Some of the amazing things I've made
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Denise Fellows: Medium
A website created to help promote Denise Fellows, a medium now based out of Australia. Customers can book a reading via PayPal, then upload a photo, which is directly sent to Denise to complete an email reading. Testimonials are processed in XML, to prevent the requirement of a database, which was identified as not being needed for a site of this size. A built-in currency converter was created to convert the cost from Australian Dollars to New Zealand Dollars, using the latest rates, within the page text, to prevent the user from having to visit a currency conversion site manually, or having to use an on-page tool.
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Optimus PC Website Coding
After being provided with a pre-purchased template by the client, I was tasked with developing a custom online store for the ordering of computer systems. The system tied in with PayPal to provide payment services, and provided shopping cart facilities, along with additional pages such as warranty and company information.
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UnderCover
An application which acts as an alternative iTunes mini player for Windows XP, Vista or 7, and allows for vast control of the iTunes application through a COM wrapper, which interacts with the main iTunes interface. Adding global support for multimedia keys, displaying album art on the desktop in a convenient window, allowing for the hiding of iTunes on launch and showing again on exit, deep Windows 7 integration and more make this tool invaluable for any user of iTunes on Windows. I also developed the website for this application.
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Final Prestige Website Coding
After being provided with a mockup to work from, I was approached to create a website for Final Prestige, a website retailing various themes developed and designed by the aforementioned entity. This project required me to create a Client Center from the ground up, with the ability to email support tickets, read knowledge base articles, view transaction history and more. In addition, I was also required to create an online store interface that connects with PayPal to handle payment, as well as create about and hosting pages, with the ability to edit said pages.
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Bulletsphere Website Redesign
This project required me to design a new website for Bulletsphere, based around an existing custom made CMS that was integrated with phpBB. This included the implementation of an AJAX login feature, the creation of a 'collapse and expand' feature for the featured items at the top of the page, cleaner URLs, and the aforementioned design overhaul. The logo was not designed by myself, and the site makes use of the Fugue Icon Set.
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Final Prestige 2.0
After developing the first version of the Final Prestige website, the owner of the site was ready to take it to the next level, providing clients with even more functionality and convenience. From this, Final Prestige version 2.0 was born. This version introduces a completely new custom-made content management system, where pages can be easily modified; provides administrators with greatly improved tools; enhances the product purchase process, with purchased scripts being delivered immediately to customers upon payment; allows users to more easily order custom designs; integrates the main site with the Final Prestige forums; introduces a shopping cart system and so much more. Check out the live site to experience all the exciting features first-hand.
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Transit
Transit is a project that I've been working on, that allows you to access your files around the world, from a friendly and easy to use interface. The icons used in the user interface were created by the Tango Desktop Project.
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GHI Group Website
I was approached to design and develop a website for GHI Group, an insurance brokerage based in New Zealand. They required a one page site, with information about the company itself, the services it provides and details on each of the team members.
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Friendship Teabags Website
After being provided with images to use for the design of the site, I was asked to develop a website for Friendship Teabags, which included a home page, a page displaying the available range, and an online store (which was built from the ground up).
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Hexparts.com Website Mockup #1
A website layout created for a competition for hexparts.com; this layout was not chosen. It makes use of the colours of the hexparts.com logo, which are primarily green, blue and orange.
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Hexparts.com Website Mockup #2
A website mockup created for a competition for hexparts.com; this layout was not chosen. This design aimed to create a simple yet effective feel, by using the dominant colour scheme of orange and blue. As with the first mockup, some of the colours from the hexparts.com logo were used.
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Tauranga Audiology Website
A website created for Tauranga Audiology. The colours for this website were derived from the company's existing logo. The design features a main banner area which introduces the visitor, as well as content columns with information about the company itself.
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WebCipher
WebCipher is the first large computer programming project I have created. It is a web design and development editor with a large feature set that aims to help web designers and developers create code more efficiently. It is free and can be downloaded from the WebCipher website.
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Arcade Classic Pack Website Concept
A website concept created for a competition in Neowin's Graphics Exchange Forum. The design was to reflect a games pack consisting of 9 arcade games; this was accomplished by use of fun, bright and friendly colours such as cool blues and bright oranges. This design was not selected by the person who placed the request.
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Pete's Friggin Sweet Galleries
After being presented with a design from which to work from, I was required to create a gallery that would allow the user to select various photos in a gallery without refreshing the page. In addition, support for additional galleries was added, as well as automatic generation of thumbnail images, and the ability to download images from the gallery. This gallery is no longer in use.
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Blue Glow Wordpress Theme
This theme features a black and bright blue colour scheme, that aims to represent a bright glow. It was designed for Wordpress 2.0, and is available to download for free. If you would like the Blue Glow Wordpress Theme, please contact me. I would be happy to provide you with it.
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Braeside Bookkeeping Logo
A logo concept for Braeside Bookkeeping. When designing this logo, I was aiming for a simple design, that would look good in various colours or on signage. This logo is not in use by Braeside Bookkeeping.
