The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s web team offers its services for hire among other state and federal agencies. Among their long-term federal contracts was a library of information related to road construction work zones. The site was approximately ten years old and … [Read more...]
Berkeley College of Engineering theme framework and content model
The University of California at Berkeley's College of Engineering had a huge demand for WordPress sites and not enough staff to handle each request individually. Their marketing team asked me to build a theme framework that would offer a few color scheme options in compliance … [Read more...]
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Search
The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is a small state agency that provides diagnostic testing services to veterinarians. The website includes a database of available tests, shipping instructions for biological samples, a reference library, an archive of news … [Read more...]
3D Symposium
Scott Westerfeld, Afterworlds
Scott's new book, Afterworlds, needed a very different look from his previous WWI-era steampunk trilogy. The change gave me the opportunity to rebuild the site from the ground up--including the SMF theme, something I'd never done before. It's now responsive, which makes everyone … [Read more...]
Justine Larbalestier, 2013
Justine still loved the 2008 version of her site, but wanted to refresh and update it a little. We decided to keep the background, which had become a signature look for her, and give the main content more contrast. We rethought the navigation entirely and replaced some of the … [Read more...]
Texas A&M University at Qatar conference network
I had worked with Texas A&M University at Qatar before to set up last-minute sites for events. We agreed that this was not the ideal process, and they set aside some time for me to create a better solution. We set up a new multisite network and created a sample site with … [Read more...]
FirstCall
FirstCall is the helpdesk site for the AgriLife division of the Texas A&M University System. I worked with the in-house team to rewrite the content, reorganize the home page and the site navigation, and design a WordPress theme that reflected the organization's new, … [Read more...]
Cassie Alexander
Cassie had been using WordPress with free themes for some time when she sold her first novel. As its release date approached, she needed a "more grown-up" look. I took advantage of the striking cover art and worked a little magic so the text of Cassie's blog posts wraps around … [Read more...]
Texas Transportation Institute
After I finished TTI's events site, the group asked me to make the main site's theme responsive. I reworked the slider plugin, rearranged content for mobile, and rewrote hard-coded home page elements as widgets. … [Read more...]