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Clark Construction 2.0
It’s with great pleasure that we announce the launch of a new website for one of the nation’s largest commercial construction firms, Clark Construction, based right here in the Baltimore-Washington region. It’s now incredibly easy to peruse Clark’s impressive portfolio, see the latest news releases, and learn about the company’s history and long-time commitment to quality. Although there is a lot of content in the site (hundreds of projects and news releases, and thousands of photos), it is well organized and logically broken up for ease of navigation. This contributes to the site’s clean, easy-to-navigate feeling.
The new site features a number of Flash and Javascript elements. Two of the most notable are the interactive company history timeline, and the interactive commemorative Clark hardhat. The site also features video integration and search engine friendly dynamic text replacement (which is a fancy way of saying that we were able to use a custom font, as opposed to the traditional web-based-fonts, for parts of the site without losing any ground with search engines like Google).
The site was also designed to be incredibly easy to maintain. A custom-built backend CMS enables the Clark users responsible for maintaining the site’s content to easily add and update projects, awards, news items and photos—with little or no HTML knowledge. The content can be linked in one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships (for example, one award can be linked to many projects). A custom-created photo uploading tool enables the user to select which part of the photo to crop and use, while maintaining proper aspect ratio and respecting size limitations. Once the photo is uploaded, the user can even adjust the photo’s sharpness to their liking by using a simple and intuitive interface.
The site was built with standards-compliance in mind and validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. If you don’t know what that means, it’s ok. It’s web developer speak for, “We take pride in our coding and meticulously make sure it is done correctly.”
We’ve enjoyed working with Clark on this project to deliver a site that is in line with the caliber of work they do, and we’re pleased with the satisfaction they have expressed to us. Please visit www.clarkconstruction.com
and let us know what you think!
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Joustmas
Everyone that has ever played the arcade classic Joust should be familiar with this game! Nostalgic fools that we are, we tried to keep this game as close to the original as possible while giving it a facelift to fit with the holiday theme. We hand illustrated each frame of animation, swapping out reindeer for the flying ostriches and elves for the knights in the original game. We also thought it would be fun to swap the hatching eggs in the original with exploding presents. We traded the lava pits in the classic with a snowy winter wonderland, too. We even recorded our own original taunts and sped them up (a la The Chipmunks) to give them an elvish sound.
This year, we wanted to encourage some friendly competition out there, so we added a scoreboard to the game, using PHP and MySQL to link to a database on our server. Just enter your initials at the beginning of the game, and see if you can make it to the top. Go ahead, beat me if you can!
Click here to play it yourself. Bring it!
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MEC² Website Launch
Mechanical Engineering and Construction Corporation (MEC²) went live today. The site is a replacement to a splash page we developed some time ago, and is a shining light on the work that MEC² performs. This relatively compact site is built on our custom CMS system v.2. Please visit www.m-corp.us and take a look around.
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ABO NCLE Website is Launched
Today the American Board of Opticianry and the National Contact Lens Examiners launched their newly designed website. TSG was the company that launched ABO/NCLE’s first entry into the web world back in 1997, and was again commissioned to not only redesign the site, but also to include access for members to review their certifications and exams status. The new site can be viewed here!
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The Sutter Group Golf Game Featured on Official PGA Website
Thanks to the Travelers Championship, golf fans around the world now have a chance to experience a course where PGA TOUR professionals compete with the launch of an innovative online game called The Travelers Championship Challenge.
The Travelers Championship Challenge is a digital replica of the final four holes at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. where the Travelers Championship will be held, June 16 - 22, 2008. Fans can also catch all the action on GOLF CHANNEL, June 19 - 20 and CBS, June 21 - 22.
The flash-based golf game can be played at the tournament’s Web site. In its effort to continually provide a best-in-class experience for players, fans, media, volunteers and corporate sponsors, the Travelers Championship produced a creative virtual experience that brings the Northeast’s only early summer PGA TOUR event to life away from the course.
“As the title sponsor of the Travelers Championship, we continue to strive to provide fans with a unique and memorable experience,” said Andy Bessette, executive vice president and chief administrative officer for Travelers. “This game provides an opportunity to experience TPC River Highlands and appreciate the challenging final holes all from the comfort of home.”
The Travelers Championship Challenge gives users the ability to experience a new form of computer gaming with realistic control over the flight and power of the golf ball. The mouse acts as a clubface with the trajectory and path of the golf ball dictated by how fast the user moves their mouse vertically from the starting position through the finishing accuracy bar.
The game also includes a sweepstakes allowing players to log in for a chance to win Callaway golf clubs and gear and Travelers Championship apparel. Each user can log onto www.TravelersChampionshipChallenge.com and complete the proper form to be entered into the sweepstakes. All entries must be made on or before 11:59 p.m. on Monday, June 30, 2008. Rules and conditions apply.
See the original release on the Official PGA Tour Website
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