BigBlock Studios

Galloping Cows

admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:02:33 +0000

Joanne and Ron Schmidt turned their dreams into reality in 1994 when they founded Galloping Cows Fine Foods. They started out small, selling their delightful sauces and preserves around their home base in Nova Scotia, Canada. Years of hard work and dedication have transformed Galloping Cows from a small country market to the darling of fine foods retailers across the country.

BigBlock was hired to help Galloping Cows take their aging website to the next level of e-commerce and design and what you see is the result! A fabulous design, tastefully executed that helps bring the Galloping Cows product line to the forefront.

All design, development and hosting is handled by BigBlock.

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Technologies:

eCommerce, QuickBooks integration, XHTML/CSS, CGI/C##, CFMX, jQuery, MySQL
Galloping Cows is using a QuickBooks ‘aware’ commerce storefront to manage their products. The QuickBooks integration allows them to manage orders in QuickBooks itself without having to manage in their store admin as well.

Indaco – Bag To Nature

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:51:29 +0000

Save time, mess and money by using a compostable bag that does not tear, sweat and break apart. Have confidence doing your part for the environment.

Indaco offers a very unique product in a market cluttered with poor design options. Offering their products online to consumers and wholesalers alike will further enhance their market share. All design, development and hosting is handled by BigBlock.

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Technologies:

eCommerce, QuickBooks integration, XHTML/CSS, CGI/C##, CFMX, jQuery, MySQL
Indaco is using a QuickBooks ‘aware’ commerce storefront to manage their products. The QuickBooks integration allows Indaco to manage orders in QuickBooks itself without having to manage in their store admin as well.

Better Man

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:04:43 +0000

How many of us would love to have the ability to look effortlessly stylish everywhere we went? How many of us do?

Now imagine this… you could enjoy getting dressed in the morning, be proud to look inside your wardrobe, and learn how to quickly put together outfits that get you noticed as the being the best dressed man in your circle! Discover how easily you can become the image of success.

Better Man is the finest Style Consulting service for men. Finally, an exciting and powerful program where in as little as 1 month, you will notice a better you.

Technologies:

XHTML/CSS, PHP

Chase Global Foods Inc.

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:02:39 +0000

“Chase Global Foods established in 1984 by Gino Tomasi, brings 40 years of experience to the food industry.”

One of our first projects as BigBlock Studios was to redesign and deploy a website for Chase Global Foods Inc.

We found that they were in a very common situation, thier website design was several years old and the content had not been kept up to date, it was old and no longer reflected the companies offerings.

BigBlock responded to the need by creating a fresh new look for thier website, created some dynamic content elements and offered guidance for the development of content.

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Technologies:

XHTML/CSS, PHP
Chase Global Foods uses XML & PHP to keep their news and content updated.

Durham Reporting

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:59:16 +0000

Durham Reporting & Mediation Services has built a reputation as providers of the best certified reporters for lawyers, government departments, corporations and school boards from Ottawa to Windsor.

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Technologies:

XHTML/CSS, PHP, MySQL
Durham Reporting uses a web based file management system to allow thier users to transfer larger files back and forth. The system has cut travel time, courier and postage significantly.

Con-Test

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:55:35 +0000

CON-TEST carries considerable professional credentials, clients need to know that their equipment is working to its fullest potential.

Our firm has a staff of 25 including 18 fully qualified and competent technicians.

We are an ISO 9001-2000 registered company and were the first Canadian Company to become NEBB accredited for Cleanroom performance testing.

CON-TEST employees serve on Committees developing operating procedures and National Standards both in Canada and the United States of America.

CON-TEST has received accreditations from several national and international Standards and other regulatory organizations and is a member of major national and international associations prominent in our industry.

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Technologies:

XHTML/CSS CFMX, jQuery, MySQL
Con-Test uses CFML to manage their contact forms and page navigation allowing content to be easily and quickly updated as well as SEO information to be managed easily as well.
jQuery & jQuery plugins are used to manage the splash image transitions.

Eurocorsa Performance Inc.

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:50:29 +0000

Distributors of Europe’s finest sportbike accessories. BigBlock was commissioned to rebuild the current EuroCorsa e-commerce web store using all new technologies and enhancing the ability for the user to find the products they are looking for.

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Technologies:

eCommerce, QuickBooks integration, XHTML/CSS, CGI/C##, CFMX, jQuery, MySQL
Eurocorsa is using a QuickBooks ‘aware’ commerce storefront to manage over 14,000 products. The QuickBooks integration allows Eurocorsa to manage orders in QuickBooks itself without having to manage in their store admin as well.
Plugins and navigation enhancements were integrated using CFMX & jQuery.

ION Perfection

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:47:39 +0000

Ion Perfection’s new site focuses mainly on content and getting their message out, but that does not mean it has no cool code and top shelf design work.

Check out the 100% CSS/XHTML compliant code, the neat browser safe java script display animation on the front page and don’t forget the warm and professional design… just what the doctor ordered.

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Kobes Nurseries Inc.

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:43:28 +0000

Located on the north shores of Lake Ontario, 45 minutes east of Toronto, Kobes Nurseries has been providing garden centers and landscape professionals with high-quality plant material since 1963.

Offering field grown shade and flowering trees, specimen shrubs and evergreens, and container grown shrubs, evergreens, vines, perennials and grasses, our emphasis continues to be integrity, quality product and overall customer satisfaction.

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Technologies:

XHTML/CSS PHP
Kobes is using PHP & CSS to dynamically change the page layout to correspond to the current season on the date the season changes …. check it out:
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter

The Thirsty Monk

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:36:55 +0000

Great food, great beer, and great cheer always on tap here! BigBlock is responsible for this design, ongoing site updates, print design for posters, signs, menu’s etc. A great relationship with one of our favourite hang-outs!

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Technologies:

XHTML/CSS, CFMX, jQuery, MailChimp API Integration, Custom Administration, MySQL
The Thirsty Monk Pub is using MailChimp API integration to seamlessly manage their mailing list, users who sign up on the Thirsty Monk Pub site are automatically added to their MailChimp mailing lists.
The custom administration allows the pub administrators to manage the calendar and import/export MailChimp lists.