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One of our latest websites/apps is getting some good traction. The client had us build what is essentially a white-label product: the C2ES Carbon Calculator. The client can launch an unlimited number of versions of this tool, each one customized for one its corporate partners. Last week a new partner invited its entire workforce of […]
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 […]
I've posted a new case study about the work I did for the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) Make an Impact project. On behalf of one of their corporate clients, I designed and developed a pledge application/website. The site allowed their partners's employees to pledge to change a variety of actions to modify […]
I originally wrote the markup for the ReadyNation website in about 2005. In web years that's the equivalent of a 300 year old home, which meant development of new features and layouts took much longer than ideal. So this week I set out to update the entire site. I leaned on my good friend, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
From concept to design to live website in 5 business days! The site isn't massive, but the job entailed designing the company's logo in addition to Scimergent's website. The site features a custom homepage animation; a CMS for content editing and easy access to the site's internship applications; a Twitter Bootstrap foundation. Mobile-optimized, responsive version […]
I was tasked with completely re-writing the code base for Madura Microfinance in one day. They had recently received the new design and code, but needed to improve its overal performance and optimization for certain displays. I used Twitter Bootstrap as my base and punched it out on a Sunday afternoon. I also provided several […]
Performed a large scale Drupal update for a client. I inherited the site in very out of date form and like too many projects, the focus was on new features and new content in lieu of much needed maintenance work. But a recent server upgrade to PHP 5.3 made the upgrade absolutely necessary, as several […]
Performed an initial performance audit of TripTuner.com. Reviewed several website optimization areas including HTTP requests, code simplification, file combining, minification, and compression. Provided the development team with a list of critical optimization tasks including steps to optimize the site's CSS, javascript (JS), and images.