SDAC Inc. provided:
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress theme creation
- Custom PHP programming
- Custom jQuery programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, jQuery
front end:
The client provided the images, XHTML, and JS. I added in the slideshow JS using jQuery Cycle, as well as a few other custom layouts.
back end:
The backend makes the site. Most views have hand picked articles which the site admins manage from a slick backend admin panel which allows them to drag and drop content into place. The theme templates are highly customized to handle the custom content place. Everything on this site is dynamic and easily customizable.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
I have done a lot of admin panels – but this is by far the coolest thing I have done to date with them.
SDAC Inc. provided:
- Custom Web Design
- Custom Graphic Design
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress theme creation
- Custom PHP programming
- Custom jQuery programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, jQuery
front end:
The client wanted something minimal, and clean to present all their content. They wanted a number of javascript functionality: drop down menus, slideshows, accordions, etc. I used jQuery to handle all the tasks.
back end:
There are a number of custom admin panels as well as custom templates in place for this site in order for everything on the site to be editable and dynamic. There are custom admin panels for the slideshow, sidebar, and home page content and then custom page templates which dynamically create the accordion pages wherever you see them. The client does not need to put in any special code or divs.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
Having content and then designing for that content makes more sense than designing something with content that does not exist. I am now a firm believer that content comes first.
SDAC Inc. provided:
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress theme creation
- Custom PHP programming
- Custom jQuery programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, jQuery
front end:
The client provided the PSD mockups for the site and I provided them with a finished CSS/XHTML/PHP WordPress theme.
back end:
There is a lot going on in the site and I had to make it as easy as possible to control the content for the client as possible. I use Jappler Menus with the WordPress function to create the dynamic menus, jQuery Cycle with a custom admin panel for the home page slide show, jQuery UI Accordion for the accordion on the home page along with custom editable pages in WordPress to manage the content, and more. Basically – everything you see is easily editable by someone that does not know any HTML, PHP, or CSS.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
I love working with jQuery. It is easy to use, manipulate, and works great for adding some slick functionality.
SDAC Inc. provided:
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress theme creation
- Custom PHP programming
- Custom jQuery programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, jQuery
front end:
TIME Inc provided the PSD mockups for the site and I provided them with a finished CSS/XHTML/PHP WordPress theme.
back end:
This was one of the most complicated sites I have worked on to date. There are numerous custom admin features that allows the client to easily change, update and manipulate content. A number of custom fields also gives the client the ability to mark and then display custom content types. There are a number of custom functions on every page view that pulls in content dynamically and displays it depending on the page view.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
Overall – this was an awesome project to work on and I look forward to working with TIME Inc. on more projects in the future.
SDAC Inc. provided:
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress theme creation
- Custom PHP programming
- Custom jQuery programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, jQuery
front end:
The client provided me with an existing theme and a number of customizations. The home page logic is completely custom with a jQuery carousel that highlights specific information.
back end:
The main goal with this site was to make it as easy for the client to add and manage content as possible. The scroller has a custom admin where the client can easily add in new posts without having to touch any of the template code. The sidebar and footer content are completely controlled by widgets also making it easy to change content quickly and easily.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
I have been getting a number of requests to use existing themes and build upon them – and this is a good example of that.
SDAC Inc. provided:
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress theme creation
- Custom PHP programming
- Custom JS programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, jQuery
front end:
The client wanted to add a WordPress blog to their existing site without the users knowing they were going from static pages to the WordPress site. I took their existing CSS and XHTML and created a simple theme so the change would be transparent to the user.
back end:
The only backend functionality for this was creating a javascript widget for the static pages that contained the latest blog posts Instead of putting in parser code on every page – I made a javascript widget so they could simply copy and paste one line of JS on each/any of their pages and output the recent blog posts.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
So many people look for a way to add WordPress to their existing sites without having different styles or a different look and feel and this a perfect example of how easy it can be implemented.
SDAC Inc. provided:
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress theme creation
- Custom PHP programming
- Custom jQuery programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, jQuery
front end:
The client provided me with a Photoshop PSD of how the site should look and I took it from there, created all the templates, added in a jQuery Cycle piece on the home page, jappler Menus for the drop downs, and brought everything together.
back end:
The main goal with this site was to make it as easy for the client to add and manage content as possible. All the content areas, menus, etc are all managed within WordPress and makes for a great, clean, backend.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
I provide ongoing development for this client and it was great to get their content into WordPress.
SDAC Inc. provided:
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress theme creation
- Custom PHP programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP
front end:
The client wanted to migrate an existing static site to WordPress for content management. I took the existing code from the site and put it into the appropriate templates.
back end:
There is some interesting functionality with this site. The client wanted to have intro pages and then full content pages, so I built a custom plugin to handle this and then to only show the summary pages in the RSS feed.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
It is great to get clients from a static site to something dynamic and easy to manage. One less static site out there…
SDAC Inc. provided:
- jQuery programming
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress theme creation
- Custom PHP programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP
front end:
The client gave came to me with a PSD of the design and I turned the PSD into a WordPress theme using jQuery cycle on the home page to cycle through featured posts. The client also had very specific font needs and so I used TTF Titles (WordPress plugin) that allowed me to turn certain text into images on the fly so that it would look like it was using a custom font.
back end:
This site contained some of my standard customizations: jQuery cycle, featured admin panel, and my custom thumbnails/ custom fields plugins. This was a very straightforward site which did not need a lot of customization on the backend – so the beauty in this site is the simplicity of it.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
This artists does great work and I look forward to seeing more of it on his web site.
SDAC Inc. provided:
- jQuery programming
- XHTML/CSS programming/cleanup
- WordPress theme creation
- Custom PHP programming
- Ning Integration
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, Ning
front end:
The client had worked with an outside designer to create all the page views (graphics and XHTML/CSS). The only front end work I did for this project was to put together a basic Ning theme for the Ning forums as well as to put together the code for the featured stories.
back end:
This site has a number of custom plugins, widgets, admin panels, and customized loops. I wanted to focus on giving the client the ability to change and manipulate as much content as possible without touching any of the WordPress theme files so I ended up building a number of admin panels to control the featured stories, ads, media, etc. The templates for this site are some of the most complicated I have ever created but make the content management very easy for the site admins.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
I had worked with this client in the past and it is great to see them add another exciting site to their portfolio.
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