Project Information
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CLIENT: Ed O'Reilly for U.S. Senate
URL: www.edoreilly.com
OVERVIEW: Complete redesign of the previous website, built on a Drupal framework.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Created a local test server using Apache 2.2, PHP 5.0, Drupal 6.3 and MySQL 5.0 to match the live site configuration
- The new site was built and tested locally while the old site remained live
- Drupal modules run dynamic video and news pages and highly customized contact forms
- Back end features a protected administrator areas for campaign staff discussions
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CLIENT: State Representative Jay Kaufman
URL: www.jaykaufman.com (archive version)
OVERVIEW: Complete redesign of a previous site.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Orignal SSI structure maintained so office staff could continue to update content as they had before
- Site features a PHP-based contribution form that hooks to authorize.net for credit card processing
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CLIENT: Somerville Democratic City Committee
URL: www.somdems.org (archive version)
OVERVIEW: A basic news & information site for Somerville's elections, elected officials and Democratic party news.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- QuickTime intro movie checks a cookie to auto-play on first visit only
- Custom built ward map of Somerville menu
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CLIENT: Tony Lafuente for Alderman at Large
URL: www.tonylafuente.org (archive version)
OVERVIEW: A campaign website to provide information to voters and supporters.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Custom map of Somerville diplays an overlay window with targeted campaign promises for that specific wards
- Designed to match the printed campaign materials
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CLIENT: Alderman Bob Trane
URL: www.bobtrane.org (archive version)
OVERVIEW: Build an online campaign flier fast & cheap.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Built over a weekend, based on printed campaign materials provided by the candidate
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CLIENT: Data For Donkeys
OVERVIEW: Homepage for a local political consulting business.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Built with Adobe Spry sliding panels and collapsible menus
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CLIENT: The Druid Irish Pub
URL: www.druidpub.com (archive version)
OVERVIEW: Redesign of an old site for a popular local pub in Cambridge.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Extensive graphic design work
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CLIENT: Tír na nÓg Irish Pub
URL: www.thenog.org (archive version)
OVERVIEW: Designed in 1998, updated regularly for nearly a decade.
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CLIENT: Greater Boston Legal Services
URL: www.gbls.org (archive version)
OVERVIEW: A redesign for a non-profit, paying particular attention to usability, accessibility and ease-of-use.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Extensive use of whitespace to focus the eye on site content
- Important information highlighted via red-outlined graphics set apart from the plain text
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CLIENT: Family Economic Initiative
URL: www.familyeconomicinitiative.org (archive version)
OVERVIEW: The FEI web site was a follow-up project for GBLS.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- The basic structure of the GBLS site was mirrored on the FEI site
