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[   website portfolio   ]

This website portfolio shows some of the websites I have designed and deployed in the last couple of years. For these sites, I have done nearly all of the graphic design, coding, and database design. The technologies used for each site are listed below the description. All websites on this page are currently active; click the title to browse an individual site.

Trinity University Press

Trinity University Press

The Trinity University Press website was built from the ground up with a custom content management system using some of the latest advances in HTML5 and CSS3. In addition to clearly presenting a wealth of information on each book, it connects books, authors, events, and news for a rich browsing experience.

Technologies: HTML5  CSS3  PHP  JavaScript  CakePHP  

David Shelton Gallery

David Shelton Gallery

When David Shelton opened a new gallery in San Antonio, he asked me to develop his web presence. This site presents artists and exhibits in a clean format with subtle JavaScript-based visual effects. It is maintained by the gallery owner using a custom content management system. When Shelton moved the gallery to Houston, we updated the user experience.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  CakePHP  jQuery  MySQL  

Contemporary Art Month

Contemporary Art Month

This website, built with Drupal in both desktop and mobile flavors, allows anyone to list arts events with images and maps, and pay for listings via PayPal. After a moderation process, the events are published on a calendar with separate pages for venues and artists. Archived listings and calendars remain on the site. Guest graphic designers rotate annually.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  PHP  Drupal  

Mentor Training

Mentor Training

Working alongside mentoring researchers, I developed this website to train high school mentors. After completing a quiz, potential mentors receive their scores via email. So far, this site has been used to train over 3,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors throughout the United States. A secure management system can be used to modify the training and the quiz, as well as track scores.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  CakePHP  MySQL  

Moral Ground

Moral Ground

This WordPress-based site is a meeting point for the Moral Ground movement, with information on the book and authors, selected essays, and event details. Using Pods CMS, I developed custom content types, allowing WordPress to function as a more robust content management system.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  PHP  JavaScript  WordPress  Pods CMS  

Neva Face + Body

Neva Face + Body

This is Neva Fernandez’ third spa business, and she wanted to have a strong web presense right from the beginning. This site offers information about skin care alongside the spa’s services and rates. It is maintained by Neva using an intuitive administrative interface customized to her needs.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  CakePHP  jQuery  MySQL  

Blue Star Contemporary Art Center

Blue Star Contemporary Art Center

The Blue Star Contemporary Art Center comissioned a complete redesign of their website. All information on the site (including events, exhibits, educational programs, news, etc) is maintained by gallery staff using a custom content management system.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  CakePHP  MySQL  JavaScript  

Community Leadership Institute

Community Leadership Institute

The Community Leadership Institute needed a way to share information on their programs, both to potential participants and to potential donors. This site is maintained by CLI staff using a custom content management system.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  960 Grid System  CakePHP  MySQL  

Justin Parr

Justin Parr

This site is one instance of a flexible content management system developed to manage artist portfolios. Clients can upload images, use existing Flickr sets, and embed video and audio. Works can be organized into any number of nested categories. Pages for bios, statements, or any other information can be added as well. See also: Andy Benavides and Ed Saavedra.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  960 Grid System  CakePHP  MySQL  

Starov Gallery

Starov Gallery

Jim Brasfield wanted a website to house his extensive collection of art, with work images and artist bios, as well as a news section. Brasfield has uploaded hundreds of artworks to the Starov website using a custom content management system.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  CakePHP  MySQL  

Bill FitzGibbons

Bill FitzGibbons

Artist Bill FitzGibbons needed a website to show his work, including images of sculptures, web-optimized videos, and his CV.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  PHP  XML  

Potter-Belmar Labs: Fortune Tour

Potter-Belmar Labs: Fortune Tour

Live cinema performers Potter-Belmar Labs needed a site to promote their west coast tour. This simple site functions as a hub for information on the tour, a press kit, and an introduction to the performers themselves. By embedding a YouTube trailer, and integrating feeds from two blogs, we kept the site simple but information-rich.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  PHP  XML  

The Hemingway

The Hemingway

The author of The Hemingway, a measure of adolescent connectedness, wanted a site to collect and publicize the measure along with related research and articles.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  PHP  XML  

Emvergeoning

Emvergeoning

Emvergeoning is an arts blog I started in 2006. This blog uses WordPress as the CMS, and is laid out with a modified theme. Using Google Maps I integrated a map of the galleries in San Antonio, and used Google’s AdWords to integrate text-based advertisements.

Technologies: HTML  CSS  PHP  WordPress