Featured Projects and Recent Work
Building Performance Institute, Inc.
Additional Work By: LivNow DigitalWork for BPI has included custom web applications, API integration, legacy site maintenance, training and support.
CK Technology Group, LLC
This site uses my CMS, with robust features - mobile responsive slideshow, client support system, third-party integration.Discover Upstate NY
Additional Work By: kcny designDiscover Upstate NY has all the information you need to enjoy a vacation in Upstate New York!
This site uses my CMS to manage over a thousand points of interest, includes coordinate and geocoding features, pulls in real-time weather data, multi-dimensional categorization, and integrates with a third-party mapping application.
Dr. William A. Graber, MD
Additional Work By: Kiefek Marketing & AdvertisingBuilt this site in my CMS, set up a mobile-friendly design, news and blogging tools, secure pre-registration form for new patients.
Finger Lakes Fountain
This uses my CMS with a full e-commerce system which integrates a product line from their partner company, Campania Internationa.FlowersNear
Additional Work By: LivNow DigitalI built this site in my CMS, with an e-commerce system which integrates seamlessly with a third-party fulfillment system.
Rottie Empire Rescue
Additional Work By: LivNow DigitalI built this site in my CMS, which uses PetFinder's API to show available cats and dogs, and custom tools for managing applications for adopting and fostering pets.
Shepherdess Cellars
This site uses my CMS, and integrates third-party registration and e-commerce modules.Swiss Semester
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.J.C. Manheimer and I developed a "Layer Cake" graphic scrolling design, which you can see in the homepage of this site. As you scroll down the page, bands of content float up over moving background images. This feature is mobile responsive, adapting to all screen sizes and shapes.
Tapestrie
This site uses my CMS and e-commerce system, with additional custom features to give the client more flexibility in managing and displaying their inventory.Testrite Visual
This is an example of how a website can be used to manage all aspects of your business. I built a custom CMS that allows the client to manage their extensive, complex product catalog, and automatically generate professional PDFs of their product and model listings. There are also tools to manage their hi-res image bank, RFQs, instruction sheets, graphic templates, credit applications, and dozens of other tools.In addition, I built an admin system to easily manage hundreds of "mini-sites" for their dealers across the country, seamlessly integrating their product catalog and e-commerce tools with each dealer's individual website.
WanderPort Africa
Additional Work By: CK TechnologyThis site uses my CMS, with multiple region templates, business / residential portal, and an interactive map of Africa to showcase their regional projects.
Other Projects and Clients
Past and Present
Affordable Healthcare Inc.
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.This site uses my CMS and includes a rich, mobile responsive homepage.
AIESEC Life
When I started on this site, it had already existed for years in WordPresss / BuddyPress, but the client needed features for managing their member data and registrations which weren't available in their system, as well as a separate system for hub leaders to track their goals and progress.I was able to build custom features and tools into their existing WordPress system, and built a set o admin tools to manage extra member data. These admin tools also communicate with their SalesForce CRM data.
Allen Corporation of America
When I started this project, the client already had a website in Classic ASP on a Windows IIS server.Although I usually prefer to develop in a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) environment, I have enough experience with Windows and Classic ASP that I was comfortable keeping the site where it was. I was able to custom build a clean, SEO-friendly CMS in Classic ASP for the client, which includes tools such as a news / press release management tool, menu / navigation controls, and integration with third-party systems (such as Oracle's Taleo service).
Anglican Church in the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingThis site uses a basic CMS, with custom tools for their Liturgical Calendar, slideshows controlled on a per-page basis, a homepage / splash page manager, and Parish Directory.
Arms and Armour Auctions
When I began this project, the client already had a website (www.armsandarmourauctions.com) and wasn't looking to rebuild. Luckily, I have enough experience with different platforms and programming environments that I was okay leaving the site where it was. I built several new tools into the existing CMS -- auction reports and archives, additional banner ad management, and new member features.I also built a worldwide auction database search for the client (armsandarmour.pushlar.com) currently in Beta mode. The database collects and integrates auction data from a variety of sources and auction houses. The public can search for auction items and prices. Members can do more advanced searches and view more details about the auction results.
Barrel-Art
This client is a small startup, who needed a full e-commerce website but without the budget a larger company might have. I installed my CMS, which already includes a full e-commerce system, news blog tool, photo gallery, page editor, customer account login, and contact/email management tools.BDE - Air Water and Energy
This client needed an inexpensive way to present their commercial and residential product catalogs online. I put together a clean, professional website design, and set up a set of admin tools so they could manage their page content, product data, and PDF documents.Belongings
Additional Work By: Shokan.NETThis client has a complex array of products and product types, as well as a sophisticated website design. I built the e-commerce tools for the client to manage their product data, and a shopping cart interface that worked within their existing design.
Berkshire Dream Home
This site uses my CMS, integrates FlexMLS and has custom tools to manage commercial listings and businesses for sale.Berkshire Healing Arts
For this project, I took the client's existing website design and content, moved it into my CMS, and added a mobile responsive layout.BioProperty Strategy Group
Additional Work By: Westhill Graphics, Inc.This site was built in my CMS, and includes a custom account management feature which allows the client to control access to confidential information based on dynamically generated online Non-Disclosure Agreement forms.
Birchstand
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.Birchstand is a social networking site comprised of nonprofit members, business members, individual users and donors. Each member type has a different set of tools and features. The site works with PayPal to accept donations and automatically generate coupons and other perks for the donor. Businesses can validate coupons from donors via their phone or other mobile device. Individuals can build their own "birchstand" network of nonprofits and businesses they prefer.
