Cryode Studios

From our Portfolio: SecretTweet

hello@cryode.com (Cryode Studios) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:11:30 -0700

SecretTweet

SecretTweet is a cool website that allows you to anonymously post secrets to Twitter, and allow them to be commented on and such. My good friend "@mozunk":http://twitter.com/mozunk runs the place, and asked me to help out with an original design to replace a generic theme. So I did just that – sent off a fresh design sliced into valid XHTML & CSS. Check it out!

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SecretTweet Headers, Tweets and Sidebar

SecretTweet Footer

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From our Portfolio: An Organized Nest

hello@cryode.com (Cryode Studios) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:39:57 -0700

An Organized Nest

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I had the pleasure of taking the lovely design done by Krista at "Personify":http://www.personify.us and turning it into a functional website. A little slice and dice, some Drupal trickery and everything looks great :)

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An Organized Nest

Cryode Studios
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So just what are we up to?

hello@cryode.com (Eric Roberts) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:47:15 -0700

And most certainly, we HAVE been busy! Here’s some of the stuff going on in Cryode land:

Client Projects

I was happy to work with Leigh and Jan of J. Marie Fine Cakes back in January, helping them with turning their Photoshop design into a fully-functioning website, and assisting in the setup of a Yahoo! E-commerce store front. It was an interesting new challenge, and I enjoyed it fully. Leigh was a pleasure to work with. I also encourage anyone who has any taste whatsoever to grab one (or as many as you can!) of Jan’s delicious cakes. You won’t be disappointed.

Currently I’m working with Krista of Personify on An Organized Nest, putting the final touches on the in-progress Drupal back-end. Another interesting new project for me, which was not without it’s occasional headache, but hey – that’s what the web is about. Learning and challenging yourself. Love it!

I also have another front-end development project that I can’t go into detail about (gotta love NDAs, eh?), which should wrap up next week.

Need some work done yourself? You know where to contact me!

Projects

In whatever free time I can muster, you can usually find me working on some sort of side project. Currently I’m in the design and planning stages of Mod Your Bike, and about 30% into a PHP Class for a URL-shortening service. You’ll be able to find that in the Forge once the first version is completed. Keep an eye on it for any future revisions if you happen to take interest in or download and use the code.

I’ve also got quite the list of other projects I’d like to pursue or have already been started and are on hold for cooler and/or more important work, and there’s even talks of a Twitter app! We’ll see what happens. Any cool news will be broadcasted here, naturally.

The Community

The design community in general is amazing. I can’t say enough for my peers. Some of the nicest, most professional people you will run into. I never find myself far from an answer if I run into a snag. So big thanks to some of you who have helped with different things around the way. Kevin & Dave for your Drupal awesomeness, Kevin @ SecretTweet for being a constant AIM companion :) And many more.

Also a recent shout to Graham who runs Mono Expression, who featured my black-and-white portrait on the site. Thanks much! ~~I’ll send you hate mail later for spelling my name wrong.~~

So are you my friend on Twitter yet? If not, follow me at @Cryode

Best regards to all, and don’t hesitate to contact me, whether you’re interested in our services or you just want to say hi!

Cryode Studios
Front-end design. Back-end development. Rock star service.
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From our Portfolio: J. Marie Fine Cakes

hello@cryode.com (Cryode Studios) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:50:08 -0800

J. Marie Fine Cakes

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Cryode Studios was happy to work with Leah and J. Marie Fine Cakes to bring their design live on the web. We took their Photoshop file and turned it into a valid XHTML + CSS machine. A little jQuery Javascript magic for some beautiful cross browser compatible drop down menus adds a nice touch.

We also helped get a Yahoo! Store set up for J. Marie. A new experience for us, but a fun one still. Some photo editing, color and layout tweaks and back-end info like shipping costs and weights brought J. Marie Fine Cakes available to any hungry person who seeks a tasty treat!

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J. Marie Fine Cakes Homepage

Cakes available in the Yahoo! Store

Cryode Studios
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Cryode goes toll-free!

hello@cryode.com (Eric Roberts) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:10:29 -0800

800.286.1619

You can now reach Cryode Studios via telephone toll-free at 800-286-1619. The number has actually been around for a while (and was used under our previous business name), but I decided to wait to promote the number until it had a more professional sound to it. If you reach us outside of business hours, don’t fret – just leave a voicemail and we’ll get back to you.

And for helping with the professional image, I’d like to thank Scott Johnson of ExtraLife for providing the sexy man voice callers will hear and ~~hopefully~~ enjoy. As a fan of Scott’s web comic and podcast, I shot him an email to see if he’d like to provide the recordings. Obviously he did, and even thanked me for the opportunity. So please check out his site for some great comics, podcasts, and more (like GoDaddy coupons!).

Also I hope you enjoy the random bits of holiday flair added here and there around the site. The ornament RSS is my favorite :)

~Eric

Cryode Studios
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The Forge is "launched"

hello@cryode.com (Eric Roberts) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:19:35 -0800

So what does a bored evening after the work day has ended lead to? → The Forge!

At least it does for me. I got inspired after viewing some CSS and logo galleries, and decided to at least put something up for the time being. That way when I actually do get the time to release some projects to the general public, I won’t have to make the site that it’s going into first.

