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CRFB approached me with an existing website and asked me to do some visual enhancements. First up, they wanted to feature their new goBig initiative on the homepage. They wanted something that could be temporary, but immediately catch the eyes of their visitors. After discusisng the pros and cons of various options (e.g,. pop-up windows), […]
Launched a new version of the NDTAC's Fast Facts website, which presents data and data visualizations of State education data from the Federal Title I, Part D program for youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at risk. The Section 508 compliant website is built on a MySQL database, and uses PHP to retrieve the data […]
Design, developed, and launched Legal Providence's new website, a basic brochure-style site. The site is CMS-enabled with a MySQL database and uses HTML, CSS, PHP, and some JavaScript.
Integrated basic Facebook "like" widget into WorryFreeLawns.com. Their visitors can easily "like" their pages now, as well as access their Facebook page.
Working on a new project that will allow users to compare some of the leading Federal budget deficit reduction plans. The data/plans will be presented in a table. Because of the great detail of data, users are initially presented with a collapsed table. I'm using jQuery to allow users to expand individual rows and columns. […]
I finally rolled out a new version of my content/events management system, which I now call CMSense. The update includes more than 100 functional, usability, and security enhancements. The new interface utilizes modest jQuery animations and Ajax. A ton of changes were made under the hood too, making developer customization super simple. Here's just a […]
The AddThis bookmark and sharing widget isn't 508 compliant out of the box, and using their suggested solutions provides a very reduced service. To address the issue, I implemeted a fully 508 compliant version of their widget by working with some customized CSS and javascript code. Just got the repot back from the government compliance […]
NCLD-Youth's website (http://www.ncld-youth.info), a site I designed and developed, was recently launched. The site is managed via my custom content management system. One compontent of the site is an interactive timeline about disability history. The timeline was developed completely without the use of Flash, so it fully accessible, diplays on non-Flash supported devices like the […]
Oversaw the design work for a new HTML email newsletter for a federal government project. A junior designer developed the first set of comps. I revised those comps for final delivery to the client. I also developed the email marketing strategy including the mailing schedule and content.
Designed and developed a custom media console to match the branding of a client's site. The conosole launches using ColorBox, a jQuery plugin. Video (mp4, mov etc) and audio (mp3) are played using a custom branded FlowPlayer plugin. The console provides a photo gallery effect for images. The console also features AddThis functionality that allows […]