.

The backend toolset includes news, events, links, photos and video and more.

The site can be viewed at www.ilsmonline.com.

Posted 2/3/2010 in Site Launches

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Konocti Christian Academy Website Launches

November 9, 2009

Konocti Christian Academy (www.konoctichristianacademy.com) recently launched their newly redesigned website developed by BitSculptor.

The site is rebuilt from the ground up, including branding and backend tools which allow the school to manage the content on the site easily and securily.

Posted 11/9/2009 in Site Launches

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Soper Reese Theatre

October 15, 2009

BitSculptor recently collaborated with the Soper Reese Theatre in Lake County to redevelop their website at www.soperreesetheatre.com.

We worked within their existing branding which is heavily influenced by the art deco style of years past. We extended the art deco look to the design of the site including the step down appearance of the top of the page along with the background pattern and rays. BitSculptor's designers work hard to integrate branding and site design together rather than throwing your logo on a generic template and calling it good (because most of the time that isn't good).

The site features a secure backend site administration area where the Soper Reese website administrators can manage all aspects of the site.

The new Soper Reese Theatre web site is a big step forward for the theatre as they work to preserve the landmark and offer culturally rich experiences to the people of Lake County, California.

Posted 10/15/2009 in Site Launches

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New Website for Saint Paul

October 2, 2009

Well maybe not Paul himself but at least a church named after him - St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Peoria, IL (www.stpaulspeoria.com).

St. Paul's was a new client who had an existing website that needed a lot of help. BitSculptor to the rescue! We rebranded, redesigned and redeveloped their site to better serve visitors and members alike. It's also a lot easier to manage the content which is a bonus for the church administration.

The new branding with the two crests was largely developed in house by the church. BitSculptor chose the font and the color and then went to work designing a simple site around the logo.

We also built in all of our custom church website administration tools. These include tools like sermon audio uploads, photos, event, news and more. A big benefit of using BitSculptor to develop a web site is that we don't take a template content management system and try to shape your site around it. Instead, we build the site you want and use our custom developed tools to give you the powerful tools you need to be successful on the web.

Posted 10/2/2009 in Site Launches

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A-1 Home Inspections Site Goes Live

July 17, 2009

A-1 Home Inspections is based in Ukiah, CA and specializes in residential and commercial inspections with a guaranteed 24-hour turnaround. Owner Rocky Schlange wanted a website that was straightforward and professional, with the right mix of content to get good search engine rankings.

The website features simple pages describing A-1's inspection services and pricing, as well as a page with resource articles for people interested in buying or selling a home. The site also includes testimonials from customers.

Posted 7/17/2009 in Site Launches

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Clear Lake Riviera Community Association Site Launches

June 4, 2009

BitSculptor recently launched the new site for the local Clear Lake Riviera HOA (www.clrca.com). The CLRCA is Lake County's second largest HOA with nearly 3000 properties. With such a large community it became necessary to upgrade their existing site to something more user friendly, attractive and easy to manage.

Included in the project was a simple logo design based on a script typeface. The site design is based on the script logo and a softer green color palette. These types of logos are quick and easy to create, while still creating a useful branding element which can be used in various media.

One of the unique design qualities of the site is the bottom-oriented panoramic view of Clear Lake. Placing the photo at the bottom allows for the content to be front and center while still presenting a view of Lake County which, due to its placement, is seamlessly integrated into the page.

The site includes a fairly extensive set of secure content management tools so that essentially all of the content on the site is editable by the CLRCA staff. This content ranges from simple text to photos, documents and more.

Fresh branding, a new design and a new content management system make the new site one that will server the CLRCA for years to come.

Posted 6/4/2009 in Site Launches

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Lakeport Main Street Site Goes Live

December 29, 2008

BitSculptor recently launched the new Lakeport Main Street Association web site (www.lakeportmainstreet.com). The site tools allow administrators to manage member listings and calendar events as well as the content on the rest of the site.

Association members can log in to the site and manage their business listings using Bitsculptor's secure backend tools.

The site design was based on the existing logo provided to Bitsculptor. The logo included a lot of "lake look" curves which were extended across the entire navigation with a large curve. The blue sky background is befitting for a city known for its summer recreation and clean air.

Posted 12/29/2008 in Site Launches

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Bradley Epworth Church Site Goes Live

December 23, 2008

Bitsculptor is glad to announce the completion of Bradley Epworth Church's website (www.bradleyepworth.com/).

The project included branding, site design and development. The branding reveals something of the church's pentecostal roots with the worshipper and flame imagery. The site design is meant to be inviting and to show the church's regional mission with the Peoria skyline in view on each page.

The site included extensive backend tools which range from online giving to managing the different ministries of the church as well as email lists and newsletters.

BitSculptor has been building quality church web sites for years and the new Bradley Epworth Church site shows off what we can offer our clients.

