Another project is in the books, and this one just went live today: Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center.
This is another WordPress build. The design is by Barbara Lawrie of BTL Designs. I did the WordPress backend.
The good folks at Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center wanted a site that they could easily update, and wanted a little bit of a refresh in terms of the look of their site. This was their old site:
Barbara used a new green-and-red look for the site that’s really fresh and stands out. We also got rid of the clunky Flash-based navigation on the old site (which doesn’t even show up in the screenshot here). A lot of the content was also laid out differently and is a bit more modular, with photos on one side of the page and text more consistently flush left. Content was also re-organized so it’s not only easier to find for the end user, but so it’s also easier for the folks at Loomis Basin to update the contents of their site.
Also added to the new front page were callouts to the veterinary practice’s success stories and new announcements, just for more dynamic content on the front and to give vistors more entry points to see what else is around the site.
One of the more important things Loomis Basin wanted was a way to post breaking news quickly on their home page. In the new design, there is a red bar that automatically populates with the latest headline on a breaking news page, and a link to that page so people can read more.
Thanks to the WordPress-powered site, they no longer have to wait to make updates, and using the blog functionality, they can keep the Success Stories and Latest Scoop and Breaking News sections fresh.
It was a fun build, and I’m always glad to make things easier for a client!
