GKAD
Gilbert + Kaeding Architecture and Design wanted a clean, modern page with animation and lots of photography to show off their projects. They also wanted their site to be easily updated without needing to incur further costs. So I created a one-page design and used AJAX to put together the page, and some bespoken PHP to pull in new projects and images automatically.
The client simply needs to add a folder with a simple XML manifest, along with the photos they want to appear, and voila – a new project page. The site also includes a blog, using WordPress for the back-end and piping out a stripped-down feed of posts that the Javascript in the main page formats and presents.
Elizabeth Sanderson Art
For a local artist, we created another single-page, minimal design that uses a jQuery lightbox to show off her art. Plans are afoot to add blog feeds and a client upload and dynamic contact form.
Medfit Partners
Working in partnership with Jonathan Liss, we hacked together a custom WordPress CMS install that lived up to Jonathan’s original design concepts, while still keeping the site customizable for the client down the road. Typekit fonts help round out the overall feel of the site.
Movement Solutions
For a local physical therapist, I worked with the client to get all of his patient screening information online, and used a clean, bright theme with custom photography. Once the page structure was in place, and WordPress comfortably hacked into shape, the client could add and customize pages easily.
Puerta Abierta Preschool
I was contacted by Jonathan Liss to help finalize the the Javascript and PHP coding of this WordPress-based site for a local preschool. The school itself is bilingual, so all of the content on the pages is meant to be in both English and Spanish. The easiest way to accomplish this was to create mirror pages in English and Spanish, then use Javascript to move the user back and forth between the two sets of pages. By using an easy-to-use naming convention for new pages and menu items, the client can add new pages to the navigation without having to go back in to code.
The visual design by Jonathan evokes the charm of Sesame Street, and the full-image backgrounds make use of the tons of photographs the client had of its students.
3R Ranch Outfitters
In conjunction with another web development company, we modernized 3R’s site, making it clean and SEO-friendly. Open web fonts, content standardization and an easy-to-use WordPress back-end make their site easy for the owners to update, Google to search and enticing for customers, showing off the beauty of their Colorado ranch.