SDAC Inc. provided:
- Browser Debugging/CSS Cleanup
- WordPress CMS/theme modifcation
- Custom PHP programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP
front end:
The client had the layout and design in place when they contacted me. I provided some CSS/XHTML cleanup (browser debugging), a few modifications, and a new store (category template) which controlled the Store part of the site.
back end:
The client needed an easy way to add in new records to the store section without touching any code in the templates. I created some custom fields on the front end of the post screen and then some backend custom logic to display the records automatically as they were released with a thumbnail of the album, a title (link to the main info page, a buy button, and an album description).
lessons learned/random thoughts:
Making something easy to use modify always makes the client happy!
SDAC Inc. provided:
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress CMS/theme modifcation
- Custom PHP programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP
front end:
The client wanted to use an existing theme and then add new functionality and minor UI changes to it. The client also had several videos to embed into the sidebar area as well as the content area so I decided to use Flow Player for the video player which handles multiple formats very nicely.
back end:
There are a number of custom functions that I created for this site which easily allow the client to mange media and content all within the WordPress admin. The client wanted to be able to control the sidebar content within the actual edit page screen and not the sidebar template or the widgets admin so I created a custom interface for this which the client could then just plug in either text, a video URL, an image gallery, or HTML and have it show up appropriately and in order.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
It was really a great project to work on because the client knew exactly what they wanted. This also was a fun project to work on because giving someone control over exactly what they want, where they want it, and how they want it is what I enjoy most with any project.
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SDAC Inc. provided:
- XHTML/CSS programming
- WordPress CMS/theme
- Custom PHP programming
- Custom AJAX functionality
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, WordPress, WordPress.com VIP Hosting, PHP, jQuery
front end:
I had worked with Macleans before and created their first WordPress theme for their WordPress CMS. This time around I was given a new mockup for the home page, the category pages, and the single page view. I added in a number of jQuery functions to display the content (featured posts, jappler menus, scroller at the bottom, etc) and worked to simplify everything from CSS to the page logic – to creating easy to use admin pages to add in and control the content in certain content areas.
back end:
This redesign was not just a simple reskin – I spent a lot of time creating custom functions so that updating the site in the future would be much easier and the content could easily be changed by changing a few parameters. I also made nearly everything on the site dynamic and easily editable by creating an admin options page for the editors to easy switch around content in some of the main content areas on the home page without touching any of the template files.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
Overall – this was a great project to work on. I had the chance to do a lot of front end simplification by adding in a number of custom functions that controlled the output while also focusing on creating an easy to use admin options page for the editors who needed to make changes quickly and easily without having to know PHP. I am quite happy with the end result.
SDAC Inc. provided:
- XHTML/CSS programming
- Moveable Type to WordPress Migration
- WordPress theme
- Custom PHP programming
technologies used:
XHTML, CSS, Moveable Type, WordPress, WordPress.com (Hosting), PHP
front end:
I used the existing TIME Inc. Moveable Type templates for the site above and from those I created WordPress templates that would display everything so that the readers would not know there was any difference on the backend. I also tightened up the CSS to make sure load time would be reduced.
back end:
It was very important to the editors at TIME that every content area of this site could be easily modified at any time using the WordPress admin. Because of this, I worked with them to make sure they had control of each section by using as many of the WordPress functions, backend admin areas, and sidebar widgets as possible.
lessons learned/random thoughts:
This was my second Moveable Type theme migration for them and it went very smoothly. (WordPress VIP hosting migrated the data).
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