Archive for the ‘CDS News’ Category

Posted on March 5, 2010 - by CDS

Latest Project: Healthy Harvest Hydro

One of my all time favorite projects, Healthy Harvest Hydroponics and Organics‘ new website officially launched a few days ago. Located in San Luis Obispo, H3O offer high quality hydroponics equipment and organic gardening supplies. The shop is the largest on the Central Coast, and stocked full of the essentials.

H3O is a brand new business, and we were lucky enough to be chosen to create their logo, website, WordPress blog, business cards and a 3′x8′ banner displayed on the outside of their building. This is one of my favorites because not only do I have a great appreciation for natural/organic/eco-friendly enterprises, I was able to be very creative and produce an award-winning website that I’m extremely proud of. And H3O’s owners were an absolute pleasure to work with.

I’m sure that you will find the shop and staff equally positive at Healthy Harvest Hydro. So if you have the need for hydroponic gardening supplies or would just like to learn more about how it all works, I highly recommend dropping by the shop (2958 S. Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, (805) 596-0430. Check out the website for updates, hours, to request products and to read a little about hydroponic too

Posted on February 13, 2010 - by CDS

SLO Homepage is LIVE!

We’re happy to announce the New and Enhanced SLO Homepage is now LIVE! SLO Homepage is the premiere Central Coast resource to find everything from Local Events to Non-Profit Organizations. All inclusive and expanding by the minute, SLO Homepage offers the following features:

• SLO Blog – browse local oddities, local spotlight, uncommon news and more
• Videos – local video community
• Weather – at a glance, and complete 10 day forecast for the Central Coast and any other US city
• Events Calendar – interactive and synchronous  with the most commonly used personal calendar systems – viewers can add their events for free
• SLO Pro’s – valuable advertising opportunities for local businesses with social networking options
• HD Interactive Tours – our unique HD 360 degree tours of businesses and outdoor spots
• SLO Stuff – movies, surf report, utility directory and more
• Local and World News headlines

Hope you enjoy!

Posted on October 19, 2009 - by CDS

Ecommerce Just Got Easier

We’re happy to announce our new streamlined ecommerce solution, based on Miva Merchant. Now our clients can have all the benefits of our Enterprise Solution, for the price of our e-Lite solution. Because we feel that Miva Merchant is one of the most robust and versatile online store applications, we are now working solely with Miva.

Have Questions? Want to open an online store? Please contact us to get started or to find out more.

Options and pricing are as follows:

Custom Shopping Cart Design
starting at $2,000

Miva Merchant Hosting
$40/mo. No setup fees, includes Miva Merchant license (a $995 value). 1 year contract required

Authorize.net Payment Gateway*
Free setup, $15/mo.,  .05 per transaction, and  2.25% processing fee (Visa/Mastercard/AmEx fee)

We like to say that in general you’re monthly fees to operate your store will be around $75, excluding any fees charged by your bank, and transaction fees. Design, hosting and payment gateway setup can all be done through us, making the entire process a lot simpler.

Please feel free to drop us a line to talk a little about your ecommerce needs…

* Authorize.net is not a service provided directly by Corvus Design Studio, and it only required if you plan to accept credit cards through your website. If you plan to use only paypal, you do not need the Payment Gateway at all. And if you would prefer to use another payment gateway service, most all will work with our software. Other popular payment gateways are 2Checkout and Intuit. The prices listed above for Authorize.net are subject to change without notice.

Posted on September 27, 2009 - by CDS

Latest Project: The Flexcraft Co.

The Flexcraft Co. in Asbury Park, New Jersey, manufactures plastic products for a wide range of industries, including medical, science, industrial, novelty and more. Flexcraft contacted us because they needed a revamp of their current website. They were unhappy with the design and process and wanted something higher quality and more flexible to reflect their manufacuring business. We revamped the site, added new features, and lots of fun, dynamic content. Flexcraft also has an online store that we’re in the process of customizing to match the new design (will be available very soon).

