Web Design Portfolio.

Website Design and Development - Selected Work

Browse our portfolio by site or by category:

• New Websites
• Web 2.0 Sites
• Ecommerce Design
• Small Business Sites
• NGO, Non-Profits

New Websites

• LowStressFood.com, Palo Alto, CA | Launch: www.lowstressfood.com
  
  Doctors Joon Yun and Stephanie Daniel contracted with Centauria to design and program a custom sales site for their new book Low Stress Food. Centauria completed the custom design, and also custom coded a venue listing system, controlled via the custom programmed site admin panel, that allows users to suggest, and the administrator to approve, suggested restaurants, markets and growers of low stress food.
  
  
  
• CKS Design Studio, Durham, NC | Launch: www.cksdesignstudio.com
  
  Centauria was retained to work on this brochure site for kitchen design studio CKS in collaboration with company's branding partner. Featured in Better Homes and Gardens and on the Fine Living Network, CKS is a Durham, North Carolina premiere cabinet design studio and manufacturer. CKS contracted Centauria for website programming, control panel integration and search engine optimization and monitoring. After Centauria optimized CKS website, it's traffic has increased over 400% (Mar, 08) and potential clients are now finding the site using over 1000 relevant key phrases.
  
  
  
• Poodle Club of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV | Launch: www.poodlecluboflasvegas.org
  
  The Poodle Club of Las Vegas contracted with Centauria to design it's online presence. Visitors can find on the site a calendar of events, dog shows and puppies availability, useful information for dog owners and the list and contact information of the members. Website is very inviting and easy to navigate and use, it is custom designed and programmed using table-less CSS/XHTML method. Basic search engine optimization was performed on the site.
  
  
  
• Marriage Enrichment Center, San Rafael, CA | Launch: www.marinmarriagecounseling.com
  
  Michael Spring, PhD and Nancy Spring, RN, MSN, husband and wife, Marin County, CA psychotherapists needed a website that would tell a story of their marriage counseling practice, and that new clients looking for psychotherapy would be able to find. Centauria created an elegant search engine optimized online brochure for them using custom design and table-less CSS layout. We expect this website to bring the Marriage Enrichment Center excellent qualified traffic.
  
  
  
• Cleverquill.com, Soquel, CA | Launch: www.cleverquill.com
  
  Sharmaine Cheleden of Cleverquill contracted with Centauria to custom design and custom program her specialty greeting card site. The site features her original designs, and multiple, completely custom programmed checkout pathways that allow the user to upload their own photos and text and order custom cards, labels, announcements and invitations.
  
  
  
• GspotGaming.com, Hilmar, CA | Launch: www.gspotgaming.com
  
  GspotGaming LLC approached Centauria with an initial idea for a bold new category of multiplayer game site where players compete against each other in games of skill to win money. Gspot first retained Centauria to think through and write up the technical specifications for the project. Centauria was then retained to draft the original text, design all pages and navigation, and complete all original programming that completely integrates the site with live data feeds from users Xbox sets.
  
  
  

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Web 2.0 / Online Community Sites

• Moontown Media, Nottingham, NH | Launch: www.moontowncafe.com
  
  Moontown Media, LLC retained Centauria to completely redesign and reprogram their popular poetry community site with over 5000 members. They requested "a site that emphasizes elegant, artistic and community-oriented aspects and leading-edge technology." The new site includes a custom blog with a section for each user, multiple categories of membership, ability for users to post, edit and delete their own poetry, review poems, and share them with others.
  
  
  
• SportingHelp, Nottingham, NH | Launch: www.sportinghelp.com
  
  Web 2.0 application based on Mediawiki, SportingHelp is a new online community dedicated to provide visitors with sport-related coaching advice, tips, lessons, instructions and more.
  
  
  
• Reunion Hall, San Jose, CA | Launch: www.reunionhall.org
  
  Designed and developed complex database-driven worldwide site allowing reunion of school classmates. Ecommerce enabled PHP/MySQL site with control panel, search, user accounts and other functionality.
  
