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Brukenet is a web design company for those who want an experienced team to handle every aspect of their site. From the initial concept to the final completion, our web developers and programmers can design an integrated internet presence which will best suit your business strategy. In addition to web designers, we offer custom scripting and graphic design, as well as access to experienced, professional marketers and videographers to help make your site exactly the way you want it.

...Personal Attention

As a small company, our prices are competative and we are able to offer a truely personal touch to all our clients. We enjoy helping the hobbyist launch their first personal fan site just as much as we enjoy helping companies build their internet marketing presence or a web-based database application to manage warehouse inventory and customer records. We carefully work with each client to make sure that their site is exactly the way they want it and that they understand each step of the design process. We offer free initial consultations by appointment -- contact us to request an appointment.

Recent Portfolio

The sites listed here are just a few examples of our most recent work. These projects range from simple e-commerce sites to massive online database applications and custom CMS applications. If you are looking for examples from a particular field then please contact us to request further information.

RV Headsets Screen ShotRV Headsets -- "The SAFE Way To Maneuver Your RV"

The Client's Product - A pair of light-weight and hands-free duplex radios that allow RV owners to easily communicate when maneuvering large recreational vehicles in tight spaces.

The Client's Needs - When we designed the RV Headsets site, the product had already been featured in several industry magazines and blogs. We wanted to take advantage of that by creating "Testimonial" and "As Featured In" sections to spotlight the positive publicity. Click here to view the RV Headsets site...

Designer Notes (10/14/08) - The RV Headsets site is an excellent example of how a simple yet elegant design can be achieved quickly at for a very reasonable cost. This site is an excellent example of our Economy Design Package and is a perfect style for a small company's first website.

Rescue Facts ScreenshotRescue Facts -- "Emergency Medical Information When It's Needed Most"

The Client's Product - A durable but light-weight water-resistant nylon strap which is embossed with a clearly visible medical alert symbol. The strap unfolds to reveal a protected pocket which can hold emergency medical information on the included water-resistent form. The straps come in several sizes and are designed to fit on seat belts, walkers, purse straps, child seats, or even pet collars.

The Client's Needs - In the case of the Rescue Facts site, the client had already had a website designed for his company but was not satisfied with the look and feel of the original design. Our goal was to make a site that was professional in appearance and which complied to strict standards. The client's needs included some video editing and video file format conversions, the creation of a dynamic moving logo, online ordering, and a secure dealer login & back-office. Click here to view the Rescue Facts site...

Designer Notes (11/5/08) - The Rescue Facts site showcases some of the features that separate our Economy Design Package from our Basic Design Package. The inclusion of an animated logo, video file format conversions, minor video editing, jump menus, and more elaborate e-commerce solutions involving an online "shopping cart" rather than simple "Buy Now" buttons demonstrate the advantages of the Basic Design Package. The dealer login and corresponding secure back-office are actually new additions to the site and represent a basic implementation of our Secure Content Package.

Farm Easier ScreenshotFarm Easier -- "Farm Tools To Give Your Body A Break"

The Client's Products -The client sells a variety of related products that are aimed at older and/or disabled farmers. These products either reduce the stress of manual labor or else permit individuals to perform tasks that would be impossible under normal circumstances. One example of this is the "One-Handed Gate Latch", which allows heavy gate latches to be opened and closed with only one hand instead of requiring two hands.

The Client's Needs - When we were approached by Foresight Services, the company behind the Farm Easier product line, we were asked to optimize a site specifically for an older rural target audience whom, due to their rural location, might lack broadband or dsl connectivity. The challenge here was to balance image quality with image size, with the goal of making a page that looks good but can load on a dial-up connection in less than 15 seconds. We also implemented a narrower screen to account for the probability of smaller monitors within the target audience. After several revisions I'm proud to say that it now loads in under 15 seconds on most dial-up connections, and still looks great. Click here to view the Farm Easier site...

