Portfolio
INFOForHealth
The INFOForHealth site is the largest of several linked sites providing information for the HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) research and service provision communities. The sites share an object model using a central code repository and the databases are linked by cron controlled SOAP scripts as well as manual import and export processes. INFO also uses SOAP to permit affiliated sites to search its 400,000+ document library. Users can view the site in any of four languages (English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese), search for and order resources, subscribe to custom RSS feeds generated from their searches, export document citations in a format compatible with EndNote reference management software, and use a single point ordering form to register themselves with remote MailMan mailing list servers. The site also features an extensive administrative interface for managing users, orders, library contents, and controlling translation content.
MAQWeb Mini-U
Every year, USAID hosts the Global Health Mini University, a one day event featuring sessions "highlighting evidence-based best practices and state-of-the-art information from a variety of technical areas across the Global Health field." The front end of the site is purely functional, the real magic of this one is behind the scenes. The administrative section contains functionality for creating and activating events (making them appear on the public portion of the site), creating and scheduling sessions, managing registrants, printing registrant schedules and name badges and more.
Hip Hollywood
HipHollywood is a significant departure from the type of sites I've historically developed... and from the timeline under which I normally develop. A good friend called me Saturday morning saying that the developers he had contracted to put together a site for his client had stopped returning his calls. The site was due Monday morning and there was absolutely nothing done. The server wasn't even working properly.
After a series of phone calls negotiating requirements with the client and another series with tech support from the web host, coding started Saturday evening. Forty-eight hours (and a lot of coffee) later, I delivered this WordPress-based site which, while not providing everything the client wanted, provided a good balance between the features they needed and the timeline in which they needed it.