  
  

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Small Business

• Pilot Peak Winery, Penn Valley, CA | Launch: www.pilotpeak.com
  
  Elegant brochure website for a local winery with sophisticated subtle Flash banner and a control management system CMS for easy text edits by site owner. Basic search engine optimization will allow the site to be found with relevant searches.
  
  
  
• Di Vigneto Development, Nevada City, CA | Launch: www.divigneto.com
  
  Graphic-rich brochure website for Villaggio di Vigneto, residential real estate development in Nevada County, California.
  
  
  
• East Wind, Inc., Nevada City, CA | Launch: www.eastwindinc.com
  
  Designed, developed and implemented an elegant brochure website with extensive photo gallery for East Wind Inc., a Japanese Architecture, Design and Construction Company in Northern California. East Wind's mission of re-creating some of the best of Japanese traditional architecture has been covered in Forbes Magazine, Esquire, Fine Homebuilding as well as in architectural literature.
  
  
  
• Erickson Woodworking, Nevada City, CA | Launch: www.ericksonwoodworking.com
  
  Developed a portfolio website for award-winning manufacturer of handmade, high-end custom designed chairs and tables. New site is a database-driven PHP/MySQL application with back-end control panel. Robert Erickson's furniture inspired numerous articles in renowned US publications as Atlantic Monthly, San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times. His work has also been exhibited at the Smithsonian Craft Show.
  
  
  
• Quality Engineering Associates, Burlington, MA | Launch: www.qea.com
  
  Quality Engineering Associates, Inc., of Burlington, MA contracted with Centauria to completely redesign, reprogram and search engine optimize their worldwide sales and support site. The site features a custom content management system, complex inquiry form, streaming product videos and detailed technical specifications for all of their products. Potential clients are now finding the site using 391 relevant key phrases.
  
  
  
• Continental Lender Services (CLS), Burlingame, CA | Launch: www.lenderservices.org
  
  Designed, developed and implemented search engine optimized website for Continental Lender Services (CLS), national marketing company presenting nation's premiere product providers of real estate settlement and related services to the lending community.
  
  
  
• Adhok Music, CA | Launch: www.adhokmusic.com
  
  Designed and implemented a graphic-reach website for jazz, alternative country and Hawaiian music band available for life performances in San Francisco, Sacramento, Napa Valley, and Tahoe area. Paypal payments system is integrated on a Buy CDs page.
  
  
  
• Radiantminds.ca, Vancouver, BC | Launch: www.radiantminds.ca
  
  Custom designed and programmed elegant brochure website for Radiant Minds Consulting, Vancouver, Canada.
  
  
  
• Sandy Smith Coaching & Consulting, Seattle, WA | Launch: www.sksmith.com
  
  Designed, developed and implemented original corporate logo, corporate identity package and business brochure-ware website for an executive coaching and consulting firm in Seattle, WA.
  
  
  
• Heritage Realty, Sacramento, CA
  
  Heritage Realty contracted with Centauria to custom design and program a complex dynamic site for management of realtors and listings. The site features daily update of news, reports, agent information and listings in Sacramento. Web site designed with a control panel that allows the site administrator to feature properties on the scrolling home page list among other back-end functionalities.
  
  
  
• ReedShay Executive Search, Berkeley, CA
  
  Designed, developed and implemented a content-based corporate website with minimalist graphics for executive search firm. Programmed in HTML, ColdFusion and Java Script. Created website is a dynamic ColdFusion/Access database application with dynamic content that is easily updated by client through a control panel interface. Reedshay.com is the most successful recruiter of executives, entrepreneurs, and innovators in leadership roles for technology, engineering, and product strategy for Silicon Valley. Their clients include Ebay, Cisco, Amazon.com and other famous IT companies. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area.
  
  
  
• California Solar Electric Company, Nevada City, CA | Launch: www.californiasolarco.com
  
  Designed, developed and implemented a website for a business specializing in the custom design and implementation of household solar electric systems. Also completed corporate identity package for the firm, including original logo, business cards and stationary. California Solar Electric Company is based in Sacramento area.
  
