Portfolio

These are the things I am proud of.

The following gallery has been enhanced by my own jQuery SlideStrip plugin. It is navigable via the pager buttons, mousewheel, left and right arrow keys, as well as tab-focused navigation.

  • Idant Laboratories

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    Project Description

    Idant Laboratories needed a more accessible, semantic and SEO-friendly version of their Website. Because they had a multitude of content as static HTML, I recommended there new site use a server-side technology, ASP.NET, so that future revisions would require less time and manpower. Also, the new design makes use of simple semantic design patterns, as well as a table-less layout to make content updates match the new design with with little effort.

    Focus

    • Content restructure
    • Single-file CSS design
    • CSS sprites
    • Master layout extraction to a server-side master page
    • Single sitemap navigation source

    Technologies and Techniques

    • ASP.NET 3.5
    • XHTML 1.0
    • CSS 3
    • jQuery

  • River Sports Outfitters

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    Project Description

    River Sports Outfitters needed a new storefront platform for their online presence.

    Focus

    • Usability/Accessibility, even with mobile devices
    • User-centric shopping experience
    • Modular design for easy re-theming

    Technologies and Techniques

    • ASPDotNetStorefront platform
    • ASP.NET 3.5
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2008
    • XHTML 1.0
    • CSS 3 with graceful degradation
    • jQuery (with custom plugins)

  • Javan Grover

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    Project Description

    Javan needed someone to layout the minimalistic design for his personal website.

    Focus

    • Simple, small footprint design
    • Content accessibility, even on limited-capability devices
    • Navigation interactivity

    Technologies and Techniques

    • ASP.NET MVC Framework (with ASP.NET 3.5)
    • XHTML 1.1
    • CSS 3
    • jQuery

  • Outdoor Knoxville

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    Project Description

    OutdoorKnoxville.com is the social hub for people who love to spend time outdoors and who enjoy activities such as hiking, climbing, kayaking, canoeing, trail running, bicycling, and more. People in the local community, as well as visitors to the area, can join the site and search local outdoor events, schedule impromptu events and invite site members to join, create groups, upload photos of events and post information about trails, general hiking, climbing or paddling tips, gear, etc. on the site.

    Focus

    • Social interactivity
    • Modular content design for theming
    • User-centric design
    • Search engine optimization
    • Cross-device accessiblity, even on limited-capability devices

    Technologies and Techniques

    • ASP.NET MVC Framework (with ASP.NET 3.5)
    • XHTML 1.0
    • CSS 3 with graceful degradation
    • jQuery (including custom plugins)

  • The BLUe-Commerce Platform

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    Project Description

    BLUeCommerce is a suite of feature-rich and flexible e-commerce solutions offering complete flexibility and control over the look, content and functionality of an online store. Look at it as a comprehensive sales, marketing and merchandising tool which gives you the visibility and integrations necessary to create a customer-centric approach to your e-commerce business.

    Focus

    • Interactivity with Prospect via product demos
    • Modular design for theming
    • Usability/Accessibility, even with mobile devices

    Technologies and Techniques

    • ASP.NET 3.5
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
    • XHTML 1.0
    • CSS 3 using graceful degradation
    • Prototype JavaScript Framework
    • Scriptaculous
    • ASPDotNetStorefront

  • Focal Point Technologies, Incorporated

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    Project Description

    In the Spring of 2000, a few close friends and I decided it was time we could be a strong condtender in the Knoxville technology niche. Focal Point was then born. Focal Point Technologies is a full-service technology company, providing both hardware maintenance and support as well as software and Web Application development.

    Focus

    • W3C Standards-compliant design
    • Search engine optimization
    • Separation of concerns between content, presentation and behavior
    • Microformats for even more semantic information in markup

    Technologies and Techniques

    • ASP.NET 2.0
    • XHTML 1.0
    • CSS 2.1

  • RealFocus MLS System

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    Project Description

    In 2001, The Knoxville Area Association of REALTORS® was in the market for a next-generation Multiple Listing Service. My business partners and I decided that we would take on the dubious venture of becoming a competitor in that race. We created the RealFocus MLS System, a REALTOR®-driven and focused application, developed with a sense of what an agent really needs: intuition, reliability, and stability.

    Focus

    • Efficient, customizable User Interface
    • Task-Oriented, Human-Centric Design
    • Utilize design patterns made for assistive technologies

    Technologies and Techniques

    • ASP.NET 2.0
    • Classic ASP (VBScript)
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
    • RSS Syndication
    • Location-based technologies
    • Common API
    • XML Data Serialization
    • AJAX calls

  • Knoxville Area Association of REALTORS® Public Search

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    Project Description

    Part of what the Knoxville Area Association of REALTORS® needed in their next MLS vendor was an Automated Agent Virtual Office, giving every member of the association an unattended, yet fully customizable presence on the Internet. The Public MLS Search system I designed offers just that, including allowing the public to search agents' listings via interactive map, saved listings and searches, as well as Web 2.0 techniques to improve the visitor experience.

    Focus

    • Cross-browser compatibility
    • Usability and Accessibility
    • Interactive searches
    • Membership

    Technologies and Techniques

    • Classic ASP (VBScript)
    • ASP.NET 2.0
    • Google Maps API
    • AJAX calls
    • Data validation

  • Stephanie Mustric

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    Project Description

    Stephanie originally built her website using iWeb. After explaining that iWeb lays out websites by rendering everything as images (including text), and why this is detrimental to her search engine rank (Google, for example, will not index the alt text in images, so she had no presence whatsoever), I convinced her to let me restructure her content.

    Focus

    • XHTML restructure from original iWeb design
    • Semantic Layout
    • Search Engine Optimization
    • Gallery Experience
    • Structural Redesign

    Technologies and Techniques

    • ASP.NET 2.0
    • Prototype JavaScript Framework
    • Scriptaculous Effects Engine