Portfolio
Climbhub (still in beta)
Online climbing guidebook and climbing community social network.
The Climbhub web application is a social networking site for rock climbers. Moderators with responsibility for climbing venues in different areas of the country can enter those venues into the Climbhub application, and enter the established climbing routes at that venue. Any registered user can then access the site and log which routes they have climbed, vote on route grades if they disagree with the guidebook grade, comment on the route and socialise with the other users of Climbhub (posting pictures and commenting on other's). People who have climbed new routes, can publicise them on Climbhubto encourage repeat ascents. The climbers who repeat a new route can then verify it on the site until it becomes an established route.
The Climbhub web application is being developed using the Ruby on Rails web application framework.
- Complete design and development of bespoke social networking site
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Full back-end development including:
- Content CMS
- User account and profile system
- Interactive logbook
- User commenting system
- User uploadable photo system including thumbnailing
- Moderator and administrator rights system for distributing workload
- Ruby on Rails programming
- Front-end design
Country Lane Hampers
Developing and designing a full ecommerce solution for an online hamper retail business.
Country Lane Hampers needed a complete overhaul of their online ecommerce presence. I rebuilt the site from scratch, using the Substruct engine for Ruby on Rails.
If you would like to know more about the benefits of Ruby on Rails as a development platform for your business, get in touch.
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Full back-end development including:
- Content CMS
- Credit card processing
- Stock management
- Order management
- Fulfillment and shipping
- Ruby on Rails programming
- Front-end design
Andy Hunt Illustration
Designing a temporary holding page in lieu of a fully-fledged, Flash portfolio site.
Andy Hunt (one of the guys responsible for creating Gordon the Gopher!), quickly needed a holding page for his domain name in time for publication of an advert. This page is provisional, whilst we work on a more in-depth Flash portfolio site.
Andy has another trick up his sleeve which I will be helping him to implement soon. Watch this space...
- Web design
- AJAX Javascript programming
- PHP programming
Country Lane Foods - Corporate Branding
Creating a visual identity to reinforce the ideals of the newly expanding Country Lane Foods brand.
So far, this project has involved the creation of a visual identity for the business, including logo design and its application on business stationery.
- Logo design
- Letterhead and compliments slips
- Business cards
- Print liaison and oversight
- Corporate style guide
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Classmate Numeracy - Primary school classroom support book
For supporting children in learning maths strategies throughout Keystage 2.
This project entailed the complete design and realisation of a book to be used as classroom support in British primary schools. In particular, for aiding children and their parents to learn strategies for solving maths problems.
- Creative design
- Illustration
- Print liaison and oversight
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Other projects
Website Development
These projects constitute web applications - web sites with database-driven backends that allow client administration and/or user interactivity.
- Drinkmaster website under development - Developed with the Ruby on Rails web application framework, includes a shopping cart system integrated with a payment gateway, product management and upload system, a blog, news article system and special offer and promotions system; all written from scratch.
- Current Drinkmaster website - Developed with ColdFusion
Website Design
Static sites, or sites that use minimal scripting for things such as contact forms.
Graphic Design
Design for print and offline media.
- Eliot Lodge Ladies' Night - Menus - An unusual solution to create unique, free-standing menus
Testimonials
Kate Catton, Author - Classmate Numeracy
Dave is really creative, but always prepared to reign it in for the purposes of a project that requires simplicity. In this case, in communicating maths strategies to children, teachers and parents.
Nigel Lapthorne, MD - Country Lane Foods
We're really pleased with the new level of professionalism our business portrays, since Dave's slick overhaul of our corporate identity; and are looking forward to working with moortor design on future projects.