This was a fun website to work on because every page has a little something extra. The homepage has a mixture of dynamic content, including two flash apps and a jquery content slider. The first flash app is a rotating carousel, which I’ve never done before so that was pretty cool. The jquery slider is a simple panel slider that displays several different “panels” of information. Jquery is so great for so many reasons. It allows for dynamic content, often with animated transitions, but without sacrificing SEO. In fact, a panel slider or similar script actually adds to SEO because you can add more XHTML content to the page! But I digress…

Ben Smith, who I worked with to develop this site, is more than a pleasure to work with. I’m positive that Flexcraft shows the same courtesy and professionalism in every business endevour, so if you have the need for custom or stock plastic products, don’t hesitate to drop them a line at www.flexcraft.com.

Posted on September 25, 2009 - by CDS

Latest Project: The Josiah Fund

Completed in world record time, The Josiah Fund officially launched today.

The Josiah Fund is a non-profit organization/project headed by Derek and Renee Loux, and aims to create a healthy and restorative living environment for 30 adopted children with special needs. The Loux’s are amazing people, having already adoped 8 children in addition to their two girls. Just looking at all of their smiling faces is heart-warming and you can see immediately the difference they’ve made in their childrens’ lives.

On to the specs: This is a relatively simple valid CSS / XHTML website with a flash slideshow and detailed SEO (still in development at time of publication).

launch project: The Josiah Fund

Posted on August 23, 2009 - by CDS

Latest Project: Brassworks

Located in San Luis Obispo, The Brassworks creates beautiful reproduction radiators for Model T’s, Model A’s, Dodge Bros., and more.

This is a revamp of their current site, with the addition of a Shopping Cart. We basically redesigned the layout with new graphics, with content modification. We also converted it from ASP to standard XHTML and updated the structure and CSS.

launch: www.brassworksradiators.com

Posted on August 8, 2009 - by CDS

Latest Project: Tiyoweh Hypnotherapy

We just finished a package deal for Tiyoweh Hypnotherapy  for a new logo, business cards and website.

The arrows in the logo, conceptualized by Alicia Allison, represent the inner-person aspects of hpynotherapy, and the outer petals elude to the blooming, or awakening aspects of hypnotherapy. The icon, coupled with the name Tiyoweh, which translates to “stillness” in seneca language, sum up the transcendent and posivite effects of hypnotherapy.

Double-sided horizontal cards with a simple, yet different design and variation of the logo.

Standard CSS website and WordPress blog. The concept is purposely emphemeral with hints of sunrays and clouds, as well as imagery representing inner peace and stillness, and emphasising the name Tiyoweh, which means “the stillness” in seneca language.

 

view site at www.tiyowehhypnotherapy.com

Posted on July 28, 2009 - by CDS

Latest Project: Loomis Tank Centers

The new Loomis Tank Centers website and logo are finally live! This is a revamp of their previous site, with comprehensive SEO, WordPress Blog, Twitter Updater, site search function, and all around updated look. We also updated the Loomis logo with a modern touch.

launch: www.loomistank.com

Posted on July 26, 2009 - by CDS

Latest Project: The Design Gene revamp

The Design Gene needed a revamp to bring uniformity to the gallery, showcase, and blog sections. We developed this WordPress ”Module Theme” and validated the CSS/XHTML. I’m haven’t decied yet, but I may offer this theme for sale on www.themeforest.net (I own The Design Gene, so I can sell it ).

Posted on July 3, 2009 - by CDS

Latest Project: Symbol Photography

With every project, I gain a little more knowledge and experience about my business. Sometimes it’s technical stuff, sometimes it’s philosophical, sometimes it’s just getting a glimpse into a profession that I previously had zero knowledge of. In the case of Symbol Photography, I got a little of everything. This was a fun project, albeit, challenging at times. I needed to learn a new technology (Simple Pie RSS Reader), learned a little about the Wedding Photogrpahy industry, and most importantly, I realized that I can be more flexible in my methods of doing things and still produce killer end results. Could it be that there is more than one way to do things? It’s a hard one to admit, but I think so!

On to the technical stuff. This site has it all: a gorgeous design, sound xhtml/css, and lots of extra goodies. Features include:

• Simple Pie RSS feed
• Flash/XML powered calendar
• Flash/XML powered slideshow
• CSS drop down menu with opacity, image rollovers, and rounded corners
• Contact form with CAPTCHA, form validation, and autoresponder
• Custom WordPress Blog made to match the site seamlessly
• Flash/XML Galleries (credit to Brendan at Symbol Photography)
• Organic Search Engine Optimization