Portfolio

Websites

Some of the websites developed by F8Media

Megabay
This is a MODx CMS site with extensive customization and styling including mid-page tabs, rotating images on the homepage and mail forms that interact with an e-newsletter system.

Megabay is Australia’s premier manufacturer of LED luminaires at the forefront of innovation. Their suite of LED luminaires were developed using combined advice from acclaimed architects, lighting designers and engineers. With product ranges that embrace the advantages of LED technology, they provide advanced lighting solutions for architectural and landscape illumination. Megabay are committed to developing LED luminaires to meet the long-term reliability and energy efficiency demands of the modern world.
Intouch Ultima 7
Intouch Resort Management Software contacted us to overhaul their website in time for an upcoming exhibition. Their old website was based on WordPress but for the type of site they required we opted to build the new site in ModX. The project rolled out in record time and the client was extremely delighted with the "clean, honest" feel to the site.

As part of the scope of work we also redesigned the icons representing the key components of their software, and created a simple but user friendly Home Page graphic.

We also did a burn on the search engine optimization and within a week had the site ranking in the top 5 on the company's important target keyword search phrases.
Mercy Ships
f8media designed the entire website in Joomla, adding in custom coded donation functionality with the ability for donors to make a donation repeat at designated intervals. The appeal thermometer is a custom flash animation that ties into the database to position the liquid level at the current appeal value entered by the client.

Mercy Ships exists to address the critical shortage of health care services in the developing world. The charity operates a 16,000 ton hospital ship which provides free medical surgeries to the poorest nations of the earth. Manned by volunteer doctors, dentists, nurses and other health care professionals, the Africa Mercy performs life-saving surgery for thousands of patients each year.
Force 8 Photo Digital
The website for Force 8 Photo Digital is built around a Wordpress core. It features best practice search engine optimization, extremely easy client updating, integrated blog and gallery of its high quality photographic work.

Force 8 is the commercial photography studio of choice – keeping fussy Queensland clients delighted since 1999. Experts at on-location photography, we can be relied on to come back with those 'hero' shots in the bag. Clients love Force 8's one-stop shop offering a huge range of professional photography services under one roof – Advertising photography, Aerial Photography, Portraiture, Lifestyle Photos and much more.
Pelican Waters
f8media designed the Pelican Waters website in Joomla with extensive customization, including flash maps with interactive database management to show lots available for sale, pricing, and aerial photos of each subdivision. Instant website updates by the client means Lots Available, Open Houses and content are always current.

Pelican Waters is a complete community with its own school, shopping centre, Greg Norman designed golf course, bowls club, bike tracks, walkways, waterways and beaches. You can live here, work here, play here and best of all, relax here! Pelican Waters provides a wide choice of opportunities when considering home sites, new homes, apartments and villas in this magnificent water-based community.
QLD Trade Print
We built the Queensland Trade Print online ordering website around a ModX CMS core. Admin of static pages is via the ModX CMS but extensive custom database programming was used to create the online ordering component. Through the custom admin console the company can add unlimited products and pricing options. Special functionality speeds the production process.

Queensland Trade Print provides confidential trade printing at wholesale rates to Australian printers, designers and advertising agencies.
Sunshine Coast Sister Cities
The Sunshine Coast Sister Cities Association site was designed using the ModX content management system. The site features an animated globe with 'flight' links to the six sister cities around the world. A Whats Happening news module allows easy addition of current news. The entire site is easily edited by non-technical personnel from any internet connected computer.

The Sunshine Coast Sister Cities Association is a local community organization with a focus on developing international friendships and encouraging greater understanding of different cultures. It operates with the assistance of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.
Reef Homes
The Reef Homes website was designed around a Joomla CMS engine. The office manager can easily edit all pages on the site and add/delete photos on the Gallery section. We engaged a professional copywriter to interview the business owner and extract and compellingly articulate the key messages on the site.

