TTI asked me to help them implement a custom post type for their conferences (essentially an upcoming events system) and to replace the defunct CheezCap plugin they'd been using to manage per-site customizations for their Genesis child theme. I implemented an … [Read more...] about Texas Transportation Institute Events
Education
My clients in higher education generally need custom search interfaces for multiple data types. I help them set up automated data imports from external sources or APIs, remediate the incoming metadata, and create customized WordPress authoring interfaces tailored to their data models. Whether we need to create a new theme or design the site to match institutional branding, I design a custom search interface to take full advantage of the available metadata.
Strategic Research Development
The Strategic Research Development group was, like many offices at Texas A&M University, stuck with an old Dreamweaver-based website they didn't know how to maintain. I moved the content into WordPress using the HTML Import plugin, designed them a simple theme (a child theme … [Read more...] about Strategic Research Development
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
TVMDL was moving into WordPress with the help of some very talented in-house people, but they were having trouble getting past their old content. I did a content inventory and helped them implement some of the changes they wanted to make to the AgriLife parent theme. Along the … [Read more...] about Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Texas A&M University at Qatar
The Texas A&M campus at Qatar had been up and running with WordPress for a while, but they needed a review of their custom theme. Its developers had, as it turned out, done a lot of things on the checklist of what not to do. The theme included the complete source code of four … [Read more...] about Texas A&M University at Qatar
South Central Writing Centers Association
This was one of the fastest migrations I've ever done. I was asked to see what I could do with the site without spending a lot of time on it. I ran its files through the HTML Import plugin, cleaned up and reorganized the content, and moved the new site to wordpress.com... all in … [Read more...] about South Central Writing Centers Association
Cleopatra
Cleopatra is the University Writing Center's scheduling system. Students log in to make appointments to get help with their writing. Writing Center consultants see their upcoming appointments (and other assignments), keep notes on what was discussed in each session, and request … [Read more...] about Cleopatra
