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I'm a full-time
professional web designer who enjoys taking a
break from large scale corporate projects to moonlight on
smaller sites. Ideas from these more creative projects
feed my mainstream work and keep my perspective fresh.
I am
physically located in London, England, and I develop
sites, register domains, and sort out hosting for clients
anywhere in the world.
Turn around is usually less than two weeks; for some
projects, two days. Prices start at $250US and go up from
there. I'm happy to tell you the cost for any of these
portfolio sites if you're interested.
Typically,
for this type of inexpensive development, I deliver a
fully-functioning templated site, leaving the client to
input the text on the pages. For database driven sites, the
site is all designed and you just need to use the secure
web form admin section to add, edit and delete content.
Clients do not need any coding skills to manage sites I
build for them.
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| After
Eight |
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A
very nifty content management system drives this
organization's site. The critical factor was that
everything had to be managed from a web interface with
zero need to know any HTML. They've got that, from the
text content to the point-and-click image gallery.
Upcoming performances are promoted on the homepage
automatically, and visitors can purchase audio CDs online
or by mail order.
Because the people in the organisation change annually,
illustrations are used for navigation and colour. |
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| Frugal
Diva |
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This is a neat way to have fun and make some money. The site features indexed reviews of beauty products. There are "buy online" links at the end of each review, linking to the product at drugstore.com, where affiliate sales commission is earned. (This could be adapted to a regular online sales site, too.)
The site
is totally database driven; content is easy to add, edit
and delete through secure web-based admin forms. New
content is automatically displayed on the homepage,
keeping the site fresh. Newsletters build visitor loyalty,
and are managed through the
database too. |
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| WDPx |
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This
was a fun and fast little project. They sent me their logo
and a list of their services, and I asked them to rate
their "hip factor" on a scale of 1 - 10.
I
delivered a complete template site, meaning all of the
pages were built and had the individual graphics in place.
All they had to do was re-type their text for each page. Most of the
effort here was in selecting and editing stock photography
or creating custom graphics.
You can see the completed template I designed and
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| DarlingBri |
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My
personal website, run for fun and as a playground for my
ASP ideas and more bizarre design inclinations. (For some
reason, I don't
get a lot of clients saying "Can you do something in
pastel pink and baby blue?") I
just wanted to do something totally non-corporate and very
personal for a change.
Currently,
the journal, notify list, and wish list are all run off
Access databases, and the homepage updates automatically
when content changes. This means zero maintenance, which
is always a good thing. Only the TravelBlog is coded by
hand to allow for more fluid layouts. |
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| Satin
Slippers (adults only!) |
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A huge
database job, requiring six solid weeks of development.
Discussion forums, the story library, advice columns,
news, and reviews are all dynamically served. Other
databases run online shopping, a postcard service and
a paid Subscribers area.
This site does the job perfectly, with nice
features like allowing authors to edit their stories
online, and columnists to instantly publish their columns.
Online payments are easily handled through PayPal for both
the shopping cart and the subscribers' area.
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| SkolnikFamily.net |
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Another
totally database driven site, maintained by a variety of
people.
The site features a discussion forum, a big family photo gallery (random images on
the home page!) and a pretty nifty family events calendar.
It has a built in reminder service so we can nag each other
to remember various birthdays and family occasions. For the late running family
members, there are also links to various e-card sites.
Finally, there is also an ongoing family tree project, and one of
these days run it off a database. |
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| Southern
Manufacturing |
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This
was a horribly depressing project, which can happen with
templates. The original design was invigorating and high
contrast, and the client kept asking me to tone it down.
And down. And down.
After the template was handed over, they
"improved" it some more with bad code, a
terrible font, and dodgy css.
However, the point of handing a design over to a client is
that is then under their control, for better or for worse.
This site is an
object lesson: you probably don't want to alter anything
in a template but the text. Seriously. |
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