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The Atlanta Post (WordPress CMS)

jzelazny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:44:01 +0000

url: http://atlantapost.com/

SDAC Inc. provided:

XHTML/CSS programming
WordPress theme creation
Custom PHP programming
Custom jQuery programming

technologies used:

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.

WalkIberia (WordPress CMS/bbPress)

jzelazny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:20:00 +0000

url: http://walkiberia.com/

SDAC Inc. provided:

Custom Web Design
Custom Graphic Design
XHTML/CSS programming
WordPress theme creation
Custom PHP programming
Custom jQuery programming
Custom bbPress Theme

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, WordPress, bbPress, PHP, jQuery

front end:

The client wanted something with a lot of different content areas on all views. This site has a lot of moving parts: slideshows, carousels, tabs, custom views for home, category views, bbPress theme, etc.

back end:

For ease of use, the forum and site login is single sign-on. There are a few custom admin panels for ad management as well as to specify what goes into the featured slideshows. There are also a number of custom functions that make all the moving parts dynamic so the client can easily feature, change, move around the content in all views.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

After this site was completed – I duplicated it to another domain (Portuguese): http://passear.com which was the first time I used the Portuguese build of WordPress. WordPress is still easy to use – even it not in your native language!

Falcon Discovery

jzelazny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:04:08 +0000

url: http://falcon-discovery.com/

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.

ManKind Studios (WordPress CMS)

jzelazny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:52:54 +0000

url: http://mankindstudio.com/

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 very simple and clean which allowed them to easily add new content both in a slideshow on the home page and throughout the other pages as well. The client also wanted a custom logo – which we provided.

back end:

There is a custom admin panel to control the home page slideshow as well as the home page audio file. Other than that – this was a very simple site. They wanted to easily include Topspin widgets on their sites we I made sure they could use WordPress widgets in order to easily place everything with a simple drag and drop.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

I wish I lived closer to these guys. I would love to spend a day with all that equipment!

Innovate! 2010 (WordPress CMS)

jzelazny — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:29:31 +0000

url: http://www.innovate100.com/

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:

We worked with the client to understand the design needs, created a design, then turned that into a WordPress theme (XHTML, CSS, JS, PHP).

back end:

There are a number of custom admin panels, custom fields, custom shortcodes, etc to make this as easy to use as possible. All of the sidebar elements pull in content dynamically, and there is a lot of really cool functionality built into the UI as well as the backend to make this extremely easy to manage.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

There are some really great jQuery pieces that can be seen as the site develops in the next month or so after launch (early 2010)

Presidents of the United States of America (WordPress CMS)

jzelazny — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:05:54 +0000

url: http://www.presidentsrock.com/

SDAC Inc. provided:

XHTML/CSS programming
WordPress theme creation
Custom PHP programming

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP

front end:

The client wanted a flexible theme so they could easily change link colors, the header, the font, the menu items, etc. I showed them my Lucidity theme and they loved the options so we started with that.

back end:

Even though the Lucidity theme comes with a number of options to make it easy to use – I added in more functionality and a few custom templates so they could control their gigs section, the menu items, and a few other custom options they were looking for.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

It was great working with a band I had admired since the mid nineties!

Atlanta Women (WordPress CMS)

jzelazny — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:09 +0000

url: http://www.atlantawomen.org/

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 to work with and using some simple javascript along with Jappler Menus – the site was pieced together.

back end:

The site has a public and a private area which I used WordPress for both. There are also a few custom widgets to help make placing content as easy as possible.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

A lot of people do not realize how easy it is to password protect certain sections on WordPress – but it really is rather simple to set up!

National Day of Prayer (WordPress CMS)

jzelazny — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:58:48 +0000

url: http://www.ndptf.org/

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.

White House Writers Group

jzelazny — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:49:08 +0000

url: http://www.whwg.com/

SDAC Inc. provided:

XHTML/CSS programming
WordPress theme creation
Custom PHP programming

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP

front end:

The client worked with a designer to create the mockups as well as the XHTML, CSS, and Javascript for the views and I put everything together to create a WordPress theme.

back end:

The goal with this site like most every site I work on was to keep it as simple as possible for the client to manage content. There is a lot of template logic that pulls in custom post fields, custom admin panel fields, and other such techniques so they can easily and dynamically have all their content flow into the layout without touching any of the template files.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

Overall – it was great to use a number of custom interfaces to capture information used throughout the site.

TIME Inc Techland (VIP WordPress Theme)

jzelazny — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:09:39 +0000

url: http://www.techland.com/

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.