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Add Ecommerce to Existing Website: Go to Robin
Myers Imaging and click on the store
link. Imaging specialist wanted to automate sales by allowing customers
to order products online. I configured the Miva
Merchant shopping cart with client's products, shipping methods, and
payment gateway. I configured the store Look and Feel based on the existing
website's design. I advised client on compatible payment gateways and showed
him how to manage orders using the store and merchant control panels. |
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Enhance Content Management System: NetAcceleration.com,
hosting and web design company. See screenshots. I added blog management and issue tracking
features to a Content Management System using PHP and MySQL. For blog management,
I added blog creation and comment editing features and fixed problems with
photo upload. I added a blog display feature to the public view. For issue
tracking, I added a filter bar so site managers can filter bug reports by
category, priority, status, etc. NetAcceleration.com |
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New PHP website: NII-Landscape.com,
irrigation and landscaping service. Created new website for landscaper to
expand business by showcasing his best work. Chose from hundreds of photos
to make several stories to illustrate problems solved, interviewed landscaper
to create inviting copy to highlight details. Developed PHP template to
speed development. |
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Enhance existing web application: Monitrix, Inc.,
data-driven PHP questionnaire: Improved online patient daily diary for
pain management study. Improved questionnaire completion rate by color
coding calendar and adding progress indicator bar, populating these
features via information queried from the database. Solved problem of
excessive download time for a data-heavy page by switching to AJAX for
query of only relevant data as needed. Studied existing code to specify
best plan for changes, worked with team to specify database changes, and
modified existing PHP and JavaScript code to complete the changes. Testimonial |
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New web application with e-commerce: PhotoGetaway.com,
a website for event photographers. My client had a dream of creating his
own web business centered around photography. The dream has turned into
a place on the web where event photographers can present their photos for
sale. To create PhotoGetaway.com I:
Testimonial |
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Enhance existing web application: SJSU
Sharsmith Herbarium, a non-profit web application to look up plants
in the University herbarium. The existing application put the herbarium
online, but searching was slow. My enhancements speeded up the searching
process. I updated the search form
and created a new intermediate results
page, making it much faster to get to one or more herbarium details
pages. Testimonial |
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Enhance existing website: Mannikkins
Contemporary Casuals, clothing design and sales. Updated clothing designer's
website in a hurry. Client had photos of new products ready to add to website,
needed them in a week for vendor meeting, but her existing web developer
was unavailable. I added her new photos, modified a page template to contain
images for a new product line, and created a new composite image, all with
no downtime to her existing website and completed on time. Testimonial
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Content Management System: Achievexcorp.com,
sales training. Moved trainer's website to a CMS, allowing more functionality
and easier updating. Converted and posted streaming video, configured mailing
list manager, embedded Flash movie, added stock photos and set up Amazon
affiliate page. |
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New catalog website: paeinc.us,
a niche business for electronic pulse generators. I converted my client's
product catalog to web pages. Now, his customers like to browse the product
specifications without having to call him. Testimonial |
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Enhance existing website: Steve
Piazzale, career/life coaching services. Steve had created his own web
site, but wanted to give it a more professional look. We lightened his photo,
added his new content, and added a navigation bar. I also helped him with
some technical issues so he could continue to manage his website himself.
Here's how his website looked before
and after the change. (Note I've hidden
Steve's identity on the example pages, to prevent search engines from finding
this outdated information.) |
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New website: CommunicationAcademy.com,
a business providing classes to improve children's communication skills.
My client already advertised in local communication catalogs, but now his
potential and returning customers have a place on the web to learn more.
Testimonial |
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Brochure website: ButcherRanch.org,
Created single page website for small ranch selling Santa Rosa plums in
Sunnyvale, CA. |
