About Alton Labs
With five years of experience, we strive to increase your company's visibility, with care taken to search engine optimization (SEO), fresh and bold designs, strong and robust programming, wrapped up with increased customer experience and a profitable return on investment.
We use the latest in accessible technologies, such as jQuery, HTML5/CSS3 and PHP frameworks such as CodeIgniter, Kohana and FuelPHP, so you know you're always receiving the best product possible.
If you're interested in having some work done, do not hesitate to speak with us at info@altonlabs.com or (705) 768-7697!
In Development
Whatever CMS
Working for Whatever Solutions & Media, we are developing an internal content management system (CMS) that can be reused across multiple websites, with features such as users & roles, document upload, photo upload and resize, page manager and much more!
Red Pen Corrections
Orchestrated by Rashad Maharaj and designed by Spencer Cathcart, this website's purpose is to allow users to quickly upload documents and have them revised or translated by a team of experts for a small price. This site will feautre PayPal integration, document uploading and an estimation calculator.
Published Websites
County of Peterborough
Working for Whatever Solutions & Media and designed by Corby Simpson, this site features the Whatever CMS allowing for dynamic document management, event listing, news articles and features a mobile stylesheet. This website was features on ChexTV, the Wolf, 980 Cruz and in the Peterborough Examiner.
Highland View Resort
Working for Whatever Solutions & Media and designed by David Chambo, this website features the Whatever CMS and blog integration. The project was delivered on time and above expectations.
Yoka Fashions
Designed by Spencer Cathcart, this site is set to showcase this Toronto, high-end, women's fashion boutique, with ever changing inventory and style.
Diverse Spaces
Designed by Spencer Cathcart, this site is for a yearly conference advocating fair-hiring practices and workplace treatment for minorities and peoples with disabilities.
Rice Lake Fishing Festival
Working for Whatever Solutions & Media and designed by Corby Simpson, Rice Lake Fishing Festival required a breath-taking design and advanced administration. Designed by Corby Simpson, the site features PayPal integration, online registration, sponsor management, prize management, a photo gallery and document upload capabilities.
Promotion Marketing & Design
Working for Whatever Solutions & Media and originally designed by Andrew Kelly, Promotion Marketing & Design required a face-lift. Using the same design, the front-end was brought to life with an eye on typography and spacing, a rotating home banner and new portfolios for video, web and print work. SEO was sought after, so per-page titles and descriptions were added; the result is first page listing in Google for target keyphrases. The site was re-written using PHP CodeIgniter.
Queen Street Boutique
Designed by Spencer Cathcart and previously called Magnolia Lakefield, this high-end women's fashion accessory store required an e-commerce solution to sell their ever changing inventory. With a fresh design and fully-integrated content management system with PayPal capabilities, business has never looked so good.
Lakefield Athletic Club
Working for Whatever Solutions & Media and designed by Corby Simpson, the fresh new look was implemented and brought to life with eye-catching photography and solid programming. Built using PHP CodeIgniter, the website features a full-functional content management system for their calendar, staff, gallery and video sections.
Air Transat
Designed by Cossette Toronto, Cossette required front-end development and jQuery form validation for a Air Transat microsite. Develivered on time, within budget and with more features than they expected, they couldn't have been happier.
SDESIGN
The personal portfolio of graphic designer and digital artist, Spencer Cathcart. We helped create fluid animations and colour transitions, including a thumbnail portfolio and colour-cordinated contact form for his busy inbox.
Brett Alton Photography
The owner of Alton Labs is a hobbiest photographer. The website bourne from simplicity, showcases his latest pieces.
TrentBookSwap
With thousands of used books available for Trent students, but no way to connect buyers to sellers, this system was created to facilite the swapping of used textbooks between students. With a simple, clean design and incredible interactivity, this site has boomed through word-of-mouth. FlemingBookSwap, an extension of TrentBookSwap, was launched in January 2012.
Township of Algonquin Highlands
Working for Whatever Solutions & Media and designed by Corby Simpson, the Township of Alognquin Highlands required a website with a nature-inspired design and content management system. Working on the CMS, the site features live updating to employment opportunities, document management, news and events.
Previous Web Efforts
Your Health Check
Freelancing for eCenter Research, this ever-expanding enterprise needed a way to draw users into their system of mental health and substance abuse assessments. Featuring dynamic surveys with user registration and PayPal integration, people can now receive high-quality, pertinent assessments in a matter of minutes.
Town and Country Water
With thousands of used books available for Trent students, but no way to connect buyers to sellers, this system was created to facilite the swapping of used textbooks between students. With a simple, clean design and incredible interactivity, this site has boomed through word-of-mouth.
Film Canada Yearbook
The first website created by Alton Labs, this project featured a custom-made administration section that allowed for custom content creation and changeable advertisements. The front-end featured fresh design with fluid MooTool animations and solid branding.
Non-web Efforts
Fairhaven
Working for Whatever Solutions & Media, this retirement home now contains nine 40" LCD monitors with Whatever's Digital Signage solution. Showcasing an auto-on/auto-off at 8am and 8pm respectively, the project allows residents to view recent news, weather and events within the home, all at a single glance.
Mazda Canada
Working for Whatever Solutions & Media, Mazda Canada likes to distribute their cars and accessories to potential buyers and current Mazda owners. With award-winning auto-update technology, a smooth Flash base-design and hundreds of products, this CD was developed for years. Brett Alton was involved in the quality assurance of the 2011 CD, before having 250,000 CDs printed.