Portfolio - Website Designs

These website concepts offer design ideas, and some are not intended to be fully functional. Most use PHP, XHTML, CSS and Javascript. Some also include MySQL and Actionscript (Flash).

St. Mary Catholic Community of De Pere
St. Francis Xavier Parish of De Pere

St. Francis Xavier Parish Website St. Mary Catholic Community and St. Francis Xavier Parish are sister churches. I developed websites for both churches using one base style, then changing the color scheme, images and some content. A new inspirational message appears each time the viewer goes to the home page. Slideshows reflect a vibrant faith community. Online registration forms include custom error checking to help registrants fill out the forms completely. Recaptcha code at the end of each form prevents unwanted automated programs from filling out and submitting forms. Emails are sent automatically to both the registrant and the church administrator with summaries of the data entered online. A non-technical backend to the site enables an administrator to update special messages and bulletins. (www.stfrancisdepere.org and www.stmarydepere.org)

Quality Assembly & Logistics, LLC

image of Quality Assembly & Logistics website Quality Assembly & Logistics has a wealth of experience and many services they offer in complex electro-mechanical assembly. A revolving slide show calls attention to their many accreditations. Extensive internal page links help viewers find topics of interest. The Contact Us => Request Quote page uses some fun conditional code to encourage descriptions if "Other" is selected. The contact forms also have code that colors missing data fields and creates a link on an error message. Click on the error message link to go right to the field that needs to be filled out. (www.qualityal.com)

Mayflower Greenhouse

image of Mayflower Greenhouse website Customers of this high end garden center use the site to get a sneak peek at the new year's goods and to stay informed of seasonal events. MySQL database tables supply images and plant data. The Plant List offers a variety of useful ways to sort and filter information. The Subscribe page enables viewers to sign up for an e-newsletter. This opt-in form automatically adds the viewer to a database used for sending future eNewsletters, helping Mayflower to prequalify interest and actively keep their business top of mind. Paging in Gallery uses custom code to remember what interested you when you did a quick search. I designed the site, shoot many of the photos and maintain the site. (www.mayflowergreenhouse.com)

Marilyn Freimuth, PhD

image of Hidden Addiction website Marilyn Freimuth, PhD, needed a straightforward way for media staff to contact her regarding book engagements. I designed the graphics and shot the photos, and coded the site using PHP, Javascript, XHTML and CSS. An online interactive addiction quiz provides viral marketing. (www.hiddenaddiction.com)

Nature's Edge Photography

image of Nature's Edge Photography websitePHP drives this site. It pulls images from a MySQL database, and enables customers to select mat colors for mounted photos and see them on the screen. Photos are sold by credit card and Paypal via a connection to Paypal's shopping cart program. A non-technical administrative backend enables the photographer to maintain the database on his own. I designed the site for a photographer. (www.naturesedgebykraft.com)

Green Bay Chiropractic

image of Green Bay Chiropractic websiteThe on-site photography I shot for this chiropractor adds a personal touch to the site. Languages used include PHP, XHTML and CSS. A scalable Google map on the Hours and Location page makes it more likely customers will find the business. Internal page links on the FAQ's page offer an overview of the questions before getting into the longer text of the answers. (www.greenbaychiropractic.info)

Absolute Supply

image of Absolute Supply website PHP, XHTML, CSS and Javascript make this site a good marketing tool for an abrasive waterjet cutting company. I designed and maintain the site, and shoot the photos of people and products. (www.absolutesupply.net)

Benson Designs LLC

image of Benson Designs website HTML, CSS and Javascript create this online portfolio for an artist blacksmith, who successfully communicates with customers around the country through this site. I design and maintain the site, and shoot many of the photos. (www.bensondesigns.com)

Dudley Birder Chorale

image of Dudley Birder Chorale websiteSt Norbert College provides the shell for this site. I maintain it using their software, Cascade Server. I shoot photos and prepare them for the site, and add links to purchase tickets online and to find the performance locations. (www.dudleybirderchorale.com)

Karen Scharf - Watercolor Artist

image of Karen Scharf websiteLots of Flash features make this site special. I filmed and shot photos of the artist, prepared the video and combined everything into this site. Viewers can turn on a soundtrack for musical accompaniment while viewing a slideshow of the artists's work. External file folders make updating slides and texts easy for the artist.

Albums R Us

image of Albums R Us website conceptEmbedded YouTube movies, absolute positioning of sales notes, a Javascript Lightbox effect on images and a very cool moveable Googlemap make this site worth a look.

Benson Designs LLC - Concept

image of Benson Designs website conceptA concept site using animated gifs, image maps and an interesting variety of navigation states.

Kim Wozniak - Mosaic Artist - Concept

image of artist website conceptI used a local mosaic artist as the basis for a final project in a website coding class. This site works well in Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer 7.X, but has not been cleaned up for Internet Explorer 6.X

Flash Original Exercises

image of flash conceptThis is a collection of original flash work. The lower steps are earlier works. Click on the right door handle of the pearly gates for the finale.