WalkIberia (WordPress CMS/bbPress)

url: http://walkiberia.com/

Walk Iberia

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!

Pypeline (WordPress CMS & bbPress Forum)

url: http://www.guidewiregroup.com/

Pypeline

SDAC Inc. provided:

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

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, WordPress, bbPress, PHP, jQuery

front end:

The client wanted an easy to manage site with a forum – completely designed from the ground up. We provided them with a completely custom design for an integrated WordPress/bbPress site.

back end:

The main goal with this site was to make a single sign-on web site for the client and their users. We tied in bbPress, added some jQuery functionality (scroller, etc) – and used everything we could to make sure it was easily managed.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

I love working with bbPress and WordPress together and enjoy the simplicity of this site.

Triple Pundit (WordPress CMS)

url: http://www.triplepundit.com/

Triple Pundit

SDAC Inc. provided:

  • Custom Design
  • XHTML/CSS programming
  • WordPress theme creation
  • Custom PHP programming

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP

front end:

The client came to me with a number of ideas about the layout/design, and their existing logo and I then put together what you see. They wanted something clean, minimal, and something with a lot of white space.

back end:

This site contained some of my standard customizations: featured admin panel and my custom thumbnails/ custom fields plugins as well as a few custom widgets, custom functions to handle the ad placements, and some other bits of content.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

I actually enjoy the content of this site and look forward to reading more of what they have to say in the future.

Robin’s Miniature Furniture Web Site (WordPress CMS)

url:http://www.robinsminifurniture.com/

Robin's Miniature Furniture

SDAC Inc. provided:

  • XHTML/CSS programming
  • Custom web design
  • Custom WordPress functionality
  • Custom AJAX functionality

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, PHP, WordPress, jQuery

front end:

The client wanted a custom design to show off the work she creates by hand. The design uses colors that do not take away from the items the client is presenting on her web site. The layout of the site is based on an upcoming theme I plan to release.

back end:

The client wanted to be able to change and manipulate just about everything on the site without having to change anything in the templates. I added some custom admin interfaces to control the different content areas, used WordPress functions to produce the menus, sidebar, and everything on the home page is dynamic. In order to “feature” he best items, I created a slideshow using jQuery and a custom WordPress query that shows five of her featured items. I also made it very easy to use thumbnails for each post so they would show up on the home page without any extra work.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

This project really made me think about making custom themes easily editable by someone just using the admin. Stay tuned for a release of something similar in the future.

PressItForMe (Logo, Web Design/Layout)

url:http://www.pressitfor.me/

pressitfor.me

SDAC Inc. provided:

  • XHTML/CSS programming
  • Custom logo design
  • Custom web design

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, Pligg

front end:

The client wanted a custom logo, custom button (for Digg like service), and web design. I worked with the client to choose the palette and then created the logo around the button that would be used on the site and new WordPress plugin. I created the basic layout (header, footer, navigation, basic content area, AJAX comments/related links, who voted area) and the client then created a Pligg theme from it.

back end:

I did not do any work on the backend for this site – but I did have to make sure that the button HTML and CSS worked with the Pligg voting system.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

This was my first experience with Pligg and I always enjoy learning something new.