Designer Notes (7/24/08) - While our Economy Design Packages are great for a single product with no variations and our Basic Design Package can handle a single product with several variations, this site provides an example of our Standard E-Commerce Package. Individual products are displayed as small images on a cataloge page with links to a more comprehensive detail page for each product. In addition to the multiple products, the Farm Easier site is noteworthy for it's image optimization and advanced SEO features. Recently the site has been expanded to include a blog and a "Tell-A-Friend" link as well as a "Site Visitors" counter.

Gone Repellent ScreenshotGone Repellent -- "Strong - Safe - Effective"

The Client's Product - The client sells brightly colored plastic bracelets that are impregnated with a proprietary blend of insect-repellent aromatics. The bands come in various sizes to allow for usage by adults, children, and most animals.

The Client's Needs - In this case, the client wanted to take advantage of the product's naturally bright colors; to achieve this we created a site that was full of rich colors and vibrant images. We worked very closely with the client to make sure that each image matched the color-scheme for each page and that each variation of the product featured a different colors and sidebar images. Standard e-commerce options and basic SEO were also desired by the client. Click here to view the Gone Repellent site...

Designer Notes (11/28/08) - The Gone Repellent site is an excellent example of what can be done with our Basic Design Package with just a little bit of extra expense for some advanced graphic design, photo editing, and custom style sheets.

Carpet Direct Screen ShotCarpet Direct -- "You Are The Middle-Man"

The Client's Product - Carpet Direct is a major nation-wide direct sales carpet company with semi-independent brokers in most U.S. states. They are one of the few companies that is fully endorsed and able to offer quality Stainmaster carpets and flooring.

The Client's Needs - This site was designed to fit with the Carpet Direct Database Project which is mentioned below. To fulfil the needs of that project it had to be scalable and able to be rapidly replicated and redeployed to new domains as new franchises embraced the system. Forms on the site had to be able to notify individual agents of prospective leads and requests for appointments by email and also simultaneously link to a MySQL database to enter the lead and referral data so that it could be tracked as a part of the larger system. This site also needed to incorporate a promotional video, links to external Google Maps pages, and a clickable image-map of the U.S. that displayed all the various franchises for easy reference. Click here to view the original site...

Designer's Notes (2/13/09) - This project continues to evolve and as more franchises entered the program it became clear that these sites needed to be more flexible and to include elements that could be controlled and updated by the individual agents. This led to the development of a unique Content Management System by which each agent could log into a control panel for their incarnation of the site and change the fonts, colors, images, and even much of the content of their sites. Click here to view one possible CMS version...

Think Flooring ScreenshotThink Flooring -- "Home Of The Carpet Direct Database Project"

The Client's Product - While the Carpet Direct sites mentioned above are tools for individual agents and brokers to use in promoting the direct sales of quality carpet and flooring, the Think Flooring site is a centralized clearinghouse for promoting the Carpet Direct Database to new franchises that have not yet joined the program. To say it another way, the Carpet Direct websites are to sell carpet while the Think Flooring site is to sell licensing for Carpet Direct sites and the Carpet Direct Online Database Application to new brokers and agents.

The Client's Needs - The Carpet Direct company has historically been a paper-driven business and every franchise is semi-autonomous; this has meant that that the company has never before had a unified and consistent online presence and that individual franchises have never worked together online to help each other promote new business. The Think Flooring site is designed to help older and perhaps less tech-savvy franchise owners to understand what a unified online presence can mean for them, and to help them learn new methods of processing data that are less relient on out-dated paper-driven methods. In addition to providing information about the new Carpet Direct website Content Management System, the Think Flooring site processes the registration of new members, offers a fully featured tech support forum, the capability of a live tech support chat function, and a blog for the company's senior officials to make announcements and offer sales advice. Click here to view the think flooring site...

Designer Notes (3/4/09) - Large portions of the Think Flooring site are currently being re-designed to highlight the features of the new Carpet Direct Online Database Application version 2.0 which is scheduled for release in early April. New online training & tutorial videos are being prepared and the online tech support forum is being updated. While this system is being updated a screenshot of the interior of the secure online database application is available by clicking HERE. If you are interested in more information about the Carpet Direct Online Database Application or would like a quote for an online database-driven application please call us directly at (616) 635-2834.
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