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This site that I designed uses a custom WordPress template that I created and is fully maintain-able by the client in the web browser using the WordPress administration screens, as well as the Pods plugin that enables the client to completely control the portfolio images and categorizations.

The site uses WordPress, HTML5, jQuery and many WordPress plug-ins such as Pods.

professors' guide

This site provides authors Jeremy S. Hyman and Lynn F. Jacobs' Professors' Guide enterprise with a central Web presence for their college help books and speaking series. Hyman and Jacobs write a weekly blog column for U.S. News & World Report and Readers Digest and tour college campuses with their "Gimme an A!" presentation.

The site is coded in XHTML/CSS and utilizes the jQuery javascript library, as well as pulling in YouTube animated VidLit^TM movies.

I very much wanted to code this site fully in HTML5/CSS3 but opted to continue to support the legacy and present Internet Explorer browsers. (In other words, the rounded corners, gradients, drop-shadows can all be created through HTML5/CSS3 instead of using background and inline images, but are not supported by all the main browsers.)

Note: I did not design the logo/brand.

grayslland acres

The design and color palette of this site consider the natural, warm colors of this Oklahoma farm, combined with the elegance of the logo's scripty flourishes. I abstracted the goats and llamas in the rounded boxes, with elements of the animals breaking outside of the boxes to add some visual excitement.

Note: I did not design the logo/brand.

ozark girls chorus

The Ozark Girls Chorus site is entirely created and maintained in WordPress, enabling the Ozark Girls Chorus team to maintain the site content. The design is intended to be vibrant and fun, with a whimsical scrapbook feel that is attractive to young girls. I opted to keep all of the site elements static, so that only the white content box scrolls, maintaining a persistent branding and navigation. The site uses Web fonts from Monotype, jQuery for the "animated" behaviors, and XHTML/CSS for the markup.

University of Arkansas Journalism Department

This site is a tool for the UA Journalism students, with each section pulling in relevant RSS feeds from the corresponding professional organizations. The three main tracks are highlighted across the top center as tabs, enabling quick access for students attempting to choose a track or refer to track specifics.

The site is coded in XHTML/CSS.

rocky grove sun company

This small site for a solar energy company in Arkansas that I designed and coded uses a custom-coded WordPress theme that allows the client to maintain the site content themselves, including the Gallery images, which uses the Pods plugin.

the buffalo flows documentary film

The Buffalo Flows film, by Larry Foley, Dale Carpenter (editing), Trey Marley (filming) and James Greeson (music), aired recently on the national PBS channel. I designed the packaging, did the film's animation (After Effects) and built the Web site.

My main goal of the site design was for the user to easily and quickly explore the map of the river, while still giving the information about the film. I knew that putting a static background image of the river was boring and less-effective, and I also knew that just putting a link to Google Maps was not going to get the job done. Though it would make the design somewhat "busy," I decided to feature active Google Maps as the background and just lay a small graphic coming out of the left side that can be hidden and shown via jQuery coding. The user is able to click and drag the map behind the site graphic, or hide the site graphic almost entirely and explore the map full screen.

I'm also using the ColorBox jQuery plugin to pop up the content pages, image galleries and video clips. The site is coded in XHTML/CSS. I also created a Facebook Fan Page for the film.

vertz and company

This small site coded in HTML5 that I designed and coded uses a custom-coded WordPress theme that allows the client to maintain the site content themselves.