www.vesuvius.tomgidwitz.com

The Hero of Vesuvius was recently named 2006 Best Website by the Geoscience Information Society.

Tom Gidwitz’s site “The Hero of Vesuvius” tells the story of Frank Perret, a turn-of-the-century engineer who became one of the world’s leading volcanologists. The site combines text and images in an accessible format that allows visitors to learn about the history of Vesuvius and its violent 1906 eruption that brought Perret to the attention of the world. The site’s material is more comprehensive than the articles on Tom’s primary website, tomgidwitz.com. The Hero of Vesuvius stands alone, but both sites are linked to each other to present a full portfolio of Tom’s work.

www.primarycarepartnership.com 

Primary Care Partnership is a medical practice focusing on women's health. Developed as a more flexible, less expensive alternative to print media, the site is targeted primarily at existing and prospective patients. Major objectives of the site are to provide information about the practice, direct patients to reliable sources and health care information on the Web, and to provide an additional channel for communication. The practice is experimenting with various ways to use the Web as an option for non-urgent communications and self-service.

www.slocumregatta.org

For schools, clubs, individuals, and families, the First Annual Slocum River Regatta hopes to become a fall classic rowing event for all ages and abilities. The site provides a flexible format for promoting the event, and is adapted from a brochure designed by Geraldine Millham.

www.nancytrainsmith.com

Nancy Train Smith is a studio artist with an extensive and evolving catalogue of work in ceramics and painting. She was interested in experimenting with the Web as a gallery for display of her portfolio of work in private collections and pieces currently for sale. The site targets gallery owners, collectors, and friends. Its simple, clean design stands behind her work, the site's main focus, and facilitates the addition of new pieces or galleries.

www.wte.com

wTe is a technology-driven, value-added recycler of metals and plastics with a commitment to pioneering innovation in the field. For close to 30 years, wTe has invested in transformational technologies for recycling processes for metals and plastics, resulting in a positive, long-term impact to our environment.

www.rolfhoeg.com

Rolf Hoeg designs and builds handsome, finely crafted furniture. His work exhibits a vital balance between classical forms and personal expression, as well as appreciation for the lively grain of wood fully revealed by carefully applied finishes combined with the special appeal of painted surface pattern. Rolf was looking for a cost-effective way to display his continually changing portfolio of work. The Web provides a visually rich medium for conveying the values that make his work unique, as well as one that can be easily revised to reflect new pieces and upcoming shows.

www.oursistersschool.org

The mission of Our Sisters' School is to educate and inspire middle-school girls from the Greater New Bedford area to reach their full potential in a safe, supportive and challenging environment. Our Sisters' School provides a tuition-free, quality education and welcomes girls from diverse faiths, races and cultures to our unique learning environment. The site is a flexible resource for students, parents, faculty, staff, donors, and other non-profit organizations.

www.tomgidwitz.com 

Tom Gidwitz writes about earth sciences, oceanography, and archeology. The site highlights his work as an editor and photographer as well as his range of skills as a writer and his ability to collaborate with scientists in the field. From dramatic photos of lava flows on Mt. Etna to satellite pictures revealing Mayan temples hidden in the jungle, the sites takes advantage of some of the rich graphic materials Tom has accumulated as part of his work. With well organized links, this is also an excellent waypoint for those doing research on the areas about which Tom writes.

www.annparson.com

Ann Parson is a science journalist who specializes in medicine, health, environment, and technology. Simple in its design and organization, the site illustrates the breadth and depth of her writing, and targets interested readers as well as book, magazine, and newspaper editors and publishers.

www.staidanschapel.org 

Built in 1917, St. Aidan's is a summer chapel near the sea in Southeastern Massachusetts. From June through September, a distinguished roster of visiting clergy presides over services for a loyal group of summer and year-round residents. Looking to the future, the chapel's Standing Committee is interested in passing on this little-known jewel to the next generation of stewardship. The site is intended to show the simple beauty of the chapel and its gardens and to welcome anyone interested in attending services.

www.davecornellcharters.com 

Dave Cornell plies the waters of Buzzards and Narragansett Bays as a fishing guide in pursuit of striped bass, bluefish, false albacore and bonito. Dave's specialties are fly fishing and light-tackle plugging. Site objectives include creating flexible marketing materials and sharing his collection of photos from fishing trips. His expertise as a guide already well established, he also wanted to develop a platform for eventually branching into other fishing-related ventures.

