This Manhattan real estate agency wanted a clean and simple design to show off their property photos and a robust content management system (CMS) that would facilitate the frequent updates required for their constantly-changing inventory of properties. In addition to designing the "look and feel" of the site, I researched and selected a CMS to meet their needs and customized it, which entailed configuration of the database and search engine, development of 30+ individual templates, and a variety of custom scripts to display open house listings, contact forms, "tell-a-friend" and mapping functionality, and printable pages.

The ongoing goal of this project is to give the nonprofit organization a unique identity of its own, with architecture focused on the charitable mission, while also employing a look and feel expressing the max's kansas city brand and alluding to the long-standing dot-com site (see max's kansas city below). In designing the nonprofit site, I used elements of the original site, brought in some movement with a Flash header, created a new introductory Flash movie with interactive controls and alternate content for non-Flash-enabled browsers, and reworked the structure and content. I also customized an auction application in Perl. Work remaining includes addition of more photographs to replace the current placeholders, a new content strategy highlighting the organization's fundraising events and charity activities, and a new overall strategy dealing with the relationship between the for-profit and nonprofit sites.

e-Commerce: I configured and customized Miva Merchant and PayPal shopping carts, and implemented Network for Good donations.

The original maxskansascity.com was a flat HTML site done in frames with a splash page -- a structure that decreased usability and made maintenance very difficult. I restructured the site using PHP server-side includes to facilitate updates and redesigned the architecture by removing the splash page, redesigning the home page, adding new sections, and enhancing navigation. I also customized and implemented a Perl blog application to make news updates easier (for visitors as well as the site owner). The image to the left is my digital drawing of one corner of max's famous back room.

e-Commerce: To facilitate sales of T-shirts, CDs, and collectibles, I implemented a PayPal shopping cart. I also set up Amazon.com Associate links to sell max's-related books and videos and customized and implemented a Miva Merchant shopping cart.

This nonprofit organization offers clinical education programs to medical care providers around the world. I developed an online version of the print brochure for the December 2003 "Women & HIV" conference with an online conference registration solution.

e-Commerce: I provided research on online registration solutions and implemented e-RSVP, a third-party registration solution package that includes payment processing and contact management. Additionally, the site accepts donations via Network for Good.

The Pink Pussy Cat Boutique is an adult toystore and a pop cultural landmark in New York City as well as in Florida. I redesigned the site from the ground up, in phases so the site would pay for its own rebirth. (Many elements of my work remain live on the current site.)

e-Commerce: Americart shopping cart.