Site Launch: Franklin Gemini Microsite
We have a long and strong relationship with Franklin Electric. As their web agency of record for nearly ten years, we’re always happy to work with the friendly folks at Franklin. Most recently, we created a microsite for Franklin’s new Gemini product line: extremely innovative secondary containment fittings for fueling systems. Inspired by the microsite [...]
Posted April 30, 2012 at 10:15 am by Andy Welfle
Opinion: It’s time for the small-i “internet”
I went to school for newspaper journalism in the early 2000s; the final days of when one actually went to school for newspaper journalism and wasn’t completely bat-crazy or just deluded. While the internet wasn’t in its infancy by any means, it hadn’t (warning: hipster phraseology ahead) quite hit the mainstream as it has now. [...]
Posted April 25, 2012 at 7:43 am by Andy Welfle
Site launch: Deister Machine
Sometimes, Reusser Design has the privilege to lend our web-building expertise to stalwarts in the local business community. One recent project that was relevant to this was with Deister Machine, an industry leader in aggregate sorting — they make shakers, feeders, inclined screens, and portable processing plants for the mining, gravel, asphalt, and recycling industries. Best yet, they’ve [...]
Posted April 23, 2012 at 2:46 pm by Andy Welfle
We’re ending support for Internet Explorer 7
View this tweet at twitter.com A couple of weeks ago, we announced that we were going to officially end support for Internet Explorer 7, a six-year old browser that is hemorrhaging market share. There are many reasons for this, but the most compelling is apparent in the usage statistics. The Numbers Statistics found at W3Schools.com shows that [...]
Posted April 4, 2012 at 6:43 am by Andy Welfle
Adaptable: A Responsive, Sass-based Photo Grid System
Say hello to Adaptable Adaptable is a responsive, Sass-based photo grid system just for you! Download Adaptable, fork it, and hack away to make your web development easier. Demo Some things are better left to a visual. View the demo Why did we make this? Albert Einstein once said, “responsive photo grids with multiple breakpoints [...]
Posted April 2, 2012 at 9:00 am by Aaron Bushnell
Designing for a retina display
Those of you with an iPhone 4S or a “new iPad” (commonly refered to by “iPad 3″), you’ll know what a retina display is. It’s that big, bright, high resolution screen that packs millions of pixels into a small space. Within the 3.5″-diagonal screen of the iPhone 4S, there’s a whopping 614,400 pixels — more [...]
Posted March 28, 2012 at 7:00 am by Andy Welfle
Community stalwart Wayne Pipe and Supply partners with RD!
We were honored to work with Wayne Pipe and Supply on building a new website recently, as one of our first new projects of 2012. Wayne Pipe, a grande olde (yes, with extra “e”s on the end) established business in northeast Indiana, has been supplying plumbers, engineers, and other builders with supplies for — gosh, [...]
Posted March 27, 2012 at 6:58 am by Andy Welfle
MyTransportation.org helps western Ohio find a ride
According to research by the US Department of Transportation, drivers aged 65 or older face an increased risk of being involved in a vehicle crash. And starting in January 2011, more than 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 each day, a pattern that will continue for the next 18 years. With that in mind, there’s some [...]
Posted February 21, 2012 at 9:17 am by Andy Welfle
Powers of One yoga studio launches new site!
Have we ever mentioned how much we love downtown Roanoke? There are art galleries, antique shops, furniture stores, four-star restaurants — even a yoga studio. Powers of One, owned and operated by Valerie Powers, is a dynamic, successful studio that runs 15 classes a week, offers workshops, retreats, and draws in customers from Fort Wayne, [...]
Posted February 14, 2012 at 2:08 pm by Andy Welfle
Bippus State Bank launches with complete redesign
Small town business are at the heart of our client base. When Bippus State Bank, a Huntington-based bank in northeast Indiana, said they needed a refresh, we were excited to work with them! Their long history and commitment to their community in Huntington, Roanoke, and Manchester, Indiana is laudable. In a time when banks merge with each other [...]
Posted January 13, 2012 at 9:30 am by Andy Welfle