Web Design:
Explore Peninsula
Details: This site is currently under development, consider this a sneak peak. The design of this site was done in collaboration with Roberta Cope.
Technologies Used: WordPress, PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, SEO
The Pierogi Lady
Details: This site is currently under development, consider this a sneak peak. The design of this site was done in collaboration with Roberta Cope.
Technologies Used: WordPress, PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, SEO, Online Storefront
Peninsula Historical Foundation
Details: This site was built around a custom WordPress install. Everything on the site is managed by the client and after years of struggling to keep their previous site up to date, they could not be happier.
Technologies Used: WordPress, PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, SEO
Harrington Management Group
Details: This site was built around a custom WordPress install. It was designed and built to be easy to use, always funneling the user to contact HMG for more information. Site features include featured content section, slide out contact form, password protected content and a well thought out back end for the client to make changes to the content.
Technologies Used: WordPress, PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
Cascade Auto Group
Details: This site was created for Cascade Auto Group located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The site was created using completely valid markup that was written with SEO in mind the entire time. This site does not utilize a CMS because their current server could not handle php. Also, since I no longer maintain this website, the link goes to the last version I did work on which is housed on my server.
Technologies Used: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, SEO, Flash
Crooked River Creative
Details: This site was created for the design agency a couple friends and myself started. Simple quick navigation was important so the site is actually contained on a single page using a slider element to display different panels of information.
Technologies Used: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, SEO
NESOWEA
Details: This site was created for the Northeast Section of the Ohio Water Environment Association. They have a ton of content, so to make it easier to manage all of that content, the site is using a custom WordPress back-end. Some of the highlights include a members only section, slide out contact form and nicely animated drop-down menus.
Technologies Used: WordPress, PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
RobertaCope.com
Details: I actually had little to do with the design work of this site. That was all done by my lovely wife Roberta. However, I was involved in the user interface and behavior of the site, which I think came out well and is what I want to showcase here.
Technologies Used: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
MACS
Details: This is a website I did for a small print company in Akron Ohio. Site design was loosely based off of the companies current brand. Since I no longer maintain this website, the link goes to the last version I did work on which is housed on my server.
Technologies Used: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, PHP
The New Broken Spoke Studios
Details: This is the new Broken Spoke Studios site. The objective of the site is to deliver new shows easily and quickly, thus the reason recent episodes and a show list are featured in the secondary navigation. The site is created using mostly PHP and javascript and was built as a CMS by developing a custom Wordpress install to make adding shows as easy as possible. The site is currently lacking the content to make it function properly, but that will be coming soon, so stop back!
Technologies Used: WordPress, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, PHP
Business Development Site for LIYP
Details: This site was created for the Business Development group. It was going to be used to showcase the different aspects of the business. The site utilizes AJAX to refresh the content with minimal load times. The map page was there to dynamically show all of the different book locations and was created in Flash.
Technologies Used: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, PHP
Absorbent Minds Montessori School
Details: This web site was created for the Absorbent Minds Montessori School. At the time of creation, the school had been in business for a couple of years. They already had a web site, but wanted a better presence on the internet. I worked to create something that was fun and energetic, but would also be informative. The first semester after this site went live, enrollment doubled. In the two years since it was created, they have had so many new kids enrolled that they have had to expand twice, and are still running at their full capacity. I also created the majority of photography and illustrations for this site, and serve as the creative director for all of their media needs.
Technologies Used: XHTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, Flash
Original Broken Spoke Studios Site
Details: This web site was created for the company I am a partner of Broken Spoke Studios. We generally serve a fairly small niche in the market serving various types of mechanical contracting companies. During the creative meeting and research leading up to this site, we found that most of the sites were rather dull. We had done well for ourselves creating very high tech looking material that our clients loved. With this in mind, it was decided that we needed something that would make a splash and differentiate ourselves from the other agencies our customers were used to seeing. We decided to go with a site that employed a heavy dose of motion, and brought Flash in to help out. The site is currently under reconstruction, and will be brought back as standards compliant site that also happens to serve a completely different purpose, that however is a surprise that I can't share right now.
Technologies Used: Flash
M. W. Mielke
Details: Web site for M.W. Mielke Mechanical Contractors. This was one of the first sites I created as a partner with Broken Spoke Studoios. The client wanted something that was full of motion and had a high tech look. Flash may be out of style now, but at that point, it was the cat's pajamas and I was the Flash guy in the company. The client was very pleased with the end result, and became the talk of the town in their industry.
Technologies Used: Flash
