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Stripe's payment service is nice. We implemented it (instead of PayPal) to handle all e-commerce and checkout needs on nwica.org, including payments for memberships, event registrations, exhibitions, and promotional products. By default, Stripe transfers funds to a bank account automatically every day. Our client wanted a little bit more control over when those funds were […]
New Carbon Footprint Calculator for the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). This PHP-based tool, designed to let users calculate the carbon emission impact of their life and behaviors, utilizes a bunch of AJAX, some neat jQuery elements, and several other technologies to create a clean, user-friendly and personal experience. It was designed for […]
Finished and deployed the Adaptr API that allows for easy integration of the Higher Logic community platform with the National WIC Association's website. The RESTful API provides a seamless single sign-on experience for all of NWA's website users so that they can move fluidly between their personal accounts/dashboards on nwica.org and the third party Higher Logic […]
Pleased to launch the brand new website of the National WIC Association. This 9-month project entailed a complete information architecture overhaul; development of a fully integrated system to support content management, association/membership management, event management, and payments; and design implementation of an entirely new responsive/mobile-friendly HTML5 and CSS3 user interface. Other technologies employed include the […]
The 120DaysMovie.com website is for a documentary film by Ted Roach. Originally designed and developed nearly two years ago, It was essentially put on ice while the film production was being completed. Even though web technologies and design aesthetics seem to change at the speed of light, I'm happy with how the site turned out […]
I've got a new site coming out for a documentary filmmaker — well an old site that was on hold for almost 2 years — that has some background audio (aka "soundtrack") enabled via the SoundManager2 javascript API. The site also has a trailer video (of course), so I had to take advantage of the […]
Performing a major code rewrite of NDTAC's Fast Facts as part of their annual data update. Previous versions relied heavily on MySQL data requests to render the site's Google Chart / Visualization API-based charts, as well as supporting data tables. With the new version, I've moved to loading the necessary dataset into an associative array […]
Launched the Reformer, a new interactive tool for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB). The interactive tool allows users to choose from a variety of policy options and see the impact of those policies on the solvency of the US social security system. The tool provides users with instant feedback via data displays […]
Previously, I set up a form to automatically look up someone's congressional district and legislator by a provided ZIP code. It used the Sunlight Labs API along with a PHP class. The problem was that a given ZIP code can have multiple congressional districts. To further complicate matters, the Sunlight Labs data doesn't have the […]
Building out a little enhancement to a sign-up form that provides users with a list of their likely congressmen based on their supplied zip code. I'm using Sunlight Labs API, along with a third-party PHP library, to retrieve the results. The form fires a jQuery-based AJAX call as soon as the person enters their full […]