Orbital Voice http://orbitalvoice.com Web Technology for Business Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:01:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Counting Business Days in Ruby on Rails http://orbitalvoice.com/index.php/2009/09/14/counting-business-days-in-ruby-on-rails/ http://orbitalvoice.com/index.php/2009/09/14/counting-business-days-in-ruby-on-rails/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:59:52 +0000 admin http://orbitalvoice.com/?p=155 In case it’s helpful, here is a simple helper to count business days (as weekdays) going forward in rails.

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I hope you like the site!  Please share any feedback you might have!

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Client:
MovingBoxesForLess.com
Technology:
Ruby on Rails, Spree, Flash, Prototype, Javascript, CSS/HTML
Services:
Identity, logo design, web design and technical implementation, SEO, SEM
Launch:
July 2009
Visit:
http://movingboxesforless.com/

Launched on a shoe string budget and in under a week, this e-commerce site was built in Ruby on Rails using the open source platform, Spree, and is hosted at the up and coming Rails Hosting service: Webbynode.com.  MovingBoxesForLess.com is a new entrant in the used box or recycled moving box industry.  Although the previous owners of this domain got their url blacklisted, SEO best practices have MovingBoxesForLess.com slowly moving up the search rankings.

Seeking to stand out in a marketplace of cookie-cutter, nondescript competitors, we moved forward with an identity anchored to a t strong, memorable yellow. Building on this pallet, we designed a simple, sparse layout that communicates the simple message of “Cheap. Green. Fast.”

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Client:
Great American Art
Technology:
Ruby on Rails, Spree, Flash, Prototype, Javascript, CSS/HTML
Services:
Identity development, Web Concepting and Design, Ruby on Rails Development and SEO
Launch:
May 2009
Visit:
http://greatamericanart.com/

Great American Art is a B2B Framed Art vendor located just outside of Boston. They provide catered services to businesses and real estate developers through a network sales reps and dealers, while also catering to one-off retail sales through their website.

Their custom framing interface and advanced project managment capabilities, while database intensive, are only the tip of the iceberg. The bulk of our efforts have gone toward the development of a complex, web-based internal system to manage a rich network of sales agents, contractual agreements, rebates and discounts.

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Client:
Frames For Less
Services:
Web Design & Concepting
Launch:
On hold

Concepts for a custom poster printing firm requested by the same firm that we designed FramesForLess.com conceptsfor.

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Client:
Eco Handyman
Technology:
Ruby on Rails, Prototype, Javascript, CSS/HTML
Services:
Identity Exploration, Web Design, Web Development and SEO
Launch:
October 2008
Visit:
http://ecohandyman.com/

Eco Handyman is a Handyman and Home remodeling company located in Boulder, Colorado. In desperate need of replacing their website since it was first built in 2003, we completely redesigned and redeployed the EcoHandyman online presence. The site includes a complete back-end allowing the company’s staff to take complete control of the site’s content. Working hard to improve the site’s SEO, EcoHandyman.com is the #1 result for “boulder handyman” on Google.

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Client:
MC Universal Art
Technology:
Ruby on Rails, Prototype, Javascript, CSS/HTML
Services:
Identity Exploration, Web Design, Web Development and SEO
Launch:
October 2008
Visit:
http://mcu.orbitalvoice.com
[live site pending]

The product catalog site was built in Ruby on Rails, with a full backend allowing end users to update and manage the company’s products, static pages and contact information.

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Client:
Frames For Less
Services:
Web Design & Concepting
Launch:
Pending

We developed Concepts that were later approved, but never funded for “Frames For Less,” a proposed B2C start-up that sought to bring wholesale framing methods to the retail framing marketplace.

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Client:
Hollifield Mortuary
Technology:
PHP, Javascript, CSS/HTML
Services:
Web Design, Web Development and SEO
Launch:
February 2008
Visit:
http://hollifieldmortuary.com/

A simple site for a small business in Georgia. While the content is static, the site uses PHP for basic templating.

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