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http://www.frobba.com
This is the current design of my website, Frobba.com. The layout uses a CSS sheet that can later be swapped for a different sheet for an entire facelift without altering the underlying HTML code. The blogging system is a semi-modular content management system (CMS) developed from the ground up by myself that I've named Frisbee. The Frisbee platform features a control panel that allows complete control over the content of the blog, tags, comments, etc. This is also the latest version of the HTML skeleton. The previous version needed an update, so the entire site was rewritten.
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http://www.frobba.com/main_oldschool.asp?sheet=green2
This design/layout of my website uses an older verison of the HTML skeleton. The CSS sheet can be changed with a simple URL parameter to change the entire layout and design of the site. This design was inspired be classic B-horror film posters of the 30s and 40s.
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http://www.frobba.com/main_oldschool.asp?sheet=white
This design was inspired by the volume meters on stereos. As a designer who has always had his hand and heart in music at any given moment, I felt it a natural melding of two of my favorite things. After spending more time than I should have to locate a proper font, the section headers on the navigation column were created square-by-square in Photoshop. I wanted a clean, stream-lined design and I feel that that challenge was met.
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http://www.frobba.com/main_oldschool.asp?sheet=polaroid
I wanted to incorporate multiple events in my life into a single design. I accomplished this by using photos of myself and friends and combining common Photoshop tools and a simple handwriting font, I turned those digital photos into Polaroids. The pseudo-chalkboard in the masthead was added in because of my feeling that I'm constantly learning. This layout uses a fluid design to allow it to fit on any sized monitor.
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http://colonelpanic.frobba.com
Colonel Panic is a local "nerdcore hip-hop" rapper. CP's website did not have very much content, so to cut down on senseless clicking by the user and to streamline the entire site, I went with a single-page design that features a biography, a music player, download link, and a blog that uses the Frisbee platform. The album download link beneath the player uses a modification of the Lightbox JavaScript framework.
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http://www.start-select.com
Start Select is a local band that does instrumental covers of classic Nintendo game music. In keeping with that theme, I modeled the masthead image off of Super Mario Bros. 3. I also used bright, high-contrast colors similar to those used in classic 8-bit games. Start-Select uses a heavily modified version of Frisbee that allows for music and photo uploads, as well as an events option to list upcoming gigs.
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http://www.hra-hrhs.org
Holy Rosary is a local Catholic grade and high school. Their original website consisted of basic HTML and frames with JPEG exports of PowerPoint slides for content. They wanted a clean, user-friendly website to "wow" parents of potential students. This design uses no tables and features a header image made from several images taken of students at various events. As it stands, the site is currently all static XHTML pages, but the client would like to move to a CMS in the near future if necessity dictates so.
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This is the original Photoshop mock-up of the Holy Rosary website. The client loved the layout for the Academy, but felt it was not suited for the High School. I made the suggestion that both the Academy and High School should have the same layout so as to simplify the experience for parents with younger and older children. The client agreed that would be a betetr decision, so this design, consisting of compiled stock images, paper created using gradients and drop shadows, and doodles and homework written left-handed by myself on a Wacom tablet.
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Unfortunately, this design is no longer active so all I have is a screenshot. The owner of the company wanted a slick, simple website that still packed in the huge amounts of information already available on their website. I chose soft colors, and a simple sans-serif font. The old layout of the site didn't feature any items for sale on the website and only had a "Welcome!" message. I chose to spotlight top-selling items, as well as older, slower-moving items to help promote more sales of these items. The site also got discount and imports sections, as well as a "Collections" feature that allowed registered users to track games, systems, and accessories they already owned, and a wish list of items they'd like to own.
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http://www.cpdi.net
Convention Plant Designs creates floral arrangements for conventions. Since they have a large library of images of work they've done, I wanted the content to speak for them, not so much the website itself. I accomplished this by make a minimalist design that present their work in an easy-to-use, attractive package. The site features a custom-designed gallery feature that makes it super-easy for CPDI to add new images. The galleries look for all images in certain folders and displays them in a paginated form. No databases or confusing backends to use -- simply upload new images to the appropriate folders and the new images display on the site instantly. Textual content is updateable by CPDI via CushyCMS.
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http://www.funky49.com
funky49 is a nerdcore rapper that just recently had an album release on disc and digital form on iTunes. To synchronize with the release of his album Starblazer, he wanted a space theme. The design and layout of the site is a theme that sits on top of the Joomla content management system. This allows flexible updates by funky49.
