Marigold Web Design - web design portfolio

Since 1998

This page provides a representative assortment of web site projects to provide you with a feel for the variety of web design projects we are currently taking on.

The web site logo for each project is a link to the web site being discussed.

British Pacific

British Pacific sells parts for North American specification Land Rovers and Range Rovers. Most of their retail sales are made through their 800 phone number. They had a 4 year old web site that by today's standards was slow and awkward to navigate.

The wanted an entirely new web site that would feature each Land Rover model, provide an online accessory catalog and downloadable parts catalogs. The site was to funnel sales into their 800 phone number so they would not need to change their existing processes.

They requested side navigational navigational buttons and a left vertical stripe in the style used in this Marigold Ltd web site.

Marigold Ltd was chosen to market their site on the web. This effort has been proving very successful in bringing in new customers and growing the company to record sales in a post 9/11 economy. British Pacific has since stopped their other forms of marketing and are relying exclusively on Marigold to bring in new customers though web marketing.

Acorn court, Laureate Court and Cormorant Court apartments

An apartment management company contacted Marigold Ltd. with a request to create a web site for a new apartment complex that was under construction. Their requirements were for an informative site that would present the complex in a positive way, provide a map, site and apartment layouts, pictures, the terms and conditions and a downloadable application form. A copy of their perspective renter's brochure was obtained and a site was designed to complement the brochure. Site graphics were designed using the Acorn court logo as a basis.

The owners of the management company were happy enough with the results that they asked for their two other web sites to be renovated to the same structure and style as the Acorn court web site but each with their own distinctive look.

The Harbor Inn at Santa Cruz

The Harbor Inn at Santa Cruz wanted a simple one page business card type of web site. The owners are not comfortable with computers so they wanted all contact to be by telephone and not e-mail. They had a total budget of $300 for the web site design, content crafting and uploading the site.

The graphic elements for this site were scanned from their brochure. The map was enhanced to provide a better idea of location. The kernel of the text was taken from the brochure and rewritten to provide a better sense of location and style.

Flight line digital

Flight line digital sells T-shirts and cups with aircraft drawings. The owners wanted a web site that would show off their products and allow visitors to make on-line purchases.

Indian Rock Construction and Design

Most clients wish to create their own site's text contents and choose to e-mail their text contents to Marigold Ltd. to be flowed into the pages. Others prefer to take delivery of a content free web site and install the text content themselves. This is an example of a site as delivered to a client who wanted to create and install text content on their own.

Indian Rock is a construction company that specializes in home remodeling in the Berkeley California area. They were looking for a web site that could provide the up front information that potential customers ask. The company typically is booked six months or more in advance and the owner felt he was spending way too much time on the phone talking to potential customers.

He was looking for a web site that could handle the initial customer contact, provide answers to the common questions people have, provide examples of his work, information about the areas his company will work in, the price structure and when the next opening will be. The goal is to provide a professional quality image for the company, filter out people who want different kinds of work, are outside his work area and can not wait until his next opening then encourage the most likely real customers to contact him via e-mail.

The Indian Rock web site was set up to harmonize with the colors the owner prefers to use and a style that fits with his preferences. Pictures showcasing the company's work were pre installed into the web site.

Tom's Vintage Lighting

Tom's Vintage Lighting is an antique shop specializing in pre World War II lighting. Tom wanted a web presence that would blend seamlessly with an online antique catalog service he subscribes to. He wanted to showcase the services he offers to help drive business.

Village Fair Antiques

The advertising manager of this antique collective wanted to replace their existing web site. They were looking for a site that loaded quickly, would rank well in search engines, was simple to navigate and contained space for each collective member to grow their own web pages. The site is designed to help drive business to the individual collective members in the form of personal visits, e-mail and phone enquiries. On-line sales is not a factor.

River Run Vintners

River Run is a small winery in the Santa Cruz California Appellation. Their only web presence was with a company that sold their products online along with those of several other wineries. The owner wanted a company wine site that showcased their wines, the events they participate in and funnel sales to the web site that currently handles all their online sales.

Shortly after this web site was built the owner decided that keeping content current was not something he preferred to do and he let the site lapse. Winery web sites need to be kept current with vintage notes, availability, prices and upcoming event descriptions. A good web site can increase product awareness and sales but it does require a time commitment to keep content current. A web site with obsolete contents is often worse than not having a web site. Business card type web sites that provides static information does not require ongoing maintenance. It is important to understand that a site that contains dynamic information needs to be kept current and someone needs to devote ongoing time to updating content. As a minimum the person tasked with creating and updating content should be skilled at authoring content and using email.

Dormobile World of John Hess

Dr. Hess had an aging web site that focused on Dormobile brand auto caravans. He built the original web site several years ago to showcase his new (to him) Land Rover based Dormobile and the information he had gleaned about Dormobiles in general. He requested to have his web site completely redesigned and focused more on the Land Rover Dormobile than on Dormobiles in general.

A couple of years after I redesigned Dr. Hess's web site he sold his Dormobile and went on to pursue other interests. I obtained his permission to incorporate the contents of his we site into my Land Rover web site and expend upon the contents. The above link goes to my personal Land Rover web site.

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