Older Sites

Aquapoint is a technology company focused on markets for small and decentralized wastewater management systems. The company’s marketing primarily targets corporate and consulting engineers as well as other professionals whose private and public sector clients require advanced biological treatment systems. Leveraging that marketing focus, the site makes extensive use of technical documents that can be downloaded in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). It also employs multipart forms to assist in gathering the technical information necessary to prepare systems specifications and proposals. Future site development will add resources to support the operations of existing clients.

Nestled in the coastal village of Westport, MA, Partners Village Store & Kitchen began in 1980 as the area’s first wine and beer making supply store and has evolved into a popular country store. A regular stop for many locals, Partners was interested in attracting visitors from a wider area by providing a glimpse of their diverse collection of gifts, books, specialty foods, and toys, as well as publicizing special events. The site also targets Partners’ large and loyal base of summer customers through an online store featuring unique, local specialties. Partners does their own site maintenance, and has made extensive modifications to the original layout.

With extensive travel and a generally hectic schedule, mezzo-soprano Alexandra Hughes needed a better organized vehicle for managing the publicity activities required by her career as a singer. Targeted at fans, agents, and prospective employers, the site covers her diverse experience in opera, as a recitalist, and as a recording artist. With a repertoire ranging from Wagner to Cole Porter, the site highlights her depth, versatility, and artistic accomplishment. Visitors can see photos of performances, order CDs, read about upcoming projects, and find other opera-related information on the Web.

Celebrating its 133rd year, the New Bedford Yacht Club also needed to upgrade its first-generation Web site. Graphically, the new site draws on the rich tradition of 19th and 20th century marine prints, many featuring local waters. Needing to decentralize the site's ongoing management, subdirectories were established for major areas of club activity: cruising, racing, and the sailing school, in addition to a comprehensive main site. This allows each site to be managed by a separate Webmaster, using a common set of page templates. Use of a high-level Web authoring tool allows the sites to be managed by club members with varying degrees of technical expertise.

The Money Matters Institute brings together private financial institutions with the United Nations, World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral organizations to identify and foster creative, selective strategies and data for the development of capital markets in poor and middle income countries as a key component of job and wealth creation. Their Web site provides a cost-effective vehicle for publicizing the Institute’s initiatives and distributing its research, principally its Wealth of Nations Triangle Index.

Kwon’s U.S. Taekwondo Center is under the direction of Master Yung Dae Kwon. Having recently moved to larger space, Master Kwon was also interested in expanding his school’s Web presence. The public section of the site is directed at prospective students and addresses the family and lifetime focus of the school. Students range from age 4 on up; several entire families are enrolled. A password-protected Online Dojang focuses on Taekwondo’s extensive curriculum and on building a sense of community within the school. The site emphasizes the historical, cultural, and philosophical roots of Taekwondo in addition to rigorous physical training and martial arts skills.

Old Harbor Capital Management is an investment management firm that has built a following based on tested investment strategies, experienced advisors, individual service, and personal communication. While continuing this traditional emphasis, Old Harbor also wanted to start to explore what it could do on the Web to support its highly personal brand of investment advisory service.

Sage  Index is a "virtual" firm of experienced consultants who collaborate on business strategy, CRM, marketing, sales management, and product management engagements. Sage Index required rapid implementation of a site with the same level of flexibility as its own organization. The center of the firm's marketing collateral strategy, the site also serves as a focal point for links to information sources and a gateway for login to client project sites.

PGR Media provides strategic marketing and media planning and buying services for companies such as Tommy Hilfiger, Stride Rite, Saucony, Keds, Hathaway, and Ian Schrager Hotels. The company uses its Web site as an active marketing vehicle to push media updates to customers and prospects. Objectives included reworking some of the existing design elements into a format more easily managed in-house and at a non-technical level. PGR was also interested in a development environment that would allow them to experiment with new ways they could use the Web to support their growing business.

Tower Ventures II, LLC, an independent owner and developer of communication towers throughout New England and New York, was interested in an overhaul of its first-generation site. This included publishing information on its tower locations in a searchable database, part of a larger redesign of its data architecture for managing its tower properties and projects.

TCP Communications is a Boston-based independent owner, operator and developer of wireless communications towers with a portfolio of over 200 sites in the Eastern and Central United States. Targeting cellular and PCS carriers, investors, and potential employees, the site provides a front end to a searchable database of tower locations.