Country Comfort Homes
Having left the Journal about 2 months ago, my first project at Frogman Interactive was quite challenging and enriching. Pete Pyles, a hybrid-log home constructor, was in need of a new website to display his innovative and first-class products. Because of the nature of his business, we went with a warm, wood-textured look and feel and “handcrafted” details. The website features an armada of dynamic content ranging from video players to AJAX-driven modules to display Pete’s homes.
The website features:
- Flowplayer playlists to showcase videos of Pete’s process and client’s testimonials
- Complex AJAX-driven modules to display floorplans renderings, 360° Interactive Tours and Zooming options
- Colorbox
- A fully collapsable and expandable jQuery accordion to illustrate Pete’s construction process
- CSS Browser Selector: a small javascript allowing to write specific CSS code for each operating system and each browser
- A Twitter module used as a “Latest News” section
Click here to visit the website. Click here to see one of the 3 AJAX-driven modules.
XHTML/CSS W3C AJAX FlowplayerWake Forest University
Wake Forest University contacted me to help them code a new section of their website focusing on showcasing some of their enrolled students. The project consisted of putting together a template page that could easily be updated in Contribute. My duties were to build the template and pass it on to a developer who then implemented the Contribute code. I unfortunately didn’t get to give much input design-wise. The mock had already been created. However, the coding in itself ended up being quite challenging anyway.
The template features:
- A fully collapsable and expandable jQuery accordion to display optional information based on the student’s interview
- Thickbox to display a photo slideshow and videos
- CSS Browser Selector: a small javascript allowing to write specific CSS code for each operating system and each browser
Click here (Landing page) and here (Detail page) to visit the website.
Note: I am no longer in charge of updating and fixing this website.
XHTML/CSS W3C AJAX ThickboxSki & Tennis Station
Once in a while, a client gives you “Carte Blanche” to design anything you want for their website. Doug at Ski & Tennis Station in Winston-Salem was that man. Doug had 2 websites: Ski & Tennis Station, a store focused on ski and tennis equipment, and The Board Room, a secondary store focused on Snowboard and Skateboard equipment. Both sites were about 5 to 6 year-old and needed a face-lift to attract the young crowd being the majority of his customers.
Both websites used to be quite different in content and style. As a matter of fact, someone visiting Ski & Tennis Station would have no idea that The Board Room belonged to the same owner and was right next door. They are now similar in look and feel and visitors can jump from one site to another from any page. The website features:
- An AJAX based tabbed-carousel on the frontpage
- A Twitter status box and links to 2 Facebook groups
- A simple jQuery dropdown menu
Click here to visit Ski & Tennis Station the way I intended it to be. Because I am no longer in charge of this website, the live version has suffered recent “unaesthetic revisions”. Therefore, I can no longer link to it.
Click here to visit The Board Room.
Note: I am no longer in charge of updating and fixing these websites.
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