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Site Relaunch - MVB Builder
I’m pleased to announce the relaunch of the Michael von Behren Builder, Inc. website.
When I was first starting out, MVB Builder was one of my first clients. They had an existing site at the time that I redesigned and also added some new feature too. Over the years the site had become stale and was in need of an upgrade. The main goals for the re-launch were to provide a dynamic content management system that the site could run from, improve the project gallery, and also clean up the content and layout to make it more fresh, and visually appealing.
For the content management system I rebuilt the site using Expression Engine. The site is driven by basic sections for static pages as well as the project gallery. The gallery received a number of enhancements including a dynamic project sorting feature, and improved image viewing. A number of these visual enhancements were made using the very powerful jQuery. The text and layout were also modified to reflect a cleaner, more professional look and feel.
With these enhancements, the MVB website will continue to be a great compliment to the overall Michael von Behren Builder, Inc. experience.
Posted on 04/25/2008 - Comments (0)
Clear Fire Studios site launches!
Although Clear Fire Studios has been in operation for a while now, I just haven’t had the time to get this site completed and launched. I was finally able to buckle down and get it done though. Usually when I work on my own personal projects I am never satisfied with the end result. I always want to keep tweaking and modifying. And even though this site isn’t a finished product, I am very happy with how it turned out.
The site is built on top of the wonderful Expression Engine, which I use for the backend of most of my projects. I’ve been using Expression Engine for a while now and am continually amazed at its flexibility and power. I also used the Blueprint CSS framework on this site. I had been wanting to code with it for a while and figured this would be a great project to test it out on. After looking through some of the documentation and samples I was amazed at how quick I was able to get the site layout and structure coded. I’ll definitely be using it again on future projects.
The goal of this site is to showcase the work I’ve done as well as the services I offer. I also hope to write on web design and development topics from time to time. Feel free to browse around and leave a comment if you like.
Posted on 03/15/2008 - Comments (3)
