*dabbles in web development and design
Mencap Screenshots: Play 1 2 3 4
Mencap Christmas eCards 2009-2011
Originally, Mencap supplied me with four great christmas card designs, each created by a person with a learning disability. I animated these designs with Flash and integrated them into an e-card system, where people could put a personal message inside and then email their card to someone for Christmas. The project was to help raise awareness and money for Mencap, and was extremely rewarding: over 6000 eCards were sent using the web app over Christmas 2009.
Demo: See the 'Buttons' Card Animation
Client Tech: XHTML, CSS, Flash | Server Tech: ASP 3.0, Access
Ziggg Screenshots: Play 1 2 3 4 5
Ziggg
(past project: live site no longer active)
I designed and created this interactive site for Ziggg, in Flash. The main user interface is a vector illustration, depicting the 'Z' of the 'Ziggg' logo as a rugged 3D mountain range. The first version was an ice landscape, shortly followed by a green woodland variant: in each case, the mountain side shows different outdoor scenarios where a Ziggg survival bag could be employed.
Client Tech: Flash, ActionScript 2.0, interface code to PayPal Buy It Now
Cycling Animation Screenshots: Play 1 2 3 4 5
Cycling Time Trial Simulation System
I created this full-featured web application as a fun way for cyclists to 're-live' their performances in time trial races. The animation allows riders to get a visceral feel for how a race unfolded, because the simulation is able to incorporate lap-split data, as well as the final rider times.
Demo: Watch Demo
Client Tech: Flash, ActionScript 2.0, HTML, CSS, JavaScript | Server Tech: ASP 3.0, Access
Oneandtwenty Screenshots: Play 1 2 3
Oneandtwenty Online MP3 Music
The Oneandtwenty music website is similar to an online iTunes-type system, allowing the music production company to display a library of MP3 tracks to prospective clients. I created the complete site from first principles, using a variety of new web 2.0 technologies. At the back-end is a full-featured content management system, where tracks can be uploaded, organised into categories and tagged with information, ready for display on the website.
Client Tech: XHTML, CSS, Flash MP3 player, JavaScript/Flash Integration Kit, AJAX, jQueryUI | Server Tech: Object Oriented PHP 5, MySQL
SVC Screenshots: Play 1 2 3 4
Sett Valley Cycles
(past project)
I created this site for a local cycle retailer and, again hiding behind the scenes, lies a comprehensive bespoke content management system. Items for purchase through PayPal can be easily added to the site, as can news stories, picture gallery images, opening times, cycle repair prices etc. Amongst other features, the content manager system handles upload, resizing and organisation of images through an 'Image Inventory' interface, and also provides basic web statistics from session data.
Client Tech: HTML, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, a hint of AJAX, PayPal Buy It Now | Server Tech: ASP 3.0, PHP GD, Access
Forum Screenshots: Play 1 2 3
Landlord Forum
I built the forum on the Residential Landlords Association website from first principles. The forum receives substantial traffic, and remains stable to this day, 4 years after launch. Shortly after completion of the main core, I integrated a 'MyForum' system, allowing users to view just their enquiry threads, and also a 'Helpdesk' system. The Helpdesk enabled an RLA professional to privately and publicly respond to posts.
Other content I created for the RLA site included an Demo guide to the Housing Act, using 3D building models I drew in Google Sketchup.
Client Tech: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript | Server Tech: ODBScript, PHP GD, Access
Tour Blog Screenshots: Play 1 2 3
My Cycle Tour of Switzerland Blog
www.shirt-ediss.me/switzerland
This was a great little web application I wrote to support me during my Cycle Tour of Switzerland in June 2007. To update the blog, I could send emails from a standard hotmail account on youth hostel computers, and PHP routines triggered by visitors to the site parsed my POP3 mailbox, and updated the blog feed on the front page with my messages. Some of my email messages could contain coordinates, allowing me to update my current 'real-time' position on the site's map.
Client Tech: XHTML, CSS, Flash, JavaScript slideshow | Server Tech: PHP 5, MySQL