Making Websites
Custom Development Pulls Auto Data into New AutoWarranty123.com Website
AutoWarranty123.com offers extended warranties for car owners. For their new website, we researched online data sources to provide up-to-date year/make/model information for every car manufactured since the mid 90s. That seems easy enough, but when you consider the combinations, it’s mind-boggling: We display 24 years, with approximately 50 manufacturers (it varies by year as some…
Read MoreReading On a Screen Is Harder, So Let’s Work to Make It Easier
A pair of academic studies has concluded that we comprehend and retain information better when we read printed works than when we read online. That’s a problem, because I have a website and you have a website and there are a lot of websites. I have a few ideas about the solution, so buckle up…
Read MoreCathy Mac Knits Goes Live With Midcentury Modern Website
In August we launched a new website for Cathy Mac Knits, the website of expert knitting instructor and designer Cathrine McClure, based in Phoenix. The site makes liberal use of colorful yarn photography for backgrounds, and features a color palette and Eight Trails-designed logo inspired by Cathrine’s love of 50s “space age” design. The site is fully…
Read MoreNew Website for Medical Cannabis Dispensary Midtown Roots
In early August we launched a modern and elegant new website to coincide with the grand opening of Midtown Roots, a new medical cannabis dispensary in midtown Phoenix. The new site is fully responsive for optimal viewing on desktop and mobile browsers, and it features some interesting custom functionality developed by Eight Trails. The slideshow…
Read MoreHow to Write a Website RFP That Gets You Good Proposals
If you’re planning a new website or a website upgrade or expansion for your business, you may want to get multiple bids or quotes. The challenge is that websites have lots of moving pieces and there are numerous valid options for almost any feature or function, so how do you get apples-to-apples quotes? The solution…
Read More6 Critical Things Your Website Should Do for You
We are long past the days of brochure sites, with nothing but photos and text about your business. These days, if your website isn’t doing real work for you, it’s just not earning its keep. Here are six critical things your website should be doing for your business: Build Your Brand – Your brand is…
Read MoreSpotlight on New Website for Second Beat Improv
Second Beat Improv Theater opened in Phoenix in October 2016, and we at Eight Trails were honored to be instrumental in helping them get launched. The theater is the personal vision of longtime Phoenix improv performer Sam Haldiman, and takes its name from the three beats of The Harold, one of the standard structures in…
Read MoreHow We Revved Up West Coast Collector Autos
We recently launched a website for West Coast Collector Autos in Westminster, California, and there’s a bit of magic going on behind the scenes to make this site as helpful to car enthusiasts as it can be. The site had a limited budget and the business had no logo, so we used a simple theme…
Read MoreA Quick and Affordable Website Upgrade You Should Do in 2017
Late last year, we began moving all of the websites that we manage for our clients to secure socket layer (SSL). Running sites on SSL is becoming the new standard for all sites for three important reasons: It makes sites more secure Google is likely to give you higher search ranking It will make your…
Read MoreNew Website for Luxury Custom Home Development Soars
The breathtaking location of Eagles Nest custom home development in Fountain Hills, Arizona, demanded a website that could do it justice. Eight Trails delivered a site that is strong on panoramic visuals, to show off the unique terrain and soaring views found here in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains. We tightened and focused the…
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