Arlington Towne Square

September 7, 2009 By Brian

Arlington Towne Square: Designed by Brian Lis

Shopping center owners of Arlington Towne Square wanted a website to feature its stores. They also use the site to lure potential tenants to research the Square’s popularity and available vacant units. Each tenant has their own page highlighting store hours and contact information.

Features
Customized WordPress Template that allows user to input information and display information in a clear and consistent fashion.
RSS feeds that pull local news and events.
Javascript directory page that hightlights tenant locations.
Interactive directions page that pulls from Google maps.

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FineLine Marketing

September 7, 2009 By Brian

FineLine Marketing: Designed by Brian Lis

FineLine Marketing offers the solution that increases your productivity, profitability, and market share. Take a few minutes to explore our website which showcases our commitment, dedication to offering graphic creativity, and printing services to help you solve your marketing challenges.

Features
FeedBurner – FineLine takes advantage of an opt in email newsletter program.
Iframe – The site uses the Iframe coding to pull affiliate sites right into FineLine’s domain. The look is seemless and effective.
Client FTP – Clients can login and ftp right to FineLine’s server.

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Massage Matters

September 6, 2009 By Brian

Massage Matters: Designed by Brian Lis

Bryan Harden (owner of Massage Matters Chicago) is a nationally certified, state licensed massage therapist who received his training from The Soma Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Along with his degree in clinical massage, Bryan is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association, the nationally recognized organization for massage therapists.

I love how you designed my website from a business card. You did a great job of making my concepts and ideas come to life.

I get compliments on my website almost daily. I have recommended your web services to all my friends.
Bryan Harden

Features
WordPress link system – MMC utilizes the WordPress onboard link system.
Sidebar widget link to Facebook.
Photo gallery ran with the NextGEN Gallery plugin.

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Villa Bahia

October 9, 2008 By Brian

Villa Bahia: web design by Brian Lis

This spectacular 10,000 sq. ft. oceanfront villa is located five minutes from the heart of the Zona Romantica and the excitement of Puerto Vallarta’s exclusive South Bay. Villa Bahia is an ocean front villa designed for comfortable, elegant living. The ocean views are spectacular.

Features
Booking: This site use Clearskys.net which is a booking program that allows you to rent out multiple properties. The application keeps track of when properties have been rented out and who’s paid or partially paid. Post the calendar online so people can see availability prior to asking. Clearskys.net is also a good tool for rock bands who want to keep track of their gigs.
Gallery: NextGen Gallery great for displaying your photos. Impressive slide show option also available.

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ADVERTIES

October 7, 2008 By Brian

ADVERTIES: Designed by Brian Lis
ADVERTIES is a custom necktie manufacturer looking for a creative way to display its original artwork as well as provide an easy-to-understand site that shows product information clearly and concisely.

Brian told me that WordPress was great for search engines, but like anything, I had to see it to believe it. Less than one week after Brian redesigned the site, ADVERTIES was ranked fourth in my main keyword search in Google! That alone was worth the price.

We’re in a highly specialized marketing niche. Graphic design is very important to me and my clients. After Brian had a fact-finding meeting with me, I feel like he nailed the look I was looking for on his first time.
Anastasia Andrews

Features
WordPress: While WordPress was meant as a blogging platform, it also makes a great CMS (Content Management System) for static websites. In this example, this user only needs modified pricing information annually. WordPress gives the end user the flexiblity to adjust pricing, text, and pictures at will.
Mouse Over Header: Header uses css coding to make the site feel interactive. Using css is makes a huge difference over flash and java coding in terms of file size and speed.
Multi-column: Different number of columns used throughout the site give it a more simplified look.

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Christian Dads

October 6, 2008 By Brian

ChristianDads.com

Christian Dads website is dedicated to men looking for inspiration and community. ChristianDads.com is run on WordPress and has several site contributors, all with unique logins.

Features
Online Store: I set up affiliate programs that produces revenue.
Forums: Set up phpBB forums and customized it to match the main site.
Verse of the Day: The site runs a plugin that displays new verses daily. I set up an inspirational picture to go with the verse. The picture rotates so it makes a static column look dynamic.
Video: Used embedded video to spruce up the site. Helps the site look more modern and interactive.
Forum Buzz: Used Java script to pull in recent comments made in the forums.

Filed Under: Portfolio Tagged With: Brian Lis, Christian Dads, Web Design

The Review Bin

October 5, 2008 By Brian

The Review Bin: Designed by Brian Lis
The Review Bin is a multimedia review website that focuses on the movie industry.

“I didn’t give Brian much direction and he exceeded my expectations with a modern yet classic looking website. I’m proud to send people to my site with its interactive feel. What a big difference over my old site! The whole process start to finish was completed within a week, including a face-to-face training session.”
Zack Champagne

Features
Multimedia: WordPress back end video embedding that allows the user to change video by cutting and pasting the embed code from YouTube.com or other sources.
Featured Content: WordPress back end plugin that allows the user to highlight featured material. No special coding is necessary for the end user to make changes themselves.

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Pathos Leadership Group

September 7, 2008 By Brian

Pathos Leadership Group: Designed by Brian Lis

Sam Palazzolo of Pathos Leadership Group is fast becoming one of America’s most influential business coaches. As President and Chief Influence Officer at Pathos Leadership Group, he brings a unique blend of expertise to the daily challenges of leadership under pressure. In this new economy, leaders desire a different perspective faster, better, and within budget … and Sam delivers!

I spent almost three months this year doing research, thinking, going to SEO School, blahblahblah… That’s when I reached out and screened over two dozen WordPress developers for help. I landed on what I think is a gem of a guy who is developing the most awesome site for me and my team! His name is Brian Lis. A StudioPress Expert Developer as well as a business owner himself, he knows his stuff!

Features
Integrated Sales Force form on the sidebar.
Use of polls on the sidebar.
phpBB forum installation and customization.

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Brent Amato

September 1, 2008 By Brian

Brent Amato.com: Designed by Brian Lis
Brent Amato is a well known and respected Christian speaker who focuses on training other teachers and leaders in the Christian community. Brent uses his website to promote his speaking abilities and conference products.

Features
eCommerce: A slick ecommerce shopping cart is integrated right into WordPress. The shopping cart checkout works directly with PayPal, making the collecting of funds easy and automatic.
Multimedia: Both video and audio multimedia are used on Brent’s website. The material is available to be heard but protected in a way that will not allow users to download material.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Portfolio Tagged With: Brent Amato, Brian Lis, Web Design