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Blue Mountain CU Site Launch

Tyler Hanson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:10:01 +0000

On Monday, March 10th, CU*Answers Web Services launched the new bmcu.net. The new site is built on WordPress with SiteControl and features a large rotating promotion, random headers on each page load, built-in site search, a navbar style navigation, Gravity Forms for electronic contact forms. As part of the SiteControl package, the new bmcu.net has a built-in mobile-ready theme as well as our satellite rateboard. The site was constructed as a child theme of the Thematic theme framework.

Grand Rapids Family CU Redesign Launches

Tyler Hanson — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:13:26 +0000

Last week Grand Rapids Family CU launched their new redesigned web site. The site is a standard architecture site with a rotating seasonal header. The new grfamilycu.org features simple, clean navigation and a more organized layout.

Allegan Community FCU Redesign Launches

Tyler Hanson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:03:31 +0000

Allegan Community Federal Credit Union’s new site launched this week. The new allegancu.com is built on WordPress with SiteControl and includes built in site search, RSS, dynamic content, a rotating banner on the home page, search engine optimization, Gravity Forms-powered electronic forms, and a mobile-friendly theme.

Tahquamenon Area CU Redesign Launches

Tyler Hanson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:58:29 +0000

On Monday, Tahquamenon Area Credit Union launched their new web site built on the WordPress with SiteControl platform. The new site features Gravity Forms-powered electronic forms, built-in site search, RSS, dynamic navigation, search-engine optimization and a mobile-friendly theme.

Your Site – Mobile Edition

Tyler Hanson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:34:14 +0000

If you’ve got SiteControl, your site is mobile-friendly out of the box! If you don’t have SiteControl, ask about our mobile theme solutions for static sites.

Feel free to use this badge to let your users know that your site is mobile-friendly version of your site on their favorite portable device or smartphone. Your site should detect that you are visiting on a mobile device and will automatically display the mobile-friendly theme. Mobile users have the option to view the full site simply by clicking the “Exit Mobile Edition” or “View Non-Mobile Site.”

AAA FCU Launches New Site

Tyler Hanson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:08:36 +0000

Today, AAA Federal Credit Union’s new WESCO Net Web Services-designed site was launched. The new site is built on the WordPress platform with SiteControl and includes the usual plethora of features that are available as part of the open-source WordPress platform as well as the CU-specific tie-ins of our SiteControl plugin. AAA FCU opted to go with a unique theme and therefore this theme will not be available as one of our library themes. The major design feature is a night time shot of downtown South Bend, IN. The new site is search engine optimized, includes a standard mobile theme for viewing on most portable devices, and improved statistics tracking with Google Analytics.

CU*Perks Web Package

Tyler Hanson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:35:30 +0000

To kickoff the new CU*Perks rewards program, the Web Services team is offering the CU*Perks web package to our clients. This includes a graphics package, custom coding and full implementation of CU*Perks branding on your site.

For a flat rate of $500, your site will get CU*Perks branding which includes:

CU*Perks tiered service level graphics package and html work (to show the different CU*Perks levels, points, rewards, etc)

The CU*Perks asterisk graphics package which, for WordPress with SiteControl clients, will easily place a graphic asterisk next to any item you like to highlight its “perks” potential. We’ll tag up to 10 items for you initially, including all menu items, etc.
Feature banner graphics package which includes two banners that may or may not be able to “rotate” depending on your specific site’s build.

You can take a look at the CU*Perks Program page on this test site.

Please feel free to contact the web services team for more information.

Lenco CU Redesign Launched

Tyler Hanson — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:00:06 +0000

Today, the web services team launched Lenco Credit Union’s new and improved site. The new lenco.org is built with WordPress and SiteControl. The new site has a more modern and clean look, rotating banners, and integrated financial calculators. As with all our WordPress sites with SiteControl, lenco.org is mobile-ready.

15 Indispensable Virtues of Website Design for Serious Graphic Designers

Tyler Hanson — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:50:40 +0000

Rafi over at pixelactic.com has a fairly comprehensive list of items that we, as designers, should continuously improve upon when it comes to design concepts for sites. As a client, this might also be worth a read to help you get the most out of your design by gaining a better understanding of the process.

Who Uses WordPress, Anyway?

Tyler Hanson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:11:51 +0000

Apparently some pretty big names. WordPress, the very same open-source platform that this site (and most of the sites we deploy) is built on, is used by the likes of the Wall Street Journal, Ford, Sony, eBay, and others on their own corporate sites or official blogs. Check out some examples of great WordPress deployment. We leverage the same technology that powers these giants to power your credit union site.