{"id":186,"date":"2020-03-19T03:57:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T03:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.blackfin.biz\/?post_type=project&#038;p=186"},"modified":"2021-01-25T21:30:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T21:30:28","slug":"hy-grade-valve-inc","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/project\/hy-grade-valve-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Hy-Grade Valve Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_custom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2>Hy-Grade Valve: an Informative, Branded Site with Ease and Utility<\/h2>\n<p>Hy-Grade came to us needing a modern website that balanced ease-of-use with utility. Despite having a lot of technical specifications to convey, they wanted to showcase their catalog in a way that was simple but effective, helping their customers find what they need. They also needed a way to connect their customers to the right distributors for parts, based on their specific location. On top of utility, they needed a compelling <em>brand<\/em> experience that tied it all together.<\/p>\n<h4>What We Did<\/h4>\n<p>After hearing their needs, we embarked upon a design process that expanded their current brand to foster a modern look and feel. We set them up for success with a robust Content Management System that gave them the freedom to manage their site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The custom build incorporated:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A custom &#8216;Find Your Distributor&#8217; tool<\/li>\n<li>Easy catalog and content management using Drupal<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>A custom-developed theme for their brand<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>These widgets were custom-developed code to Hy-Grade&#8217;s specifications. They capture and store historical price figures for oil and natural gas in the local database, and then graph and display them on the home page.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img width=\"973\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hy-Grade-Oil-Prices.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hy-Grade-Oil-Prices.png 973w, https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hy-Grade-Oil-Prices-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hy-Grade-Oil-Prices-176x63.png 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A branded website with custom functionality and data portals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":113,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"project_industry":[12],"project_service":[5,4,15,3,14],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2026,"href":"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/186\/revisions\/2026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_industry?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"project_service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackfin.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_service?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}