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Cloud 15 Banner
A banner design for the Cloud 15 forum and website (cloud15.net). When designing this banner, I aimed to create a soft effect. This was achieved by using a soft blue colour scheme, and the logo contains an image of a cloud, representing Cloud 15. This banner is not currently being used by Cloud 15.
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Midnight Wallpaper
This wallpaper contrasts with the Snow Vision Wallpaper. It depicts a moon, which beams its bright light onto a large field. The crescent shape of the moon is also present in an enlarged form, which lightens a portion of the image.
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Nautic Marine Website
Nautic Marine required a website that would have the ability to showcase the boat designs that they have available for purchase. I fulfilled those requirements by using a CSS photo gallery, which provided not only a view of each boat, but details as well. The design of this particular website is navy blue, with golden highlights for emphasis.
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PHPackages Banner
A banner design for PHPackages, a collection of PHP based tools. As requested, I aimed to create a banner that blended with the current theme of the website, hence the grey colours. Featuring '?php', this banner also makes a connection with the name of the product.
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PHPackages Mockup
Despite it not being used on the PHPackages website, this mockup was created as per a request in Sourceforge's 'Help Wanted' section. I aimed to create a glass effect with this mockup, that looked modern.
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Snow Vision Wallpaper
This wallpaper was inspired by the weather. It depicts a snowy landscape, within which snowballs are falling from the clouds above. The sun manages to peek out from behind the clouds.
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The Flow Zone Banner
A top banner background designed for theflowzone.net. A banner was required that would fit in with the existing colour scheme of the website, therefore I created a banner featuring a colour scheme of teal green. The arrow design gives a flowing feeling, as the arrows are connected to one another. This connection is repeated through various layers of the arrows, varying in transparency. This banner is not currently being used on theflowzone.net.
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Upitfree Mockup 1
Website mockups for Upitfree.com, an image uploading service. These mockups were not used; however, the design that was used can be viewed at upitfree.com. The first mockup is based around a red and orange colour scheme, and incorporates a step by step uploading process, with three boxes - the first allowing you to choose your image, the second allowing you to enter a comment, and the third allowing you to choose whether or not to make the image private and allowing you to upload the image.
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Upitfree Mockup 2
The second mockup features a more simplified design - it includes a box which allows the user to select the image they wish to upload. It also includes an upload button below the box, as well as the option of making the image private. An 'Add more files' button allows the user to upload up to five files at once. Both mockups include a navigation bar, which is located at the top of each mockup, and allow for the inclusion of Google Advertisements.
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Yazoot Logo Concept
A website banner was required for the Yazoot calendar script. I developed a logo concept, and the developer of Yazoot is deciding whether they will use it or not. The logo concept features two main images - a calendar and a clock, which portray the use of the script. In addition to this, the text "Yazoot" is displayed next to it in dark teal. Also featured in the logo are two silver gradients, positioned at the top and bottom of the banner.
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Pure Gaming News Mockup 1
A website concept for Pure Gaming News, a website that provides information on console and computer gaming. The arrow presented in the logo at the top of the page is used to link to a computer mouse, a common component in computer gaming. Overall, I decided to go for a deep red and black colour scheme.
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Pure Gaming News Mockup 2
Another mockup for the Pure Gaming News website. This time around, I aimed to create a calming black and blue colour scheme, that provided a relaxed atmosphere for the website itself. The design allows for the integration of a news script or CMS as well.
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HDrive CMS
A custom content management system developed for hdrive.org. Whilst I did not create the design, I developed the underlying code for the CMS, which included a categories system, posting system, commenting system and administration panel. This CMS is no longer in use by HDrive.
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Zen Web Design Banner
This was a banner concept for Zen Web Design. I aimed to create a natural and earth feel with the use of the brown, glossy bar and print style font. The image that is included in the logo was requested to be included in the banner.
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AnySW Button
A graphic concept for software rated highly for AnySW. This graphic depicts a tick to show its high selection, and the script style writing of "pick" shows the personal selection of the highly rated software applications.
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Dusk Computers
A logo concept for Dusk Computers, which makes use of a dark orange, yellow and black colour scheme. The black background shows the darkness of dusk, whilst the "burning" sun depicts the state of the sun at this time. The font used for the "Dusk Computers" text ties the logo together.
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Windows Connected Sticker Concept
A sticker created for the promotion of WindowsConnected.com, in a competition found on the forum, Neowin.net. This design was not chosen for use by the competition organizer. The black orb used in the design is similar to the black gloss style bars found in Windows Vista. Also, the green orb resembles 'go' and moving forward, and the symbol in the green orb resembles connectivity.
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Cathedral High School Website and CMS
A website layout, base coding and content management system created for Cathedral High School, based in Ontario, Canada. The layout was created to the specifications of a student of the school, who also requested it. A navigation bar, sidebar, header, footer and main content area were included in the website layout and base coding. The content management system included the ability to create, edit and delete pages, as well as the ability to create and delete users, among other features. This layout and CMS is no longer being used by Cathedral High School.
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