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Despite its popularity, especially among nonprofits and government agencies in DC, we rarely ever chose Drupal as our go to CMS. We prefer other products. Nonetheless, our expertise as PHP and LAMP developers allow us to work on Drupal sites all the same, and we have been brought on board to modify, maintain and improve […]
Met with the client to discuss their requirements, establish user profiles and initial architecture concepts. Subsequently provided an information architecture proposal, including a novel navigation scheme, geared specifically to reaching the firms three primary stakeholders: real estate sellers, buyers, and financial/lending institutions.
Developed the information architecture/user experience and designed and coded the user interface (UI) for a proposal submission and evaluation system. This application will be used by evaluators to review and score submitted proposals. The design features an Outlook-inspired two column layout with previews allowing users to see and switch between proposals easily, similar to switching […]
Prototyping — i.e., scaffolding out the HTML markup — for a set of new WordPress templates for the National Endowment for Democracy, Center for International Media Assistance. The goal of the new templates is to take long-form prose documents and make them more digestible by generalized audiences. Techniques include drawing out and highlighting important information such […]
Launched the fully re-designed and re-developed BBA website built on a state of the art WordPress CMS using Twitter Bootstrap supported by Roots Sage. Worked with the client to transform their information architecture to reflect a new phase in the organization's life with new goals and new resource offerings. Developed a custom WordPress theme using […]
Compelted and launched an intricate set of functionality that involved integrating and connecting the custom Adaptr CMS and event management system we built for the National WIC Association with the iCohere learning management system (LMS). Utilized iCohere's API and Single Sign On service (SSO), alongside our Stripe-powered payment system to create a completely seamless user […]
Enabled the blog feature on a client's WordPress site that previously used only the Pages content type. Set the blog posts to appear on a custom page and URL; created a custom theme for new blog page; formatted the theme to improve the appearance of the archive and indiividual posts; and set configuration options for […]
Performed an analysis of website hosting providers for an organization that needed to select a host for two new websites. The nonprofit advocacy group was having two different developers build two new WordPress websites. Each of those developers was recommending a different hosting solution. I was brought in to conduct an analysis of the recommendations […]
Completing the simple task of embedding a twitter account timeline (i.e., feed) into the template of the WordPress-based Fiscal FactCheck website. Utilized Twitter's widget creator, direct inclusion in the theme files, and without the use of any WordPress plugins.
Implementing a large scale integration between our Adaptr platform and the iCohere learning and collabration system. Integrations include single sign-on (SSO); user and group permission integration; and payment integrations to provide or restrict access to premium resources including webinars, online courses and discussion forums. The Adaptr platform includes not only an association management system (AMS), […]