Reef Homes is taking the Sunshine Coast house construction business by storm. This dedicated home builder is focused exclusively on custom home building and builds no spec or display homes to keep a lean overhead. This means you as a customer are getting maximum value for your investment.
HRM Contracting & Consulting
The HRM website features a Joomla CMS framework, with custom database functionality to enter and display jobs available and personnel wanted. The site wide search tool makes it easy to find content, jobs and work opportunities. The client can easily edit all pages on the website.

Sunshine Coast recruitment agency HRM is known for treating its employers and candidates with respect really listening to their needs and matching the right people to the right jobs. HRM handles both permanent and temporary jobs and has a reputation for exceptional standards of customer service and a friendly, professional team.
Calty Construction
The Calty Construction website was created using ModX CMS. The client can easily edit all site content, including the Home Page Project Focus, Photo Gallery and all text.

Calty Construction is Queensland's premier project builders and developers. Steered by Gordon Clements, a highly respected Sunshine Coast-based builder, the company has been at the forefront of building, construction and development throughout Queensland since 1991. Recent projects include Visage at Hyatt Coolum and Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art.
Sunshine Coast Enterprises
We built the Sunshine Coast Enterprises website using the Joomla CMS architecture to maximize ease of editing and updating the site by the client staff. It features site-wide search.

Sunshine Coast Enterprises website has been designed as an information rich resource to assist in the establishment of your new business; aid the expansion of your existing business, or advise on prospects for relocating your business into our dynamic region.
Strawberry Fields
The Strawberry Fields website is a static website designed with a considerable amount of flash animation. The Location page features an animated flash map that animates your route to Strawberry Fields depending on where you are coming from.

Strawberry Fields now operate two commercial strawberry farms in Queensland. The company supplies wholesale to large and small retailers, plus offers retail Pick Your Own strawberry picking. One is in Palmview near the Bruce Highway and the other is just west of Stanthorpe. With the different growing seasons, customers can pick their own strawberries almost year round.
Police Rugby League
The Police Rugby League site is a large Joomla site that includes a flash header animation, Coming Events summary on the home page with links to full pages, comprehensive photo gallery, and animated map for Teams.

PoliceRugbyLeague.com.au is the official internet home of the Queensland Police Service Rugby League Association.The Association has undertaken the researching and collating of records, photographs and the history of rugby league within the Queensland Police Service.
Millbank Medical Practice
The Millbank general practice website in Harvey Bay was designed using the ModX content management system. The site features a nice clean look that incorporates the colour scheme of the corporate logo. Adding or changing the site is extremely easy for the practice manager. The site features Google maps for the Location and Contact pages.

Millbank Medical Practice is not only focused on patient care but on developing training and mentoring future General Practice Doctors.
QLD Youth Industry Links
The Queensland Youth Industry Links website was created in the ModX CMS and features an animated map on the Home page and downloadable forms. With the ModX system it is extremely easy to find pages and modify the content.

QYIL is a highly regarded, leading provider of education, career and transition projects to young people. The organisation currently delivers the Partnership Brokers Program in the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Regions.
KnowNow! Medical Practice Management Tool
f8media has partnered with Medical Directions and Alive & Kicking Medical Practices to create a powerful new medical practice management tool designed to turbocharge practice efficiency. knowNOW! is an easy to use, instantly searchable in-house knowledge centre designed to get practices organized instantly - setting the foundation for eHealth and accreditation compliance. knowNOW! has a modX core but uses powerful database programming to allow extremely easy use by receptionists, doctors and nurses with minimal training. Medical practices in Australia have been accredited using knowNOW!
DrillSearch Australia
This Joomla website features an automatic Drilling Industry news feed, equipment catalog, and Project Photo Gallery. All elements are easily editable by the client.

Drillsearch Australia specialises in shallow mineral, geo-technical and environmental drilling. It has successfully completed numerous land based and over-water projects. Their drillers are experienced, reliable and Cert 111 qualified. Drillsearch Australia has a well equipped workshop facility and all rigs, vehicles and equipment are modern, mobile and meticulously maintained.