Portfolio
Since living in Gloucestershire, Sam has has been creating content-managed e-commerce and brochure sites for individuals and small-medium businesses & organisations, some of which are featured below:
WoodUWaste.com and DonateYourFuelAllowance.com
2 Wordpress sites, one main one: WoodUWaste.com and a microsite – DonateYourFuelAllowance.com.
Brief:
- Initially to re-design the WoodUWaste.com site to be more functional & accessible than its predecessor and for the content to better reflect the organisation’s current activities.
- The site also needed to include the new Winter Fuel Payments appeal, which uses the secure Virgin money giving website to collect donations
- It became apparent during the design process that a second micro-site, aimed specifically at the winter fuel payment would provide more clarity
- Therefore two sites have been created; they are visually similar, reflecting the WoodUWaste brand and referring to each other, but their focus and content differs
Pan-Global Plants
(MYSQL & PHP scripting by Tom Buckley Houston)
A Wordpress site combined with a plant-database for a rare plant nursery, incorporating plant directory and blogs.
Brief:
- To update the design of the existing site (created by MrsTTH 4 years ago) while at the same time migrating from the MovableType CMS to Wordpress
- To maintain the look and feel of the site which the client was very happy with, but to make use of recent technological advances such as wider screens and general developments in web media
- To simplify the system of image upload for the client where possible, as well as simplifying the overall process of updating the site
- To add a new Press section as well as information about the printed catalogue and the cartoons that illustrate it
Tree Maintenance Ltd.
A Wordpress site for a well-established company of tree surgeons and tree consultants.
Brief:
- To replace the company’s existing 7-year-old site with something more contemporary
- For the site to appeal to a variety of different target audiences: both private and commercial tree surgery clients, the commercial development market and private clients needing arboricultural consultancy
- For the site to be easy to update as necessary
The Palace of Stories
A Wordpress site containing a catalogue of over one hundred downloadable audio stories for children.
Stories db created by Michael J. Ferguson
Brief:
- To use a specific image created by my client’s wife as a starting point to the design
- For visitors to be able to buy stories individually via Paypal, or subscribe for a year for access to the whole catalogue
- For the site to contain a free, monthly podcast which would be avaliable via Itunes
- For the client to be able to update all parts of the site himself, including adding new stories to the catalogue, updating the blog and creating monthly podcasts
Woodruffs Organic Café
A Wordpress site for an organic café in Stroud High Street.
Brief:
- To create a site for a successful High Street café advertising the lesser-known aspects of their business, such as cookery lessons, their new outside catering service, art exhibitions and even job vacancies.
- To take photos of their food for use in the site and other advertising
- For the site to be easily updated by the client
Tiggy Lessner, Garden Designer
A Wordpress site for a garden designer based near Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Brief:
- To create a brochure site for a client with good technical skills to update easily
- To teach the client (a designer with considerable Photoshop skills) how to create and optimise images for the web
- To work with the client to achieve search engine optimisation
Rachel Oldfield, Children’s Illustrator
An e-commerce website for a children’s illustrator, using Wordpress and the Paypal Shopping Cart. Initially selling canvas prints and posters, but with a view to expanding the product range in the future.
Brief:
- To create a logo and site design that was in keeping with Rachel’s illustrative style.
- For the site to scale from a limited product range to a more complex one
- To configure the Paypal Shopping Cart to receive transactions from worldwide customers
Dr. Mark Porter MBE
An online media resource using Wordpress for Dr. Mark Porter, a GP based in Gloucestershire who also hosts a medical programme for Radio 4 and writes a column for the Times and for Sainsburys Magazine. The interface design was created by Maybug Creative, while the Wordpress development was carried out by MrsThinkyThoughtHead.
Brief:
- To consult with Maybug Creative in developing a sitemap and interface design compatible with Wordpress functionality
- To develop the site in Wordpress according to the agreed design
- To provide a tutorial in the use of Wordpress
Red Kite
A Wordpress site for an environmental consultancy.
Brief:
- To develop an existing static site into one that is easily updated by the client
- To make the content more accessible, as previous site stats showed that much of the main content was not being read
- To create a design that incorporated the company’s new branding
Victoria Jinivizian, Painter
A semi-dynamic site for an artist, incorporating Michael J. I. Jackson’s Shadowbox online media viewer application.
Brief:
- To create a simple site to display paintings and drawings by an artist
- For the site to have a dynamic element in displaying the images
- To provide a way to contact the artist
The Village Inn, Nailsworth
A Wordpress site for a local Pub.
Brief:
- To create a site advertising the events going on at the Pub
- To create a design that matches the Pub’s existing brand
- To provide copy and take photographs of the Pub and it’s events
The Snowball Gang
A Wordpress CMS-driven site for a community-based art project in aid of Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
Brief:
- To create a site for someone with reasonable technical knowledge to update simply
- To create a logo and design from scratch
- To display good quality photographs of the project as it progresses
- To provide a flexible navigational system to cope with an experimental project as it develops
Centered Yoga Studio
A brochure site for an Ayengar yoga studio, advertising class times and contact details.
Brief:
- Design and build a site with minimally changing content
- To convey the surrounding countryside within the design
- To take photographs of the studio, classes and teacher
- To incorporate the font already used in other printed literature from the studio