Partner Case Study
Roger That
Scribe Writing
Book In a Box re-branded to Scribe Writing and we developed the new site. Very soon, they found they needed the ability to accommodate a new marketing strategy, as well as add much more content than they previously predicted, and we were brought on board once again.
Problems We Solved
Scribe needed a CMS architecture that would support their rapid expansion, but without the over abundance of options that a page builder has. We made sure to leverage SCSS tricks, BEM-inspired markup and nifty Advanced Custom Fields features to keep things as lean as possible. For launch, we found a premium host to ensure that their site is lightning fast on every device and connection.
Interactive Extras
Using Wista for all their video embeds, we wrote a custom embed script via Wista’s API for all their Service videos which allows dynamic content to be placed on top while allowing the user to alternate between playing/pausing the video. Users will also find seamless integration between Gravity Forms and Calendly.
Scribe continues to expand and grow its client base and its offerings. Their latest effort is a completely free online course for publishing your own book.
Problems We Solved
Scribe realized they needed a custom site with and Integrated Learning Management System (LMS) that would give them total control over the user experience and design. The end result is a perfect blend of their signature design style merged with WordPress’ LearnDash platform.
Scribe Media
Scribe Media, the internal company’s counterpart to Scribe Writing, is all about demonstrating Scribe’s internal company culture and hiring opportunities.
Problems We Solved
Scribe’s designs were unconventional in a lot of ways; varied gradients that needed hover treatments, wavy section headers, even a site lacking a main header navigation. The danger of building these sites like these was a ton of code bloat, but we kept things clean and lean using our best practices.
Interactive Extras
Despite being a branch off the same root company, each site has a unique flavor, as its audience was vastly different from another. Scribe Media, geared towards a younger and more tech-savvy demographic, feels alive and organic with lots of movement and well placed parallax effects. Scribe Writing is for more conventional users, but we made sure to bring in video, gradient transitions and subtle hover treatments to keep the user just as engaged.
Taylor Wealth Management
Louis Taylor had been in the finance business for quite a while and was familiar with the traditional marketing approach, but he wanted to stand out from the many other wealth advisors in his industry.
Interactive Extras
Interactivity abounds on this site, and we deployed a variety of SVG based animations, with something a little different on each page, culminating in an experience that is friendly and playful, yet still highly refined and professional.
The Reser Family Foundation
Reser’s Fine Foods is a household brand for pre-made dips, side dishes and more. They love their home state of Oregon and their desire to help its communities inspired them to form the The Reser Family Foundation, which makes charitable financial contributions to education, health, arts, and the environment.
Problems We Solved
In addition to having “flexible content rows”, which allow for on the fly page creation using pre-defined and styled row types, the Reser Family Foundation also needed a Cross-Filter Grant Search, an interactive Grant Calendar and an integrated Donation Form.
Interactive Extras
Elegant rollovers, fade-in page transitions and a unique animated logo bring a polished feel to the site that engages users and creates an air of professionalism and credibility.
Vision Action Network
Vision Action Network had a site that was from the early 2000’s and was outdated in every definition, including being difficult to update and thus also having outdated information. They wanted their new site to be visually impressive and easy to update…but not break the bank.
Problems We Solved
We deployed a Flexible Content configuration that allows VAN to build pages using “rows” and opens up a whole world of creative possibilities. In fact, this site does not use page templates of any kind…every page is dynamically generated.
Interactive Extras
Fun background animations and hover treatments for various content rows are strewn throughout the site, giving it a polish and visual edge that separate it from the plethora of “off the shelf” templates that most non-profits use for their websites.
To The Point Collaborative
Coming from an off-the-shelf WordPress theme that had little to no design or branding consistency, To The Point Collaborative was overjoyed at the prospect of a custom theme that stood out amongst their competitors. Roger That delivered, as they usually do, and produced a design that is unconventional yet intuitive.
Problems We Solved
We knew once we saw the homepage design that it was going to be a challenge to make sure the experience was consistent across the wide variety of screen sizes available nowadays. We leaned on Flexbox to create a fluid formatted design that accommodated screen sizes from small phones to 30″ monitors.
Interactive Extras
The designer was excited about the prospect of adding some kind of animation or interactivity to the homepage, but had no idea what. In fact, her words were “just do something cool.” We got creative and implemented animation that detects the user’s mouse movement and alters the image as you scroll, giving the homepage an immersive effect.
