It’s hard to believe that 2011 is almost over. No matter how you decide to spend your holiday, we hope you have a fantastic and safe ending to the year.

For us here at Hatfield Taylor Company, it has been a breakthrough year, and we can only hope that 2012 holds as many awesome moments as this year did.

We have been working hard to build the company into something we can all be proud of. We would like to end this year by sharing our latest project with you. We are not only honored to have been a part of this project, but we are also super proud of the finished product.

In early November, we received a phone call from The Alabama Army National Guard. They explained that they had developed an app to help recruit the men and women that will serve our country in the near future. Their new app runs on the latest Apple tablet device, the iPad 2. Not only did they have an amazing champion app, but they also developed an awesome kiosk as well. The first day that I visited, I was highly impressed with the design. It really is a very innovative way to attract new recruits. I remember thinking, “These guys are ahead of the game.”

They were only missing one thing: a great website to help deploy the app. That is where we came in. We worked with them to develop a custom website that had the look and feel of who they are, as well as simple functionality for the users. We spent a great deal of time working on the design. We wanted it to not only look great, but also load fast, as the iPads have to use mobile internet to communicate with the servers. They wanted to take existing media that was provided to them and add their own effects. For example, they had a really cool graphic that you can see in many of their advertisements right now. It has a blue bar with The Alabama National Guard logo on it. We built the design of the headers around that graphic. We gave the subjects a “3-D” effect so that they looked as if they were “reaching out.” The bottom buttons are one of my favorite feature; when you mouse over the button, a nightvision scope appears over the button. Super cool.

We also developed a forum so that those who are utilizing this technology can learn from each other on how to best use the app.

This was a really fun project. The people that we worked with were true professionals. They have an eye for design and detail that you don’t find very often. They knew exactly what they wanted, and they were always willing to hear our ideas as well.

I wish we could let you take a tour of this new website, but it will be a protected site not available to the general public. I would, however, love to show you a few screenshots of the website.

Thanks to all of our clients who have made this our best year ever. Now, it’s time to ring in the New Year! 2012, here we come!

Don’t forget to visit Hatfield Taylor Company’s WEBSITE. We have made a few changes that we think you will like. And as always, please talk about us to anyone you know who is looking for a new web design company. Thank you, and Happy New Year!

Your friends at Hatfield Taylor Company