Design & writing by Ben Judson
[ 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.
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
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. Graphic design by Beto Gonzales.
Technologies: HTML CSS PHP Drupal
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
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.
Technologies: HTML CSS CakePHP script.aculo.us MySQL
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
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
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
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
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
The SMART Fair is an arts fair that has been rapidly expanding its programming and activities beyond the original annual event. They needed a website that would allow them to flexibly add projects and sub-projects as their organization develops organically. This site is maintained by a SMART Fair intern using a custom content management system.
Technologies: HTML CSS CakePHP MySQL
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
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
A number of galleries have sprung up on South Flores street in San Antonio, and needed a website to highlight the variety of exhibits and events in the South Flores Arts District. This site integrates with the databases of several of the galleries’ websites (which I also designed), ensuring that it always reflects the latest event information.
Technologies: HTML CSS PHP MySQL
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
Artist Missi Smith needed a website to show her work, including images of paintings, web-optimized videos, and her statement and CV.
Technologies: HTML CSS PHP XML JavaScript
FL!GHT Gallery needed a way to post information on upcoming (and past) exhibitions. Using a bit of JavaScript and CSS, I created a list of exhibits in which each item expands to show more about the show. The database back-end allows the owner of the gallery to update exhibitions himself through a web-based interface.
Technologies: HTML CSS PHP MySQL JavaScript
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