  
  
• Northwest Interpreters, Inc., Vancouver, WA | Launch: www.nwinterpreters.com
  
  Redesigned a website for Northwest Interpreters, Inc. - Interpretation and Translation Services. Northwest Interpreters, Inc. (NWI) has established itself in being at the forefront of providing interpretation and translation services in the Pacific Northwest and abroad for over a decade.
  
  
  
• Mt. Tam Chiropractic, the website of doctor John Steigerwald, Kentfield, CA
  
  
  
• Real Lead Bank, Carol Stream, IL
  
  Real Lead Bank, LLC contracted with Centauria to custom design and develop a complex dynamic site that allows realtors and mortgage brokers to exchange leads. The site features a custom control panel for daily management of the site and over 15 custom designed pages and forms.
  
  
  
• Mark DeShazo, Spiritual Consultant, San Francisco, CA
  
  
  
• Creatabull Films LLC, New York film production company website, New York, NY | Launch: www.createabullfilms.com
  
  
  

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Ecommerce Web Design

• Extasia Designer Jewelry, Victorian Cameos & Intaglios, Nevada City, CA | Launch: www.extasia.com
  
  Classical and romantic Extasia jewelry has been featured in Vogue, Bride, InStyle and Seventeen Magazine among others. In collaboration with Extasia marketing team, Centauria redesigned, developed and implemented a sophisticated, custom-scripted ecommerce website for this high-end fashion jewelry designer and manufacturer. Challenge with the project was to use a single website to target two distinct audiences: retail shoppers and wholesale buyers. This was resolved by separating Extasia into two sections: an online retail boutique featuring 200 products, and a password-protected Wholesale Showroom featuring Extasia's current line- sheets, new collections, and online only specials for wholesalers. The new Extasia website also has a powerful control panel that gives full content control to website owner. Owner can change text on the pages, upload new products, edit their descriptions, put them on sale and much more...
  
  
  
• Michelle Lynne Designs, Handcrafted Designer Jewelry, Los Angeles, CA | Launch: www.michelelynne.com
  
  Another fabulous jewelry website designed, developed and implemented by Centauria for Michele Lynne Designs, Los Angeles high end jewelry studio. Customers can browse collections and search entire site with the keywords. Powerful control panel gives full control to website administrator/owner. Text editing, new product upload, sales, promotions and much more...
  
  
  
• Downtown Furniture NY, New York, NY | Launch: www.dtfstyle.net
  
  Custom ecommerce application for downtown Manhattan furniture showroom. Centauria created 3 complete websites for this client, including integration of custom design with Yahoo Merchant Services.
  
  
  
• Powered PC, New York, NY
  
  Powered PC contracted with Centauria to custom design and program a sophisticated website that allows users to order customized personal computers using a complex menu system. The site features a custom content management system for the all products, product images, and site text. The site is live, but not all content is in place as the business is still starting up.
  
  
  
• Gift Card Bazaar, San Francisco, CA | www.giftcardbazaar.com
  
  Designed, developed and implemented a complex custom-scripted secure ecommerce website for Gift Card Bazaar Inc., based in San Francisco, CA. Users can buy, sell and exchange gift-cards and certificates online for cash or credit.
  
  
  
• Bella Tocca Tags, Nevada City, CA | www.bellatoccatags.com
  
  Redesigned, custom programmed and optimized for search engines pet jewelry designer web site with powerful and easy to use content management system. Check this site for the coolest sterling silver Dog ID tags and other pet jewelry. Centauria was able to help Bella Tocca to get positioned for very competitive search keywords in pet jewelry industry.
  
  
  

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Non-Profit Organizations

• California Water Impact Network - C-WIN, Santa Barbara, CA | Launch: www.c-win.org
  
  Designed, developed and implemented California Water Impact Network - water policy networking and information sharing website. Features of the website include content control panel, editable maps, directory of participating organizations, forum and calendar.
  
