The site is powered by Joomla.  It pulls a random fact from the database on every page load, and lists all the facts in the database on a separate page.  The site also features various embedded videos and an integrated t-shirt store selling Dale-inspired shirts which we designed in cooperation with American Elephant Apparel.  Visitors from the site can contribute their own Dale Peterson facts (and many have).

Every good viral video deserves a website in its honor.  We can’t take any credit for the campaign, the campaign’s website, the candidate or the best campaign ad ever, but we do think our website is a good complement to the legend that is becoming Dale Peterson.  Apparently the Dale Peterson campaign agrees, as they called to give us their blessing last night and even put a little blurb on their site about it.  The people in the Peterson campaign are great, as is Mr. Peterson himself.  We hope you visit his campaign site, contribute to his campaign, and consider giving him your vote if you live in the great state of Alabama.

PLEASE NOTE: We are not affiliated with the Dale Peterson campaign in anyway.  Likewise, DalePetersonFacts.com is not sponsored by Mr. Peterson’s campaign, Mr. Peterson himself, or any other political campaign or candidate.  We created the site on our own as a parody of Mr. Peterson’s ad and the Facts-Site phenomenon that was at one point extremely popular on the internet.

SpeakShirt.com Features:

• Automatically updated Top 12 T-Shirt feed
• Automatically updated popular products from hundreds of other categories
• Directory of Zazzle Designers/Sellers that they can self-maintain including featured banners and product feeds
• Dynamic banners throughout the site for “featured” sellers

Under the hood:

• Joomla! CMS
• SEO Optimized
• SOBI2 Directory Component – custom implementation
• Zazzle Store Builder – custom implementation
• Custom product feed search field

Maxwell Sydney Design Group has worked with CollegeWatchStore.com since before it opened. We developed a customized Joomla/VirtueMart e-commerce solution and even helped them set-up their web hosting and security system. We also created many of their banner ads and offered marketing advice that led to, among other things, the College Watch Blog.  Recently we redesigned their site to be more similar to the company’s other sites and expand upon their product catalog.

Customized E-Commerce Solution

CollegeWatchStore.com sells licensed collegiate watches exclusively online. With their online storefront being their only store, it was crucial that CollegeWatchStore.com was accessible, easy to navigate, and built upon rock-solid security standards. In order to meet CollegeWatchStore.com’s goals, we started with the latest version of Joomla CMS and modified a version of VirtueMart to meet their shopping cart needs. We also enabled 256-bit SSL security and enabled processing of American Express, Visa and Mastercard through a merchant services account and gateway. In order to reach a broader audience, we also integrated PayPal into the CollegeWatchStore.com storefront and customized some Joomla modules for customer service and order tracking.

Visit CollegeWatchStore.com

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the seasonal nature of American Idol and limited time product licensing, IdolTees.com will only be online this year until August 1, 2009.  It may re-emerge next season.  Stay tuned.

Visit IdolTees.com

Maxwell Sydney helped Melanie photograph her paintings for sale online and developed a website that showcased her style and talents.  Through the site you can view a gallery of Melanie’s paintings, contact her about commissioned work, or link to her prints for sale at ImageKind & Zazzle.  The site also automatically shows the latest entries from Melanie’s personal blog and her Twitter account.

Visit MelanieBostic.com.

Our development of the UCharms.Com website included setting up a Content Management System, developing the site, implementing an e-commerce shopping cart, updating the product catalog, installing a security certificate and testing and enabling online ordering and credit card processing.  The UCharms.Com site is a complete e-commerce solution, all developed by Maxwell Sydney’s talented team.

Please visit UCharms.Com for college logo jewelry, perfect for Christmas, Father’s Day, Graduation or any time of the year.