Websites featured in my portfolio
Current Project - code only
4 SIGMA Innovations, LLC is an four page website with 3 landing pages created for SEO and marketing purposes. The home page is an example of a one page site using jQuery to show and hide content according to which navigation anchor is actuated. The images are swapped out using JavaScript. Other pages consist of a splash page, a terms and conditions pop-up, an in-depth product description page, and a product installation instruction page. The installation instruction page includes a "TV" built using MVC and data-binding with Knockout.js to view the various videos published on YouTube. Previous logo designs for the site can be viewed here.
The original site was published in 2014 and is continuously being updated to enhance SEO, reflect accessibility concerns, and to be more responsive. HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, and Knockout.js were used to create the site. The RSS feed page is built using XML, XSLT, and CSS styles. Google tags, schema and Rich Cards were also included.
Please Note! I only code this website. The pictures, illustrations, brochure and videos were created by the owner, Michael Washko of 4 SIGMA Innovations, LLC. The company logo was designed and created by the owner's son, Bryan Washko. (Bryan also created the logo for Space Donkey and the Moon Bouncers.)
This website has been an ongoing project. I am volunteering to code this site for my brother in exchange for a place to practice working with code, demo my capabilities, and publish this portfolio.
Professional experience
While working at Danco Precision, I managed the company website. The original content was left in place, however there was a great deal of clean-up performed in the source code and on the server with intension to improve site rank and SEO.
I kept the site plugins, themes, Wordpress version, PRI logo and certification updated; rewrote the code for the text ITAR Registrant Code: M27003 so it didn't wrap around the images (and now drops down in responsive design using the flex control) I fixed broken links, corrected the location parameters for the Google map; cleaned out unnecessary plugins and files on the server; and performed regular backups of the site files and databases: both manually and through a backup plugin. I added the job openings in the menu that link to their respective Indeed.com job descriptions and removed the 'Contact Us' form as the new hosting account did not have email.
Action Items that I intended to do before my role was eliminated were to update the theme to the latest version; recreate the sliders on the 'Capabilities' page to animate the same (some flash when the images change); fix the navigation menu for tablet view; fix the layout on the 'Capabilities' page; add new items to the "News" section; and move the domain registration over to the current host, etc.
I would perform this website maintenance in between my regular analysis workload.
- Globus Medical US - previous WordPress site
- Globus Medical International - previous WordPress site
- Globus Medical SI-LOK® - previous WordPress site
- Algea Therapies - previous WordPress site
- MERC North American / International calendars - previous WordPress site
- IASA - previous WordPress site
- Bone Bank Allograft - previous WordPress site
Professional experience
I was the sole web developer in the Marketing department at Globus Medical from June 2015 until November 2016. I enjoyed working this role up until the Creative Department was restructured. I updated and maintained previous versions of the Globus Medical, International, SI-LOK, Algea Therapies, and IASA WordPress sites. I installed, configured, and created the MERC site of which I would help the surgeon trainers maintain. In recent years, the websites have been outsourced and combined into one.
There were 4 other websites that were in process when I left. Bone Bank Allograft's site was built by a third party outside of the US and I updated the formatting, links, and added new content. The site was published after I left and later outsourced and redesigned. Another was created by the previous web designer that I was maintaining and preparing to publish. A third WordPress site I installed and configured on an existing cPanel and started to add content to the site. I had also created the cPanel for the installation and configuration of a fourth WordPress site as well. The three latter sites remain unpublished.
In addition to the websites, I performed troubleshooting in removing spam and malware from all of their sites when I first took over. I cleaned up the code on the product pages for SEO purposes and initially set up the HubSpot CMS, managed contact lists, and created emails for surgeons and sales. I also built the contact forms for the websites from with HubSpot.
- St Andrew church - previous .NET website
Professional experience
While working at Orbit Software I performed content updates to the site they sponsored for the church that the owners attended. The site was hosted on the .NET platform, was coded in ASP.NET, C#, and conncted to SQL Server. I converted some Classic ASP code to ASP.Net on the site. This site has since been replaced. In addition to the website, I also updated several reports generated in their software package called BusBoss.
- Archdiocesan Boy Choir of Philadelphia - previous FrontPage website
Initial experience
I volunteered to perform updates to this website while I was studying web development in college, during a time when my nephews sang in this choir. The website is no longer published, however I have created a pdf from the back up files that I had available for the Oh Holy Night CD details page. I used HTML4, CSS2, RealPlayer® Producer and JAVA applets when working on this site. The site was created in FrontPage, however I used ftp to download, hand-code and then upload the new page after archiving the original on the server.
Note: The Archdiocesan Boy Choir of Philadelphia now performs as the Savio Boy Choir and continues to be directed by Mr. Thomas Windfelder. The choir is named after St. Dominic Savio who is the patron saint of choir boys. I highly recommend attending their performance to hear this amazing boy choir.
Practice
At the time, I felt the navigation of Joe's site could be restructured to present his illustrations better, so I rebuilt the site for practice with his permission. Joe's current site is built within the web host's template. I created this version of the site using a template (Renderings.htm) coded in JavaScript and DOM to change out the three types of renderings (Homes, Architectural, and Commercial) in which the banner, side navigation, and footer sections are all embedded in the page and the content is encased in an iframe. This site was built in 2012, does not reflect a responsive design and has little SEO added as it is only a design demo. It does however illustrate the use of an accordian navigation, and JSON and AJAX to pull in the prices from a text file, which is something Joe was preferring to do when updating his pricing.
This portfolio was coded by hand in Notepad with little SEO in mind and listed as 'no index' as I did not want it searchable at this time. This site is always in progress, please check back to see what else has been added or changed.