New Work
The challenge: get additional market exposure for an outstanding waterfront acreage and house for sale on Saltspring Island.
The solution: build a clean and simple, optimized site using the WordPress CMS. Highlight the best features of the unique location, the exceptional natural values of the property, and the benefits of the house, dock and boathouse with a rotating header area and an accessible gallery; configure it all so that the owner can update and upgrade the content simply and quickly, as time allows.
The site: waterfrontsaltspring.com Check it out!
Cedar Beach Resort, one of the largest resorts on Salt Spring, has gone live with Charles Buchwald & Friends. The newly revised site is a major upgrade and expansion of their former site, incorporating new photo galleries, interactive maps, contact forms, a revised and updated logo, online reservations, and a state-of-the-art Content Management System (CMS) allowing them to maintain and grow the site themselves.
With estimates of as much as 90 percent of travel planning taking place online, this family oriented resort was feeling the need to open up a clearer conduit between staff, customers, and potential customers. The former static, brochure-like site’s outdated look and feel, lack of functionality, and difficult maintenance had become liabilities. Outdated photos and information gave an inaccurate picture of facilities that have undergone significant renovations. After a thorough selection process, CB&F was brought in to make changes.
We created a flexible framework to show not only the updated facilities, but just as importantly the carefully cultivated family friendly atmosphere at the resort. The result is a site that can be easily and quickly kept current, and shows off the business to good advantage. Key communication channels are quick, easy and reliable, encouraging quality contact from returning and potential customers.
Check it out! And if you’re coming to Saltspring with your kids, and need a place to stay and swim and soak in the island atmosphere, be sure to contact the friendly folks at Cedar Beach Resort.
Charles Buchwald & Friends is proud to announce that we will be completing yet another site renovation. This one is for Salt Spring Island’s own Mouat’s Trading Company, parent to 5 stores, 4 restaurants and 22 Ganges rental properties. We have some innovative plans to help bring this successful company into it’s 104th year in the Gulf Islands, and we’re very excited about working with this cornerstone of the business community here on the island.
Isabelle Hampton Stone’s new Coaching for Success website has gone live with Charles Buchwald & Friends… or rather, it’s been live for a bit now, and the client and we have finally tied it all together. Check out Isabelle’s site for an inspiring look at her varied, in-depth experience as a coach and trainer in a variety of disciplines.
Friends and neighbours Peter and Lynda asked me about creating a modest site to promote their lovely commercial property in Chemainus, across from the spectacular Emily Carr mural there. ChemainusRental.com is the result of a half-days work, and deep knowledge of available CMS and WordPress resources. As I hope you can see from the site, there is a real advantage to knowing many of the really brilliant and innovative designs and technologies available for producing a CMS site quickly and easily. Read more
No. 1 best selling author Ronald Wright has a new web site, RonaldWright.com, and he’s gone live with the help of Charles Buchwald & Friends.
By converting and updating a static, iWeb based site into a modern, user-editable and user-maintainable CMS based site, CB&F kept cost and time under control. The new site allows for easy updates, an RSS feed, tagged articles, and more fluid categorization, too.
Environmental consulting firm Greening Sports LLC has gone live with a new web site built by Charles Buchwald and Friends. Although the company, and the site, are in the early stages, significant work has been done. Soon, a web survey will allow visitors to contribute to a survey of sports teams, and more features are currently under development. The site features the sports photography of Pallavi Shah, as well as a fresh, clean template design customized by CB&F.
CB&F is proud to be working with award-winning author Ronald Wright. A new site promoting his books and appearances is in the works and anticipated to debut early next month.
(If you haven’t read What Is America? A Short History of the New World Order I recommend it.)
Charles Buchwald & Friends is pleased to announce that Spire Publishing has signed on to work with us to develop custom database components for their web site. With a 7 year record of success in the publishing industry, and a commitment to social, environmental, and community-building practices, their direction is close to our hearts and we’re excited to contribute. If you are an author, or aspiring author, check out their publishing packages. If you just enjoy a good book, check out their online book store.
CB&F is pleased to announce that Denise Okan of West Wind Translations has contracted with us to develop a web site for her growing business. The site will be in both English and German, with a possible Turkish version to follow. Taking advantage of the multilingual capabilities of modern CMS systems will be key to keeping this project accurate and efficient.
In a related note, Charles Buchwald & Friends is now offering translations services for web content!