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michaelbain (in conjuction with pixelmagic) is happy to present another successfully completed web project.

 
Rapidwave had very specific style, landing page, user interaction, navigation and content requirements with regards to their web presence and as such michaelbain developed and delivered the following for Rapidwave:

• pixelmagic effectively translated Rapidwave’s corporate identity into a design that was implemented as a WordPress template.
• The WordPress content management system was installed and extensively modified (by way of a custom template and custom plugins) to meet their needs.
• A custom landing / home page was developed (thanks pixelmagic for the design) with JavaScript and DHTML functionality that simply, but effectively gives the user of the site an overview and a jump-off point.
• A custom navigation system (incorporating a navigation bar listing sub sections of the currently viewed page, block-image navigation with remembered history and breadcrumbs) was developed. These were developed and implemented as custom WordPress plugins.
• A custom contact form was developed as a WordPress plugin.
• The site frames in their existing offering where their clients can log into a back-end management system.
• The client can manage their own content without any special skills or tools, online, in real-time.
• All of this was tied together effectively to form a neat and usable user experience.

Thanks to Adi for the excellent copy.

We are a privately owned broadband infrastructure company providing data and wholesale Internet services to small, medium and JSE listed enterprises

Rapidwave is powered by a dedicated staff with a passion for excellence and success. In a short space of time we’ve established ourselves as the network and infrastructure providers of choice.

 
Please vistit www.rapidwave.co.za for more information.

Contact michaelbain to discuss your website development needs.

michaelbain in conjunction with pixelmagic has successfully completed a website revamp and modernisation project for the two sister sites, Dunblane Lifestyle Estate and Dunblane Equestrian Centre.

The client had a web presence in the form of static websites that they could not update and maintain themselves. Useful functionality like update picture galleries, news items and articles was not possible. They needed  a content management system and a publishing platform with some added functionality and a revamped layout and design to fit their image and marketing strategy.

 
The following was delivered:

• A customised WordPress content management system with which the client can manage their own content, picture galleries, news items and articles
• An events calendar managed through the admin interface
• A newsletter subscription and publishing service to collect newsletter subscribers and send out newsletters, managed through the admin interface
• Consistent and related (in function and form) navigation, layout and widgets across both sites to tie them together (theme design by pixelmagic)

 
Visit the sites by clicking these:

Dunblane Lifestyle Estate

Dunblane offers you the move back to an old-fashioned country existence, coupled with the best of modern living to create the extremely desirable lifestyle that you’ve always dreamed of. Dunblane is situated in the East Rand around a magnificent Equestrian Centre, made up of  133 prime, large stands, dams and breathtaking countryside.

 
Dunblane Equestrian Centre

What better way to spend your time with your horse than in an environment that offers everything you could ask for? From the smallest pony to the most competitive horse, Dunblane has something for you. If you live for horses, you should live at Dunblane Equestrian.

 
Contact michaelbain to assist with your next website project.

michaelbain in conjunction with pixelmagic has successfully completed a website redo project for The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA).

 
Powered by WordPress and extensively configured and customised for FEDUSA, the site boasts the following features:

• A content management system with which FEDUSA can manage their own content, documents and press releases
• An admin managed calendar
• An admin managed newsletter subscription service to collect newsletter subscribers and send out newsletters to them
• Facebook integration
• Automatically rendered navigation, layout and widgets into the theme designed by pixelmagic
• A complete custom plugin was developed to generate the horizontal unpacked page map in the footer. The administrator can determine how many levels deep need to be unpacked, which pages need to be exclude and how many columns wide the map must be before it wraps to another line

A major change in the South African trade union balance took place with the establishment of a new trade union federation with over 515 000 members. The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) was established on 1 April 1997 by the amalgamation of two federations, namely Federation of South African Labour Unions (FEDSAL) and Federation of Organisations Representing Civil Employees (FORCE).

 
Visit the site by clicking here.

Contact michaelbain to custom-develop your next website.

michaelbain in conjunction with pixelmagic …

5 SITES: 5 DAYS, 5 PAGES, 5k

As a Year End special, we are offering the following to the first five people to respond and email meryl@pixelmagic.co.za:

- Your very own website built on the WordPress Content Management System
- 5 pages of content that you supply us + your photos
(eg: Home, About us, Products/Services, Blog, Contact us)
- Cost: R5 000.00 – a MASSIVE Saving!
- 5 working days development time from start to finish!

Contact michaelbain to make use of this special!

michaelbain has successfully completed a custom developed PHP, MySQL and AJAX driven website for www.dunns.co.za

Dunns provided the design concept and michaelbain implemented the concept and added functionality that allows Dunns to manage their own site, going forward, negating the need to contract a webmaster in future to make changes to their current content.

 
The site boast the following features:

• A templating system, rendering all pages and content consistently across the site
• A custom content management and administration interface allowing Dunns to manage their own site content
• An image-splash front page, managed through the admin interface
• A fashion catalogue picker that renders chosen Flash flipbooks or makes chosen PDF catalogues available for download, with an archive list, all managed through the admin interface
• A database driven AJAX store locator,  managed through the admin interface
• A custom contact us page, with Facebook fan and stream integration, managed through the admin interface

 
More site features are planned for the future!

The site was developed on a very reasonable budget and within a very short development period.

Contact michaelbain to design and develop your website!

michaelbain has successfully completed a WordPress project for www.inter-arise.com

The project involved a WordPress installation, configuration and code modification to meet Inter-Arise‘s functional needs.  The michaelbain-developed Get-Post-Image plugin was also used in the theme to get the look and feel needed.

formerly The Process Practice, is dedicated to enhancing individual and organisational effectiveness through facilitating individual and group processes that cut through unproductive patterns, and that build collaboration, capability and effectiveness. We harness the power of individuals and teams to create solutions, accelerate delivery, develop collective capability and enrich individual and organisation meaning.

 
Contact michaelbain to assist with your installation and custom development needs.

michaelbain has successfully completed a dynamic website project  for Highland Country Weddings in conjunction with pixelmagic andlaurenwilson.

The website features a WordPress base with custom theme and plugin modifications.

Highland Country Weddings can manage their own blog and site content and receive user input through a custom contact form.

Look and feel, site theme: pixelmagic
Installation, configuration, theme customisations, plugin customisation: michaelbain
Concept, content: laurenwilson

Highland Country Weddings is an experienced team of wedding consultants, planners and co-ordinators based in Scotland, the USA and Europe who will work with you every step of the way to bring your dream wedding to reality.

Our ‘little white book’ of contacts gives you access to the very best wedding suppliers in Scotland – all of whom are at the very top of their business – whether you need a remote castle venue and a hand-tied bouquet of fresh flowers; or a horse-drawn carriage and a diamond tiara! And don’t even think to worry about your Piper, he’ll be there in full dress regalia as part of the deal – this is Scotland after all!

 
Contact michaelbain to discuss your next website.