| About Ocular Box Studios - Charlotte Website Design Company |
| Ocular Box Studios is a team of web designers and developers dedicated to completing your website quickly, affordably and to your specification. We maintain our own webservers and offer a range of hosting, support, maintenance and search engine optimization services. |
| Portfolio |
 Universal Yarn | Premier Yarns | Mike Iaconelli | Nathanson Adoption Services | Screaming Energy Drink Reviews | Free Sprint Ringtones | Glucoholic Sugar Free Reviews | Empowered Communications | ALB Architecture | Lauer Design | Cyras Custom Homes | |
| Web Design and Development Services |
| Web Design - Graphic Design - Hosting and Management - Search Engine Optimization |
Website Design and Development |
Ocular Box has designed and continues to manage webistes with hundreds of thousands of members and thousands of daily unique visitors. Our websites have been featured or referenced on VH1, NBC, ESPN and scores of newspapers/magazines.
Because our websites are built on top of our proprietary content management system, we are able to customize our backend to adapt to the demands of any project. The extensive suite of "out-of-the-box" features decreases the development cycle time and offers a tested and stable platform on which you can manage your website.
Out-of-the-box features
- Server-side verification of all input variables
- Extensive library of common input types (phone numbers, email addresses, urls, etc.)
- Customizable select drop-down menus
- Relational select drop-down menues
- Dependency drop-down menus
- File handling
- Image handling and manipulation
- List views and Ajax list views
- Ajax sub-form data submission
We have developed a proficiency in the following technologies since we began creating websites in 1995:
- HTML (since 1995)
- CSS (since 2001)
- javaScript (since 2001)
- PHP (since 2003)
- Database interaction with PHP (since 2003) (MySQL, Oracle, Access)
- Adobe Flash (since 1998)
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Graphic Design |
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Currently, due to workload, our graphic design resources are dedicated to digital media creation to support the website development team. With the exception of complete corporate branding (which includes website development), we no longer offer business card, brochure, letterhead, advertisement, or other print media layout services.
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Hosting and Management |
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Ocular Box leases and manages our own Quad-Core Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers. Quarterly virtual server lease agreements for all sites on our hardware include hosting, varying number of user licenses for content management system and varying hours of pre-paid ongoing development and maintenance.
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Search Engine Optimization |
We no longer offer search engine optimization for sites we didn't develop. Search engine optimization is a process that can only be done properly when ample consideration for all aspects of the project (design, development, market, competition, etc.) can be accounted for through each stage of development and maintenance.
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| Ocular Box Studios News |
Ocular Box Designs New Site for Bass Angler Mike Iaconelli
Ocular Box Studios, Inc. designed Mike Iaconelli's website and online store in early 2005. After years increasing popularity of tournament bass fishing and Mike's charismatic personality, Mike required a website rebuild in 2009 to showcase the City Limits fishing show he hosts, new sponsors, career achievements and ...
2009-03-16 14:21:01 | Ocular Box Develops New Online Yarn Store for Premier Yarns
Ocular Box designed and developed a simple online store for Premier Yarns and Patterns in 2006 to supplement their online sales through eBay. That first version of the site was a base level content management customization to their needs, a simple store front-end, ssl configuration for secure checkout, ...
2009-02-17 08:04:06 | Ocular Box Designs New Universal Yarn Website
Ocular Box designed the original Universal Yarn website in winter 2005 to fill an immediate need for an online presence before an upcoming trade show the company was attending. From those simple beginnings, over time, we crafted a fully customized content management system for administrating yarns, colors, patterns ...
2009-01-21 09:47:46 | Redesign and Relaunch of Sprint Ringtones Site
In late 2005, Free Sprint Ringtones acquired My PCS Files, a subscription-based mobile phone ringtone and screensaver upload/download service. To that point, Free Sprint Ringtones had been a categorized collection of ringtones and screensavers users could send to their phone. Ocular Box integrated the tools from ...
2006-01-04 08:05:09 | Ocular Box Builds and Optimizes Energy Drink Review Site
Screaming Energy Drink Reviews is a website dedicated to offering reviews and ratings for energy drinks and energy shots. Ocular Box created a fun and energetic layout to house separate reviews and ratings for two reviewers (originally Angie and Jason).
Ocular Box created a fully-customized content management system that ...
2005-08-04 17:37:44 | Ocular Box Completes Mike Iaconelli Web Development
Mike Iaconelli is one of the fiercest competitors on the Bassmaster tournament trail. After winning the 2003 Bassmaster Classic Championship with a last second catch, Mike was catapulted into the spotlight. Mike is now known around the world, and his trademark high-energy screaming, yelling, and front deck boat dancing are ...
2005-03-17 13:04:42 | Ocular Box Develops ALB Architecture Website
Ocular Box developed the Lauer Design website in 2003. Having gained several new clients as a result of her website, ALB Architecture partner Angie Lauer selected Ocular Box to create their website as well. The Charlotte, North Carolina renovation, historical restoration, exterior and interior design company is fully ...
2004-09-07 17:04:28 | Ocular Box Redesigns Charlotte, NC Adoption Website
Nathanson Adoption Agency is a North Carolina licensed pre-placement assessment agency, with its main office in Charlotte, and another office in Raleigh. They specialize in homestudies that meet all domestic and international requirements.
Helene Nathanson came to Ocular Box with a website that was created several years ago. As Nathanson ...
2003-08-24 07:17:09 | Ocular Box Creates Charlotte Interior/Exterior Design Website
Angie Lauer is a Charlotte-based interior design/exterior designer. She implements beautiful purposeful layouts for dowdy domestic spaces. Angie has worked in many fashionable homes in exclusive neighborhoods, such as Myers Park, Dilworth, and in the Lake Norman area.
Angie chose Ocular Box Studios, Inc. to create a lavish website to echo ...
2003-07-27 11:43:48 |
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Testimonial
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When I signed on with Ocular Box, I had two goals in mind: 1. To update and improve my website so that it was more user friendly, informative, appealing, and attractive 2. To position my website so that it would be more prominent on search engines, resulting in more "hits" and inquiries about my services.
Jason Hargett and Ocular Box have exceeded my expectations in both areas. The newly designed site has a fresh look that reflects both our professionalism and warmth.
With his comprehensive knowledge of web design, Jason has ensured that North Carolina families looking for an adoption homestudy are immediately introduced to my website. Since Ocular Box completed our site, inquiries have tripled, and we anticipate that this will result in a significant increase in our client base.
Working with Ocular Box Studios was hassle free and pleasant. They responded quickly to comments and requests, and were extremely sensitive to the image we wanted to portray. They worked hard to learn about our business, and continue to monitor our website position on major search engines.
I highly recommend Ocular Box Studios to anyone wishing to create or improve their website, and I will continue to use them as our website needs change over the years. Nathanson Adoption Services |
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Client Websites
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Lauer Design
Mike Iaconelli
Nathanson Adoption Services
Free Sprint Ringtones
Screaming Energy Drink Reviews
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