Winning with Simplicity

Categories—Design—Markup

In the pursuit of looking sophisticated it is easy to loose sight of the focus and clarity that makes a really effective marketing message. The fact is, some of the highest earning websites I've ever seen have also been the simplest.

The folks...

Transforming Design into Reality

Categories—Markup

We do very little designing at Joe's Media, preferring instead to leave it to more talented artists like Matt West from CodeGeek.net and Midnight Oil Graphics.

Translating those designs into great looking, valid, search engine friendly, browser...

Consulting and Troubleshooting

Categories—JavaScript—Markup—PHP

When the good folks at Floating Point Media accepted a contract on a very tight schedule, it was our honor to dive in and tackle some of the technical challenges.

The job was to convert three existing sites to a new design and add new content....

Trustworthy Sites are Up-To-Date

Categories—Markup

I don't know about you but I definitely place more trust in companies that keep their online information up to date.

If you think of your website as part of your sales team then it stands to reason that you want your site to give current...

Event Website for Spiritual Soothing

Categories—ExpressionEngine—Markup

It is always a pleasure to build a website from such a lavish design as this one!

This site is much more than just eye-candy, however. It is built on top of an extremely powerful publishing platform known as ExpressionEngine, which also happens...

WordPress Excerpt with Images

Categories—PHP

Need a way to highlight recent WordPress entries, complete with images, from a page outside the wordpress directory?

The hard part is already done for you!

• Excerpts are displayed directly from the database if entered otherwise they are...

Portfolio for Our Partners!

Categories—JavaScript

Most of the work we do at Joe's Media is re-sold to clients through design firms. Occasionally, though, we are honored with the opportunty to do work directly for a designer and this is one such example.

There are some subtle but important...

Less Than One Hour

Categories—JavaScript

Ever wonder what you can get from an expert JavaScript programmer in only an hour? It is with great pleasure that I present you this example!

These folks needed a way to pull up-to-date reports from other sites and present them in a convenient,...

Auto Dealership Web-Facelift

Categories—Markup

How much fortitude does it take to have your website professionally reworked when your entire industry is on the brink of collapse? I have no idea but I'm betting it takes quite a lot!

It took a large, inter-disciplinary team to put this site...

Elegant Photo Gallery

Categories—JavaScript

Even a small amount of interactivity can really bring a website to life.

It is important to remember that photo galleries are meant to showcase the contents of the gallery. Any user interface must be clean, intuitive, and fast. Our challenge was...