Recent Projects

Our projects are listed out in order of when we worked on them, so you can see where we have come from and where we are going. Don’t forget to check out our list of WordPress Plugins!

ArrestedMN

Spotted Koi built this website based on an original design by Reinsch Communications.  Spotted Koi was asked to cut it into a WordPress theme, added audio streaming functionality, and integrated the theme with a plugin for customer testimonials.

 

Tags: WordPress theming, custom themes, testimonials

 

 

KeepSake Bows

The owner of Keepsakebows.com came to us because her site was falling apart.  With the holiday season fast approaching, Spotted Koi quickly implemented site modifications and optimizations that got her slideshow and galleries functioning to properly showcase her original handmade bows.  In addition, Spotted Koi fixed the site’s broken social media tools, e-commerce system and provided specialized client training.

Tags: WordPress troubleshooting, wp-e-commerce troubleshooting, e-commerce, social media plugins, slideshow, website support

 

Spotted Koi

We needed a site redesign, badly. Our original site was a free theme that we modified heavily but it wasn’t cutting the mustard for ourselves or our customers. We worked with Phases Design to redesign our entire branding strategy and they created this awesome theme for us. We are releasing updates incrementally, so this is very much a work in progress. Future additions as of writing this entry include post formats, a custom home page for our sales funnel, and custom post types for testimonials and possibly recent projects as well.

Tags: WordPress Theming, Custom Post Types, Social Media Integration, Mail Chimp Integration, Company Branding, Post Formats

Outfitter Tours

The site was already built when we were brought in, we helped Outfitters to fix a problem with Internet Explorer that was causing the image slider to stop working correctly and was also breaking the content. We were able to bring in the project, discuss with the customer, and turn it around all within 48 hours.

Tags: Bug fixes for Internet Explorer, image sliders, CSS fixes

MIE Magazine

We added functionality that allows site visitors to submit articles for the site and a we added a contact form. Afterwards, we ended up adding the top category based navigation and some advertising to help MIE monetize their site and added the Headspace plugin for basic SEO optimization of the site.

Tags: WordPress, Submit articles, forms, contact form, SEO optimization, Headspace, Custom Navigation

Hornberger + Worstell

We were brought in to do full WordPress and plugin updates and troubleshooting along with page template modifications on their current theme, flash image insertion through meta fields, and improved their overall site performance from a YSlow grade of D to an A.

Tags: Upgrade WordPress, update plugins, modify current theme, yslow optimization, page load optimization

Denver Movember

We built this website on WordPress to help organize and evangelize about the Movember Foundation’s efforts in Denver, CO. Movember raises money for the fight against men’s cancers both through research and through teaching about detection. This site was built using HTML5, WordPress Post Formats, and other neat features such as a calendaring plugin.

Tags: HTML5 WordPress theme, Post Formats, Calendar Plugin, MailChimp Integration,

Local Visibility Systems

Phil was in need of some help with optimizing his site and fixing a couple of small issues. We built him a development site, which allowed both Spotted Koi and the Phil to make and see changes without effecting the live site. Then we upgraded WordPress, fixed a couple theme issues with the HTML and CSS, and made some small SEO adjustments. Check out Phil’s testimonial about our work!

Tags: WordPress upgrade, dev site build, SEO modifications, HTML/CSS updates

1 Track Find

We built this site from the ground up in partnership with Jon Rossi. This site is built on the Zend Framework and utilizes multiple APIs to create a unique and intuitive interface for users to track music and artists. We recently acquired full ownership of this site and have plans for building in some amazing features to really help people track their music habits and playlists.

Tags: Custom PHP development, ground up development, theme, design

Local Search Toolkit

We have partnered with Denver SEO firm, seOverflow, to not only perform the day-to-day maintenance of this incredible local SEO tool, but to completely overhaul the system and build new features.

Tags: Custom PHP development, complete system overhaul, theme, design, optimization

SeanOLearyWeddings

We moved Sean’s website from an old domain to SeanOLearyWeddings.com and then made some optimizations to how WordPress delivered its content so that the overall improvement of page load times was nearly 5-fold.

Tags: Site Migration, WordPress Optimization, YSlow optimization

CompleatThought

We worked with Kyle Perkins to customize the magazine-flow WordPress theme to his specifications. This allowed him to feature his content more effectively throughout the site.

Tags: Custom functionality, troubleshooting, theme modification

WP-Relief

Hosted and Managed by us, we provide WordPress help and suggestions to DIY WordPress folks. Often, we write about things we just figured out or things that took a little longer than we thought in order to help out the next guy as much as possible.
Tags: WordPress tips and tricks, WordPress Help, Content writing, custom functionality, theming, design

GroomsAdvice.com

We built this site based on the theme that these guys were using on TheManRegistry.com, but customizing it for their blog site. This site has become one of the major traffic sources for TheManRegistry.com and has become a brand in itself.

Tags: WordPress Theming, Themes, Social Media, custom functionality

ErinKateCreations

Built for Erin Kate herself, to showcase her newest and best products online. The template that is being used was built from her original site, in order to provide her with the same look and feel, but advanced functionality for managing her content.

Tags: E-Commerce, ecommerce, Social Media

Routes + Culture Travel

We customized the theme that they were currently using in order to accommodate the customer’s needs as well as the functionality that they desired from their site.

Tags: Custom theme, custom post types, image management

EvonyExperts

This is a site that we manage and write content for, where we help people by providing tips and tricks for Evony the game.

Tags: Content Writing, custom theme

 

Boulder Writers Alliance

We built custom user management functionality, as well as implementing advanced user reporting and user search functionality to help people find technical writers from the Boulder, Colorado area.

Tags: User Management

Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

We help the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation to maintain and add features to their site on an ongoing basis. We have worked with them on their main website, newsletter, and their community features.

Tags: Custom functionality, optimization, theme cutting, security updates