  
  
• Massachusetts Lesbian & Gay Bar Association, Boston, MA | Launch: www.mlgba.org
  
  The Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association (MLGBA) is a voluntary state-wide professional association of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lawyers and our allies providing a visible LGBT presence within the Massachusetts legal community. MLGBA contracted with Centauria to completely redesign and reprogram their existing website. The site features online signup and renewal of membership, and a directory that allows the public to find attorneys by name, city and area of practice.
  
  
  
• Sierra Biodiversity Institute, CA | Launch: www.sierrabiodiversity.org
  
  Designed a corporate identity package, including logo, business cards, stationary and envelopes. Completed redesigned, developed and implemented a website for a nonprofit scientific research organization.
  
  
  
• Charity Golf Tournament in Honor of Lorri Painter - LPPO, San Rafael, CA | Launch: www.lppo.net
  
  Designed, developed and implemented a content management system (CMS) website for LPPO. LPPO is a charity golf tournament in honor of Lorri Painter, who died of cancer in 2003, that raises funds to fight breast cancer and support those living with the disease. Website administrator manages site content and makes changes to it as necessary.
  
  
  
• Nevada County Natural Heritage 2020, Nevada City, CA | Launch: www.nh2020.org
  
  Designed, developed, implemented and maintained for 2 years a public relations website for a joint planning project between a Nevada County, California government agency and nonprofit corporation.
  
  
  
• Nevada County, CA Natural Resources Report | Launch: www.nevadacountynature.org
  
  Undertook graphic design and oversaw copy editing and production of a 500+ page scientific report on the natural resources of Nevada County, California. Designed, developed and implemented a complete web version of the report. Designed, developed and published a CD version of the report (2 CD set) featuring a self-playing Javascript introduction and complete set if the geographic information system data that the study was based on.
  
  
  
• Better World Directory | Launch: www.betterworlddirectory.com
  
  Centauria's initiative to create a worldwide collection of socially responsible companies and organizations, including sustainable transportation, alternative energy, sustainable development, design and land use, organic food resources and more. Submit your website if it's appropriate.
  
  
  
• Gary Snyder Poems in Russian Translation | Launch: www.garysnyderpoems.com
  
  A collaborative project with translator Irina Dyatlovskaya. Centauria created this website in Russian language with content management panel for adding new poems and updating web pages.
  
  
  

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Other Portfolio Websites

• LG-Art.com, Berkeley, CA | Launch: http://www.lg-art.com
  
  Redesigned and updated custom built website gallery for an artist Lorye George living and working in Berkeley, CA.
  
  
  
  
• Erin Robbins Studio, Nevada City, CA
  
  Redesigned and updated artist gallery website. Developed sophisticated back-end content management system for updating the gallery and other website content. Completed corporate identity package for Erin Robbins Studio, including original logo, greeting card, business cards and stationary.
  
  
  
• Draper Fisher Jurvetson Mercury Management, LLC, Houston, TX
  
  Designed a corporate logo for Texas-based Technology Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Mercury Venture Partners ("DFJ Mercury")
  
  
  
• V'TAE Parfum & Body Care, Nevada City, CA - http://www.vtae.com
  
  Designed, developed and implemented a sophisticated, ColdFusion based, e-commerce web site with a database and administrative panel for a manufacturer of women's natural perfume and natural body care products.
  
  
  
• South Yuba Club, Nevada City, CA - http://www.southyubaclub.com
  
  Designed, developed and implemented a business website for a private health club and fitness center.
  
  
  
• Smarttech Insurance Agency, San Mateo, CA - http://www.smtins.com
  
  A bilingual, English and Russian web site design, development and implementation for an insurance agency in San Mateo, California.
  
  
  
• Perfect Wave, LLC, Detroit, MI
  
  Designed a logo and marketing collateral for a startup firm taking Fortune 500 firms online.
  
  
  
• Engine Ventures, LLC, Detroit, MI
  
  Designed a logo for startup venture fund.
  
  

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