Found in a Thai restaurant in Oceanside. Hard to see in this photograph, but looks like they had to fix “Seated” because it was originally “Seeted”.
Archive for January, 2009
Here’s a roundup of a few more sites I’ve built. The first is a pretty complex drupal install for the Violence Research Foundation. The layout is designed upon the beautiful A3 Atlantis theme by Blamcast. I’ve wanted to use this theme as a base for a long time now, and I’m glad I finally got the chance. A lot of interesting and informative information on this site about the hazards of Manganese, especially to infants in soy-based infant formula.
Also built a robust drupal install w/ an ubercart store for Amy Bisogni Jewelry. I built this theme up myself to her specifications, and all in all it was a fun website to finish up. Since I wasn’t able to find any D5 slideshow modules that fit my needs here, the slideshow on the front page is powered by a modified version of Slideshow AS2 by Todd Dominey, as well as the Drupal CCK and Contemplate. It’s very easy to manage photos on the back end, and I would love to package this as a module when I get the chance.
Last website of note is fit-2gether.com. I didn’t build this website, or even do the css… just provided the layout PSD, but that sill counts for something!
Elle Mckenna Beron, age .0082. What a cute little kid! Polite too–didn’t throw up on me at all despite being given every possible opportunity.
Check out the Quantum Communications website.
The process to arrive where we did was a fun one. Terry wanted a design in which the user is immediately offered pretty much every service we offer–SEO, re-branding, brand positioning as a bunch of big ass buttons… looking to green your brand? BAM! This was pretty much the idea. He also wanted some kind of a creative element, something to show off our creative side and to hook a potential client.
Meanwhile, floating around in my head was this idea of integrating a passive game into a functional interface. Thus I proposed the basic premise to him, that the user should be able to browse items on the front page and, whether they realize it or not, they will be playing a game in the process.
The content is managed by a Drupal 6 installation. The front page is running mostly on jQuery, and the game is a flash element. The color scheme can be switched very easily–we ran a Halloween theme…until new years.
The next two elements I plan to program in are a user color picker, so users can choose their own color schemes, and a more expansive leader board so my buddy Almu’s unbeatable scores aren’t the only ones the game will track.
Check it out. If you don’t like it, tell me why, I would love to hear about it. Maybe. I might be a little annoyed, but don’t let that stop you.