Posted 12/23/2008 in Site Launches

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Website for Shop, Stay, & Play in Lake County Program Launched

December 17, 2008

Sponsored by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, the Shop, Stay, & Play in Lake County is a program dedicated to encouraging Lake County locals to shop Lake County merchants first.

BitSculptor recently launched the program's website, located at ShopStayPlay.com. The site features searchable information on local accommodations and restaurants. Members can also post "deals" for Lake County locals. Additional site phases are planned, which will add additional business categories such as professional services and recreation.

All site content is managed using BitSculptor's secure, browser-based content management tools.

Posted 12/17/2008 in Site Launches

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AGM Property Management's New Site Goes Live

November 20, 2008

Bitsculptor recently finished a redesign and development project for AGM Property Management (www.agmpm.com) located in Lakeport, California and serving all of Lake County.

The previous version of the site was all hardcoded HTML pages which meant that anytime AGM wanted to make changes they had to contact their webmaster to do so. The new site has a password protected administration area where AGM can manage the rental properties that show up on the site. We also created the ability for users to register for accounts which they can then use to apply for rentals online. The rentals are easy to find using the search tools or the custom Google Maps integration which shows the exact location of specific rentals around the lake.

One the design side we were provided with existing branding and used this to create a bold, easy to use look and feel. This includes a navigation bar that stands out and is easy to understand as well as rounded corners on the site pages to complement the curve of the shooting star in the logo.

Beauty and functionality are the hallmarks of Bitsculptor web sites. The new AGM Property Management site is a great example of these two ideas working together. Hooray for us!

Posted 11/20/2008 in Site Launches

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Riviera West Site Goes Live

October 24, 2008

Riviera West is an established neighborhood  in Lake County, California that came to Bitsculptor looking for a web presence for their homeowners association.

The design of the site was created to be warm and inviting while being decidedly "Lake County." This was accomplished through the use of color and strong imagery. The arch along the top of the site resulted from spending a fair amount of time with the logo provided by the association. The logo is actually just a photo of the neighborhood's entry sign which Bitsculptor Photoshopped into something usable.

All of the pages on the site are editable using Bitsculptor's proprietary secure backend tools. This allows the Association to keep the content current thereby making the site a valuable resource for both current and potential residents. As with most homeowners associations there's a lot of documents and rules that need to be readily available to people. To this end, we also included a prominent area where the site administrators can upload documents and sort them into categories as they choose.

Functional beauty was the target and we'd like to think we hit a bullseye.

See for yourself at www.rivierawest.org.

Posted 10/24/2008 in Site Launches

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Principle Property Management Site Goes Live

October 5, 2008

Principle Property Management, located in Peoria, IL, came to us looking for web site design and development. They wanted to be able to manage their rental listings as well as the content on the individual pages. To accomplish this, Bitsculptor implemented our proprietary web site rich text editor which allow clients to log in and manage the content on their pages using a tool very similar to Microsoft Word. We also developed backend tools enabling the Principle Property staff to manage all of their rental listings.

The design was based around their existing logo and their desire to use earth tone colors. We always try to make our design solutions integrate well with company branding and the Principle Property web site was no exception.

Visit the site at www.principleproperty.net.

You may also view available Peoria House Rentals on the site.

Posted 10/5/2008 in Site Launches

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For One Chicago Site Goes Live

September 6, 2008

Coordinated by Park Community Church in Chicago, For One Chicago is an annual event in which thousands of volunteers seek to make a difference in the city thru service projects. Bitsculptor recently completed the design and development of the For One Chicago website at http://www.foronechicago.org. 

The website facilitates their day of service by allowing coordinators to post the details of the many projects citywide, and allowing people to submit volunteer applications for specific projects.

Using our secure backend tools, the staff can manage projects and online applications from a simple interface. Each page of the site is fully editable using our easy to use "Word-style" text editor. 

This combination of tools ensures that the For One Chicago site will continue to help the citizens of Chicago serve their city for years to come.

Posted 9/6/2008 in Site Launches

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Lakeport Chamber Site Goes Live

July 16, 2008

Bitsculptor recently completed the redesign and development of the Lakeport Chamber of Commerce web site at http://www.lakeportchamber.com/.

The site has quite a few different areas of content and the design team decided that usability would be improved by using a distinct color for each area. These can be seen by rolling over the main navigation items. Also included in the new design is a dynamic Flash image fader on the home page which allows the Chamber site administrators to upload new highlighted events and news graphics using Bitsculptor's proprietary secure backend administration tools.

Using these backend tools, administrators can edit all of the page level content on the site as well as manage and send email newsletters. The benefit of using these administration tools is that all of the site management can be done in house by Chamber staff without needing to come back to Bitsculptor everytime they need something changed. Not only is this an easier solution, it also saves the Chamber money in the long run.

A great new look along with useful and secure administration tools ensure the usefulness of the new Chamber site for years to come.

Posted 7/16/2008 in Site Launches

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