CB&F has donated hosting to Save Our Surgery, a local Saltspring group working to affect change in policies governing use of the local Lady Minto Hospital.
According to the group:
In 2004, a new “state of the art” operating room was completed at Lady Minto Hospital, together with an excellent Central Supply Room to provide sterilization of instruments as required by the new standards.
This project was funded by the Capital Region District ($1.1 million), the Vancouver Island health Authority ($1 million) and, at the request of the VIHA, $780,000 from the Lady Minto Hospital Foundation.
Since July 2008 this state of the art operating room sits empty and unused.
Please visit their site to sign their petition, learn more, or obtain contact information.
After an extended renovation period, Lynda Monk’s Creative Wellness is live and online with Charles Buchwald & Friends.
Highlights of this project included:
- working with Lynda and her team to develop a custom WordPress theme incorporating the strong visual elements of the older site by Renee at earth spirit creations, to preserve the consistency of look and feel with Lynda’s existing print and digital assets
- using a variety of great WordPress plugins to increase the functionality of the site, from the sophisticated and customizable menu system, to the AJAX-powered client testimonials, to custom forms
- and most significantly expanding the control Lynda herself has over the site and it’s growing content.
Charles Buchwald and Friends is proud to be donating free hosting to Salt Spring Community Education. They have a great, active, friendly slate of classes of all kinds, including Photo Editing for Photographers. They are another one of our community’s wonderful non-profit, charitable societies. If you are on Salt Spring Island, check out their ever changing list of courses, lecture series and other learning opportunities.
Thank you, Chris and Darlene Hobbs, for being such great clients for more than 6 years.
It’s been great to work with you and see the evolution of Sotheby’s Saltspring, and your site. It’s always a pleasure to see your enthusiasm for what you do, for our wonderful Island home, and sharing that with both locals and newcomers. Your openness to new ideas, and to find just the right solution, whether technical, procedural, or graphical has surely been a big part of the success of your busy, busy site.
Thanks for making me a part of your journey! I’m looking forward to seeing what we come up with next…
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.
Working with Saltspring Community Education, Charles is offering two courses for the late Spring session:
- Photo Editing for Photographers
- Websites for Community Groups
Register for a course with a friend, and one of you gets 10% off!
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.
Search Engine Optimization is always changing. Thankfully, Rand Fishkin and SEOmoz perform a survey every two years. They poll up to 100 of the SEO industry’s top minds. In 2009 they had 72 experts participate. They recently published the results as the Search Engine Ranking Factors 2009 Survey.
This chart summarizes the five most important factors which they identified: Read what it means for your site, new or old...
After winning a demanding and thorough selection process, CB&F helped Raffi and the staff of the Centre for Child Honouring to craft a direct, consistent and powerful online message.
Working with Centre staff, Charles facilitated the move from an older site, focusing and expanding the message, and keeping it on point, conceptually and visually.
The CMS-based site delivers… through a clean, friendly design incorporating social media and rich media. An open architecture ensures the site can expand as it increases it’s important role in their vital outreach and education programs. Hosting on CB&F’s carbon-neutral, green server was a natural for this group. Easy, secure online donations and a basic web store will help raise funds for the next stages of their meaningful growth.
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.