Exit434.com is a weekly newsletter containing short articles on restaurants, bars, outdoor activities, events, and other information pertaining to the target market in San Francisco Bay Area, with a secondary target of a national audience. The website is used for prospective members to sign up for the newsletter, but it also holds archived newsletters as well as other information.

Project features: Complete website design including graphics design/layout and page programming. Blog is based on a customized version of WordPress with a custom designed theme. Customization includes: integration of custom ‘Archives’, ‘Tag Cloud’ for marking similar/related posts, and custom ‘Search’ function to search not only posts but pages as well and highlight the searched term. Constantcontact.com newsletter sign-up integration.

Tools/Software used: Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver. Webpages developed using XHTML/CSS + PHP/MySQL.

Orchard Legal Marketing is a small Chicago-based personal injury law firm. The initial project is to develop home pages (landing pages) for the 8 domains they own using a common template for each site, but with different graphics and color scheme. Template should also include ‘quick contact’ form. Client also requested to provide hosting service for the web sites, setting up the e-mail accounts, and submitting the domains for registration with the search engines.

Project features: Complete website design including graphics design/layout and page programming for the main landing page + 2 secondary pages.

Tools/Software used: Photoshop, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver. Webpages developed using XHTML/CSS and PHP.

Exchange Apartment Finders is an online source for searching apartments in Chicago.

Project features: Complete website design including graphics design/layout and page programming. Created Flash-based slideshow presentation of properties. Online applications for lanloards and apartment searchers created with PHP/CSS.

Tools/Software used: Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and Flash. Webpages developed using HTML/CSS and PHP. Flash slideshow deleoped with Flash/ActionScript/XML.

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SourceDirect4-less.com is a direct source for Lighting and Electrical products to the Electrical Distribution Industry.

Project features: Complete website design including graphics design/layout and page programming. Created dynamic navigation menu with JavaScrip/CSS.

Tools/Software used: Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver. Webpages developed using HTML and CSS.

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ArtStyle focuses on the arts, culture, and lifestyle in Chicago, and provides a forum for artists, idealists, and visionaries who strive to make a difference in this world.

Project features: Complete website design including graphics design/layout and page programming. Blog is based on a customized version of WordPress with a custom designed theme. Customization includes: integration of Image Gallery, Affiliates Programs like, Amazon, Ebay and Commision Junction. Also, added ‘email to a friend’, ‘subscribe to new posts’ and inline ‘slideshow/image gallery’ features.

Tools/Software used: Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver. Webpages developed using HTML/CSS + PHP/MySQL + WordPress

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