Armadillo Studios Inc.

Working together with Caitlin Currie (a very close friend to the company), Armadillo Studios Inc. proudly launches “Glutastic.com – A new lifestyle site about living with Celiac Disease”:http://www.glutastic.com.

Utilizing the WordPress Content Management System, we handcrafted a template for Glutastic.com. With this site, Caitlin wanted to create a little enclave on the web to provide important information about Celiac Disease and the struggles of living a Gluten-free lifestyle to the 20-30 year age bracket. The catch was she wanted to bring the information with a lighthearted and positive outlook and provide more exposure to the disease in the Calgary region.

Utilizing Veer’s wonderful “Candy Script”:http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=UMT0000254 and an assortment of vibrant colors we crafted an engaging and enjoyable layout. We designed this site to catch the eye while balancing the fine line between bright and intrusive.

In addition, to the engaging layout, we also included some helpful plug-ins to increase WordPress’ usability and to also increase the interaction with the site. We included an advanced Rich Text-Editor to allow for better control of the layout for the posts. We also incorporated social networking links, which allow readers to share their favorite Glutastic articles to their favorite social networking site.

So we encourage you to check in with “Glutastic.com”:http://www.glutastic.com and learn a little about the struggles and joys of life with a gluten allergy.

One of the first projects Armadillo Studios launched was for the Corporate Entertainment site “Empower Entertainment”:http://www.empowerentertainment.com. Almost two years later we are proud to launch our second project for Emil Nath.

With that we proud to release “EmilNath.com”:http://www.emilnath.com – The new home for Corporate Entertainer and illusionist Emil Nath.

This new corporate web site incorporates the floral design elements from the original Empower Entertainment web site, with personal headshot of Emil and Veer’s wonderful “DF Egret”:http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=DET0000191&WT.ac=home.081001.1.txt_img.luxury font to create a enticing atmosphere.

Our goal with this design was to provide a minimalist web site, which would focus on Emil as a performer while also providing potential clients a glimpse into his unique performance. We feel the subtleties of the fonts and layouts combine to really showcase his professionalism and his unique performance.

So after a few months as a temporary splash page, “speedspecialists.com”:http://www.speedspecialists.com is now officially live.

As mentioned previously, Speedspecialists.com is the new home of Concept 3 & Stefan Dalberg. This new site is designed to showcase the upcoming projects of Concept 3 (Commercials Production, Ice Boat Construction, & Upcoming Events) and the talents of Stefan Dalberg. It’s was built as a dynamic personal/corporate blog which incorporates embedded video clips of Concept 3’s commercial ice boating work and an easy to use picture gallery of their custom built iceboats.

Powered by the WordPress CMS, speedspecialists.com allows Stefan and the Concept 3 group to post news blurbs, add photos, and embed the latest video with ease. We’ve also added an RSS feed, a feature clip image and also a AJAX based Contact Us form.

We are proud to launch Speedspecialists.com and include it in our growing family of web sites.

February has been a very exciting month for Armadillo Studios and we apologize for the lack of articles and updates.

In addition, to securing new projects and preparing for the “2008 SXSW Interactive Conference”:http://www.sxsw.com, we are very proud to add two new web sites to our growing portfolio of work. Please welcome “Lionseyecatering.com”:http://www.lionseyecatering.com and “Speedspecialists.com”:http://www.speedspecialists.com to the Armadillo Network.

*Lion’s Eye Catering* is one of Calgary’s most popular catering services. At the request of owner Miss Monica, we developed a crisp new web site, which invoked the passionate cuisine of the company.

This new redesign incorporates the informative elements of the original site with a simple navigation system and a bright new design. In addition, it also includes menus for download, a versatile content management system, plus a personal and engaging layout. We look forward to working with Lion’s Eye Catering to help their business grow over the future months.

In addition, we would also like to welcome Concept 3 Inc. and “speedspecialists.com”:http://www.speedspecialists.com/ to the Armadillo Network.

*SpeedSpecialist.com* is a new temporary web site, which in the future will showcase specialized sports including Sailing, Iceboating, and everything in between. Utilizing a web log and viral videos; Concept 3 aims to utilize speedspecialists.com as resource for sailing and iceboating enthusiasts all over Western Canada.

Armadillo Studios is pleased to release “the fourth version”:http://www.music-critic.ca/wp/ of the *Music-critic.ca web site*.

Building on the growing popularity of *Music-critic.ca*, this new layout incorporates many of the latest trends in the Web 2.0 market. Including:

*A Tag Cloud* – For easier category navigation.
*Social Book Marking* – To allow users to save their favorite reviews or share them with their friends.
*A stronger WordPress integration* – For simpler publishing and control over the various elements of the site.
*AJAX* – A stronger AJAX based contest system to provide greater security.

Here at the studio we are extremely proud of the newest redesign and the exciting elements that are embedded in this latest update. We look forward to taking the lessons learned from this large undertaking and incorporating them into our latest services.

If you like to learn more about the newest features to the Music-critic site, feel free to contact us at info@armadillostudios.ca and we’d be happy to share our experiences.