When you can expect to see something released is a big mystery as of right now. Most likely the first addition will be some sort of Code Igniter helper or library (this site is built off of CI, so naturally I’ve made a few additions to suit my needs). I also hope to make a couple additions to jQuery, and possibly the vBulletin message board software, if I can find the time to reacquaint myself with it (been a while!).

So I hope you can forgive me for making a news post about, well, nothing really. At least the logo is cool! =)

Cryode Studios
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Cryode Studios is born!

hello@cryode.com (Eric Roberts) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:25:38 -0700

And it’s about freakin’ time!

Welcome everyone to our humble home on the net. We’re happy to finally have the site finalized and ready for ~~shameless spamming~~ marketing to the world.

What we’re about.

Cryode Studios is a web design and development studio, who wants to create your project. We’re up-to-date on all the fancy lingo like CSS and SSMT. We’ve got the tools, the knowledge, and the attitude to get your project done and done right.

Read more about our history, the people behind the scenes, and other (rather unnecessary) tidbits. Or if we’ve already sweet-talked you into loving us, you can contact us with your needs today!

What you can look forward to.

As with most passionate web aficionados, we don’t limit our creativity to client projects. You can usually find us dedicating many a sleepless evening to a personal project (or eight). And we’ll be sharing those projects with the world as they come to fruition.

Not too far into the future we’ll be launching The Forge, the home of our design and development creations (think PHP Classes, jQuery tricks, etc). We also have a web-related blog in the works (temporarily on hold waiting for Wordpress 2.7) that we’re looking forward to opening.

We’ll also be making some more additions to this website – RSS feeds for news & content is at the top of our list, along with some other random stuff (and super secret fancy schmancy admin stuff you aren’t privy to!).

So thanks for stopping by!

We hope to gain you as a trusted, satisfied client, a new professional associate, ~~a creepy stalker,~~ or at least someone to question our odd posts on Twitter. See you soon!

Best regards,

Cryode Studios
Front-end design. Back-end development. Rock star service.
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From our Portfolio: Biddle Enterprises, LLC

hello@cryode.com (Cryode Studios) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:14:53 -0700

Biddle Enterprises, LLC

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The Biddle Enterprises website is a division of a local machine shop R&B Grinding Co., Inc, and is designed to create and manage listings for machines and equipment that are for sale.

We provided a basic, original design coded in valid XHTML/CSS* with an original back-end system written in PHP & MySQL, that allows for the creation and management of categories and listings.

* Some listing pages are invalid due to copy/pasted Word document content. =(

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Homepage

View Category

View Item

Part of the Admin CP

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From our Portfolio: 100 Baby Names

hello@cryode.com (Cryode Studios) — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:27:59 -0700

100 Baby Names

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100 Baby Names is a project I created during full-time employment with a local agency. I created the original design, did the full front-end XHTML/CSS work, created all the PHP code for the site’s dynamic functionality.

There’s also specialty print-only CSS for the name basket, for easy printing of selected names.

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Homepage

Advanced Search

Search Results

Name Basket

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From our Portfolio: OnesieWear

hello@cryode.com (Cryode Studios) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:26:51 -0700

OnesieWear

OnesieWear is an online retail website which sells custom embroidered onesies for infants and toddlers. This is another project I worked on during full-time employment with a local agency. I designed the site, assisted in the development of the back-end system, implemented Javascript/AJAX technologies and PHP image functions for dynamic image manipulation, and more!

Note: Logo not by Cryode

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Homepage

Cryode Studios
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From our Portfolio: Rockin Decals

hello@cryode.com (Cryode Studios) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:48:56 -0800

Rockin Decals

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Rockin Decals is a bulk decal supplier. We supplied them with an original, colorful design and the XHTML/CSS coding for the homepage.

The site owner has played with the site since, so our sweet valid code was tampered with a bit. Oh well!

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Homepage

Contact Form

Cryode Studios
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From our Portfolio: Mozunk Host

hello@cryode.com (Cryode Studios) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:39:17 -0700

Mozunk Host

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Mozunk Host is a hosting company specializing in low-cost basic hosting. Cryode Studios provided a new site design based on requirements from Mozunk.

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Homepage

Cryode Studios
Front-end design. Back-end development. Rock star service.
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From our Portfolio: Oznium LLC

hello@cryode.com (Cryode Studios) — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:53:48 -0700

Oznium LLC

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Oznium.com is an online retailer of custom LED lighting and accessories, for many uses. A good friend of mine owns the place, and in 2006 I was a local full-time employee of the Bay Area business.

In September/October of that year, the Oznium staff and I redesigned the entire website in order to respond to Oznium’s growing product line and popularity. I was responsible for general site layout consultation, color scheme, graphic design, product photo editing and copywriting, and more.

To this day I still help out on occasion, doing minor graphic work, additional product photo and copy editing, and more.

Note: Logo not done by Cryode.

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Homepage

Category Listing

Product Page

Shopping Cart

Cryode Studios
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From our Portfolio: Fun with Photography

hello@cryode.com (Cryode Studios) — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 01:27:29 -0800

Fun with Photography

This is a simple, fun project I did one afternoon just for grins.

The goal: make it look like I was playing cards with four identical twins.
The result: well, see for yourself!

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Five Eric's!

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