Some of our recent clients are included below. We hope that visiting these sites gives you some compelling ideas for technologies you can implement on your own website.

Content Management System (CMS) Implementation:

Clarendon Alternative Elementary School Vine Design worked with a graphic designer to build this elementary school website on Joomla! 1.5. The website allows parents and staff to submit events, send schoolwide or classroom email messages, and search an online student directory. Vine Design integrated a Google calendar, an Amazon Associates account, an eBay banner, and PayPal donation capabilities as well.

SEAOC Convention 2010 Each year, sections of the Structural Engineers Association of California host the annual association convention. Some sections started from scratch building a new convention website every year. Vine Design set up a WordPress installation to make it easy for each SEAOC section to personalize the convention each year without recreating a new website. The website now allows convention committee members to edit pages of the convention website themselves.

Estructure Estructure's website was old and dated and needed an overhaul. Vine Design helped Estructure move to a server running the current web standard software and built a new website using WordPress. Vine Design also assisted with messaging and content development.

Association of A/E Business Leaders AEBL needed a dynamic website to keep members abreast of upcoming events and workshops. Vine Design built the new AEBL website using Joomla! 1.5. The website allows non-technical staff to update the website. Association members can apply for membership, register for events, view the association event calendar, and more.

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Northern California Chapter Vine Design helped EERI Northern California save thousands of dollars by advising the use of a predefined WordPress CMS template. The new website is 99% maintained and updated by a non-technical staff member, no programming or HTML required. The website is integrated with Constant Contact for contact and newsletter management, and Wufoo forms.

Blogging Software Implementation:

Cooking With Game Vine Design built the Cooking With Game blog using Movable Type. The blog features a custom layout with categorization, Google Ads, and integration with an Amazon Associates account.

Object-Oriented Website Maintenance:

Structural Steel Education Council Vine Design maintains the SteelTips.org website for the Structural Steel Education Council. This website uses object-oriented PHP PEAR programming (with a MySQL database) and HTML templating design to separate presentation, program code, and content. Vine Design built a new Draft Steel Tips application to allow council members to review and comment on Steel Tips before they are published for purchase on the site.

Macromedia Flash Website Maintenance:

Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc. Vine Design maintains the Forell/Elsesser Engineering website using Macromedia Flash to publish updates and create new Flash-based web pages.

Website Maintenance and Updates:

Structural Engineers Association of Northern California Vine Design maintains the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) website using Active Server Pages (ASP) and SQL Server. One update included the implementation of an interactive online events calendar.

Website design and Integrated E-commerce:

Plumpstocking.com Vine Design built the Plumpstocking.com website from start to finish, including design layout. This site features an interactive shopping experience which allows users to view a dozen items within a gift assortment. Users view their pending purchases in a pop-up cart window which they can continuously review as they shop. This site also includes an interactive gift assortment building application.

Interactive Web Database Application:

Corporate Board Minutes The specifications for this site called for Vine Design to design and build a web application to step users through a dynamic questionnaire, then generate a customized PDF document. The site also included integrated e-commerce (see below).

Integrated E-commerce:

LawAnytime.com For this project, Vine Design built membership registration pages; installed credit card gateway software on the client's web server; integrated the site with the credit card gateway; and developed a database application to store membership information and allow LawAnytime's owner to view and sort the membership records.

Fortune-Nut Cookies Vine Design created an intuitive order form for a very complex, custom cookie making process. This custom shopping cart allowed users to choose cookie toppings and dips, packaging, and a customized fortune message.

LawVantage.com This client required transferral of the site to a new web hosting provider; integration of the site with the credit card gateway; access for members to update their own membership information; and subscription management for renewing members.

Website design:

FTF Engineering Vine Design performed website design services to provide FTF Engineering with a professional online presence.

Online Event Registration:

SEAOC Convention 2010 Vine Design built custom WordPress plugins to manage both the Vendor Registration and Attendee Registration processes. Vendor Registration allowed exhibitors to manage their own account information; register for event sponsorships and up to 4 booth choices; and pay online with a credit card. Convention Committee members were given the ability to configure booths and sponsorships, assign booths, assign sponsorships, enter payment information, and send confirmation receipt emails.

SEAOC Convention 2009 Vine Design designed this website for a professional structural engineering conference, including graphic design and layout. Registration included a complex form and integration with an intermediary for credit card payment. Convention coordinators were provided with access to the form data so that they could manage registrant information themselves.

SEAOC Convention 2008 Vine Design designed this website for a professional structural engineering conference, including graphic design and layout. Registration included a complex form and integration with an intermediary for credit card payment. Convention coordinators were provided with access to the form data so that they could manage registrant information themselves.

SEAOC Convention 2007 Vine Design developed the online registration form for a professional structural engineering conference. Coordinators were provided with access to the form data so that they could manage registrant information themselves.

SEAOC Convention 2004 Vine Design designed this website for a professional structural engineering conference, including graphic design and layout. Registration included a complex form and integration with an intermediary for credit card payment. Convention coordinators were provided with access to the form data so that they could manage registrant information and website content themselves.

Golden Gate Community Church Vine Design developed the online registration form for a retreat event and provided coordinators with access to the form data so that they could manage registrant information themselves.

Online Ballot:

Golden Gate Community Church Vine Design developed the online ballot so that users could elect new Trustees online. Again, coordinators were provided with access to the ballot data so that they could manage the election information themselves.

Updated July 2010. Website design by Vine Design. © 2002-2010 Vine Design.