Portfolio In Between

Bristol u35s BDSM Meetup

This was a voluntary project, and as such I got to play with it as much as I wanted.  XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2 site, with a newsletter managed through MailChimp.  Basically a hub for accessing the FetLife group (which takes the role of forum), newsletter signup (which delivers up-to-date information via email), and other significant information to do with the meetup: so simplicity was key.  Hopefully it will be extended to include more social network integration such as Twitter, Facebook and Informed Consent in the future.

Branding was quite significant here, as the group wished it to remain simple, inoffensive and yet at the same time recognisable.  To ensure consistency Kinkasaurus Rex was chosen to be a prominent part of the look and feel of all their promotional marerial, which includes the newsletter and paper flyers.  I think he does the job marvelously.

Freya Eostre

Finally, complete creative freedom!  I am voluntary web master for dear Freya Eostre, who has just published her first book, Manifesting Mr Wonderful.  Using WordPress, CSS 2, XHTML 1.0, PHP and a little javascript I created a site both pleasant for the site user to see, and easy for Freya to update herself.

The look, feel, shape, size – ok, everything except the words are my own creation.  I used the Wordpress theme ‘Beauty’  by AllPrices as a starting point, so kudos to them.  Why reinvent the wheel when all you’re making is the chassis, that’s my philosophy.

http://ultimateindulgences.co.uk/

Ultimate Indulgences

Freelanced through Mortis2000 Ltd, this was built on pre-existing branding. The design was all my own child, and I had great fun being inventive within the boundaries set for me. It’s always a pleasure to meet a challenge with as much success as I feel I achieved with this design. CSS, XHTML 1.0 transitional, of course. In fact, everything is unless I say otherwise. I’m rather pleased with the CSS menus. All power to CSS rollovers!

I was incredibly pleased when this passed the W3C validation test for both HTML and CSS without need for any alterations. I do believe I’ve hit my peak on that front!

The contact form was coded and inserted by Rob Dixon, though hopefully I won’t have to resort to his expertise again, now that he’s passed on the skills to me.

http://livinglibertine.livejournal.com/

LivingLibertine @ Livejournal

Livejournal – a pleasant challenge for me, and with excellent results. As my first LJ layout, I based the coding on the Magic Paper layout by Simone Plebani. The images are all my own work, as was the tweaking of the code to fit my own ideas. This was created to match the design I am currently working on for aplaceinbetween.com, my personal site. Watch this space for that to appear!

http://aplaceinbetween.com/Clicksy/

Clicksy

This was a commission that was never followed through, so it remains unfinished. However, I’m still quite pleased with the result, so it resides on my server in the form it is. It’s only a 2 page template, gallery and home page, but it was a full branding piece,with the logo, colour scheme, everything sprouting from my own creativity – not something I get to do very often.

CSS and XHTML 1.0 transitional, individually coded and all of the design made from scratch. This one is all my fault, and I happily take the blame. I just wish I had been given the opportunity to put it out there properly!

http://mistressxena.co.uk

Mistress Xena

This was a redesign and streamlining of a pre-existing design, much kept to the same look and feel of the previous one.  More an exercise in SEO than design, it was stil very fulfilling. DW template with CSS and XHTML 1.0 transitional, quick, simple and effective.

http://myspace.com/thealmightybobbu

The Almighty Bobbu's Myspace

Yes, I do Myspace layouts too.  I prefer working on the old layouts, but the new 2.0 versions are fun too.  This is my own Myspace, coded and designed with the aid of many a tutorial.  Images are of me, taken by a variety of my friends.  Simple, clean, and full of me – the way I like it.

http://aplaceinbetween.com/Cycle2008

Cycle 2008

Simple, ugly, and nasty website that I made for a friend’s project back in 2008 (obviously).  He had no sense of design, and didn’t let me have any room to breathe. Possibly one of the most unpleasant jobs I’ve ever done, but the CSS isn’t bad.  And I did have fun colouring that picture at the top of the page.

DW template, CSS and HTML 4.0 Transitional, with a contact page generated by http://www.freecontactform.com, because I wasn’t going to waste time making one myself. Scratch-built look, logo, etc – but not my ideas.  In this instance, I was but an agent of photoshop and HTML in order to make the client’s ideas hit the page.

http://aplaceinbetween.com/REDnw/

RED NW

Yes, this is one hell of an ugly website, but it’s what the client wanted. Unfortunately, the business disappeared before this version could go live. The previous, equally ugly, yet somewhat more functional website was this one:

http://aplaceinbetween.com/REDnw/prev

RED NW previous design

They were both DW template based design and coding (XHTML 1.0 transitional)  mainly by myself, with some of the more interesting features of the site developed by Rob Dixon, of Mortis2000 Ltd, the company I regularly freelance for as Creative Director.  Their branding and colour scheme was pre-existing, and dictated primarily by their stationary.  Please, by the gods, don’t blame me for that.

http://aplaceinbetween.com/EvolutionMortgages/

Evolution Mortgages

Evolution Mortgages was my first commercial project, done many years ago – back when table-based websites were still commonplace. Unfortunately the company went under, so its only home is now on my server at A Place In Between, which is a shame, because a lot of work went into the flash animations – a different one on each of the seventeen pages.  Go on, take a look through,  I know you’ll love them!

Once again, the site was created with a DW template, XHTML 1.0 transitional, with the contact ages coded (badly by someone else) and prodded into something like a consistent design.  Branding was pre-existing, so this was created to fit their logo, but give them a more friendly and less clinical appearance.