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Web Development Projects


Since 1997, I've been involved with a small collection of website development projects. Some were projects of my own making, others were brought to me by my employer, and with only minor exception, I was usually very proud of these projects. However, work relationships change, and websites get out-of-date, (even my own!)

Eventually, most sites evolve and mature as they change web-master hands, and often that can be a bumpy road. All in all, there's a lot of pride, and few regrets, even when the original work is long gone. Today, I'm pleased to say there are a handfull of projects still happily alive and productive. Those still kicking have active links below.


 

www.highfallsadvisors.com   In mid-2007, I created a new website for High Falls Advisors, which is a group of financial advisors here in Rochester. There's a fair amount of content management features on this site, and some clever DHTML that I lifted from the Sea Dragons work. This particular project I pursued under my employment with LPA, so that my friends at High Falls could have a more business-like relationship. It's worked out very well for everyone.


 

www.seadragons.org   At the beginning of 2007, I was approached by Matt Geherin to recreate the website for his private swim club. It started out easy enough, with static pages, then grew and grew with a fairly significant database feeding the content of members-only pages.


 

www.fancyfurgroomer.com   April of 2007, I noticed that my friend's business still had a parked domain, but no website. I offered to help, and a few weeks later we had this cute, brochure-like website.


 

www.carmsfamilyrestaurant.com   In October 2005, a friend hooked me up with Mauro Petrella, owner of Carmine's Family Restaurant. Mauro wanted his menu on the web, and a little website identity. Carmine's is a fantastic place for burgers and pizza, and Mauro turned out to be a really great guy to work for. I couldn't ask for a better situation than this -- I'm really very proud of this site.


 

I maintained my employer's website off and on ever since I came on-board. In early 2011, when it was redesigned by an outside firm.


 

In September of 2005, I was approached by a co-worker and friend, who was also the Vice President of the Webster Theatre Guild. Rich was heading up a committee in charge of creating a website for the Theatre Guild. Inspired by a similar theme other of Theatre Guild websites, I created this neat design, complete with a stage floor, curtains and stagelights. I know that sounds hokey, but it was really clean and served them well for 3 years.


 

www.olbro.com   9 years running, this site has a light, southwestern appeal. The owner is a really great guy, and has often kept me happy with free samples. Online since June of 1998, I really like this particular site -- it's cute and fun!
 
 

As contracted through Apex, this site was designed to augment the CCNY Sales and Marketing materials. First published in October of 1999, it was a very organized web, and took nearly three weeks full time effort while between long-term assignments. CCNY took over webmaster responsibilities after deployment, and used the design for over 3 years before remodeling. I like their current design.
 
 

Back in 1998, I created this site for my employer at the time. It was a clean little site, with a tidy ASP database of job listings, and it remained online for three years before being replaced with a new, far less appealing design. The current site is, well, kind of lame.
 
 

In Fall of 1999, while between long-term assignments at Apex, I was asked to create this website for C.J. Winter. This was a fun challenge, because there was a strong database requirement for this project. It was a truly excellent site at the time it was delivered. Since then it was truly butchered for a number of years, until recently redesigned into something slick.
 
 

My second website project, I built this web in February 1998 through my employment at Apex, and supported it as webmaster until April 2001. Although mostly static, it would easily average over 50,000 hits a month. But after 3 years, the design was getting pretty stale, albeit functional and clean. Eventually, webmaster responsibilities shifted back to Apex, and without vision or creativity, the site rapidly declined. Today, it's still pretty amature.
 
 

Experimenting with the business name Online Brochures, I created the initial deliverables for this organization, who then took over when it went online in March of 1999. The overall design served them well for 7 years before they had it redesigned in 2006.


 

Royal Limo Service   My very first commercial web site, designed in November of 1997 in barter for a stretch limo and a Rolls Royce at my Wedding. Cute for 1997, Royal Limo never really grasped the marketing opportunity here. Over the years their business changed operating staff, and they lost track of their website. Still, follow the link to a copy I keep around... strictly for sentiment.