GALLERY
Check out some recent projects in the Gallery, including recent design projects, online ad campaigns used for Stack Overflow, and upcoming projects!
ABOUT THE SITE
dSDesign is a Boston-based web community of local designers, developers and PR/Social Media professionals in Boston, MA. We design functional, aesthetically pleasing, user-centric websites and create online campaigns to generate traffic for small businesses.
CLIENT WEBSITES
Check out some recent, live projects in the portfolio section, new sites coming soon!
GET IN TOUCH
We would love to hear from you! We love working with small businesses, especially start up business in Boston. You can usually find us at local web events and meet up groups so feel free to drop us a line using our contact form below or say hello if you see us out and about. Thanks for stopping by!
Portfolio
Dark Nemo Dobermans, Charlotte NC
Dark Nemo Dobes features the work of dog handler Jonathan Alvarez of Charlotte, North Carolina. Jonathan trains and breeds Doberman Pinchers as working dogs for law enforcement, training, protection, and working dogs. We really out did ourselves with this one folks, it includes training videos, a gallery page and scales for mobile devices!
Automated Product Downloads
Tasked with creating a secure solution for downloading software applications, I worked with developer Chris Moynihan to create a system operating with PHP to provide a secure, scrambled URL to the product download page shown here. The page itself is tracked with analytics and offers the client several options for working with their applications
Creative Landing Pages
The following landing pages were created as an A/B test for Snowbound Software. The campaign featured Snowbound’s document management solution, VirtualViewer AJAX. As Snowbound Software’s premier product the goal was to explore the concept of opening any type of file, from any location, virtually. We tested conversion rates for a live demo page and a more traditional landing page.
Ningyo Editions Art Gallery
Ningyo Editions is an art gallery and studio space in Boston, MA. Just minutes outside of the city, the gallery is curated by David Curcio who requested a simple web solution he could update himself. Ningyo Editions showcases visiting artists, a studio space, and David’s personal portfolio. Utilizing WordPress David can maintain his site and visitors can even collect and save their favorite works with a “collection” widget.
Video Blog
I recently helped out my friend Brandie who is a public speaker, PR personality, and my go-to person for attending networking tech events in the Boston area. She seems to know everyone. In any case, she does great work, and so in exchange for some copy writing and help with social media I built a custom WordPress template for her video blog. A few people have shown some interest in the design so I’m thinking about cleaning up the theme and making it publicly available. You can visit her site here. And let me know what you think!
Newsletter and Subscription Form
Part of the original rebranding campaign for Snowbound, we built a newsletter focused on providing content to document management professionals. The newsletter included sections for featured news, monthly blog posts, webinars, events, and product promotions.
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Snowbound Software
A site I’ve worked on with Snowbound Software. The JSP built CMS allowed me to customize template files to include additional sections based on Snowbound’s need for expanded features and functionality. Integrated Google Search using the Google API and constructed an automated system for product downloads using email touch-points, the CRM system, and obfuscated download pages for their products.
Snowbound Blog
A completely redesigned blog for Snowbound Software. Customized with product RSS feeds, a Javascript Slider, a section for generating ad revenue, and customized features for pages and posts. Developed with WordPress
Latest News
Apr 29 2011
Sliding Panel for VirtualViewer UI
Today I’ve been working on a solution for Snowbound’s online demo. What makes this challenging (nay, fun) is that we want to showcase the product and provide conversion links without cluttering up the application. Additionally, we have to take into account those who may have come directly to the demo without reading about the product on our web site.
The JavaScript is courtesy of JavaScript Kit: http://www.javascriptkit.com with some slight modifications. It’s pretty slick.
Check it out here!
Or visit the VirtualViewer AJAX online demo!
Mar 28 2011
Quick Tip for Creating Pixel Perfect WireFrames
One of the things I’ve been surprised about as a designer is how easy it is to create a reasonably simple site in a short amount of time once you have a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code. Troubleshooting and making it work for various browsers is another article, but putting up a basic, static website isn’t too terribly difficult.
Oct 31 2010
Quickly Building a Wireframe using VirtualViewer for your AJAX Viewing Application
I’m fortunate enough to enjoy my work as a web designer with Snowbound Software and occasionally I’m called upon to showcase unique ways of marketing and providing value to our customers through web-based applications and demonstrations. Snowbound provides a wide variety of software applications to a number of industries including insurance, mortgage processing, banking, healthcare, and the federal government. Continue Reading…