I built all the programming and interactive features you see in action, and integrated them with the beautiful graphic design provided by J.C. Manheimer & Co.
Black Oak Foods
This site was built in my CMS, with a clean, mobile responsive design.Bond Street Restaurant
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingBond Street already had a website, and just needed help updating the content and adding features. I was able to work within the existing framework and design to add the necessary features, keeping costs down.
Branch's Driving School
When I started working with Branch's, they already had an existing website and partial CMS, and had begun work on a customer database. I worked within the existing framework to redesign the website, build a custom e-commerce system, including both a public order page and a password-protected order page for staff to use for phone orders and walk-ins.The admin tools include staff management, daily / monthly / annual sales reports, integration with QuickBooks, form letter templates and envelope printing.
Brownsville Community Culinary Center
Additional Work By: CK TechnologyThis site uses my CMS and includes a custom donation process and event registration system.
C&K Properties
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingThis is one of my favorite types of projects. The client had an existing website built in Flash, and needed to convert it to HTML5. The old Flash site had a bunch of animated features, sliding objects, and fade effects.
I was able to reproduce the Flash features almost exactly, using a combination of techniques in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. In some places, the new features were an imporvement visually over the old Flash features.
Caribbean Lifestyle Vacation
Although most of my creative design work has been in collaboration with graphic designers, this is one of the few sites where I had a chance to do it all myself. I built a rich, flowing homepage, and implemented slideshows and images throughout which showcase the beautiful views the client has to offer.I also built a customized reservation interface which streamlines the booking process and hooks into a third party system.
Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services
This was a case of a client with an old website that needed a new look and some additional features. I came up with a new design, including a mobile design for phones, and password-protected sections for their staff and board.Circo's Pastry Shop
Circo's already had an existing website that used Zen Cart for e-commerce, but needed help with design changes and additional features. Instead of re-building the site, I worked within their existing framework to set up various photo galleries, added various features to their shopping cart pages, and set up a quote form for specialty cakes.Close to Home Productions
Additional Work By: Westhill Graphics, Inc.This client needed an affordable, but professional, website to showcase and sell her video production works, and sell. I hooked video management tools into my CMS, and a simple order page for her DVD sales.
COABE Adult Educator Resources
Additional Work By: Kiefek Marketing & AdvertisingThis was an existing WordPress site. I built custom plugins and data maintenance.
Collaborative Solutions Network
Additional Work By: Westhill Graphics, Inc.This was (and continues to be) an amazing project. The CSN website is designed to be a go-to resource for students, parents, teachers and providers in Tompkins County and surrounding areas.
In addition to building the website, I set up the web server to communicate with Tompkins County 2-1-1 database to search for emergency services and other programs. My CMS allows CSN to assign programs / services to specific pages within the website, organize their pages and contents to tailor it to the visitor, and set up accounts for therapists and program directors to manage their own information.
Consumer Reports
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.An interactive landing page. As you begin the scroll, the "car" issue in the header pushes the text out of the way, then drives down the page with you! This animated effect even works on tablets and phones.
CoreValue Software
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.In addition to migrating their existing website into my CMS, I worked with J.C. Manheimer to set up a sophisticated landing page, with various attention-grabbing animated features, slideshows, carousel and accordion effects.
Coupon Gypsy
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingThere's quite a bit going on in this website. I built a custom system for the client to manage a database of business members, each of whom can login to manage their own accounts and coupons.
Visitors to the site can search by location and business type, view a local map of their selections and what each offers, and print coupons. Businesses can run various reports on data such as the number of times each coupon appeared (impressions) and printed.
CourtAlert
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingThe client already had a website with dozens of custom features, and needed to update the design. But there were few catches: First, the old site pages (over 100 of them) were managed by hand, and the new design had to be applied to each without affecting any of the functionality. Second, the new design needed to work in all modern browsers, as well as Internet Explorer 7 and 8 (which do not support many modern CSS design features). And third, the entire project needed to be completed in less than one month!
An interesting few weeks, but we did it.
Creative Interiors Plus
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingIn addition to setting this website up in my CMS, I set up a series of custom photo galleries and slideshows.
Curaçao Tourist Board
Additional Work By: Aptinet, Inc.Over several years, I've been built various online forms, promotional mini-sites, newsletters, custom business tools and reporting interfaces. Some run on their own, others are integrated with third-party sites.
Custom College Living
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingThis was one of those projects I really get into. It involved building a fully functional room customizing application, where the user can select a room, choose a bed, furniture, appliances and extras, then drag-and-drop all the objects into the room, move them around and rotate for his/her ideal setup.
The customizer automatically checks for "illegal" moves, such as blocked doors, overlapping objects, and whether or not one object can be placed on top of another (such as a TV on top of a dresser). As you can imagine, there were a ton of variables and pitfalls to consider. But the result is a smoothly running HTML5 web application.
Dairy One
Additional Work By: Camilo GraphicsThis client had an existing WordPress site, and needed a database management tool for their Feed Composition Library. I built a stand-alone admin tool to upload and manage their data, and a public search interface that hooks into their site.
dbooks Bookkeeping Service
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingConfigured and customized a WordPress site.
Denise Hassman - Life and Business Coaching
Designed and built this website in my CMS.Dining and Shopping
Additional Work By: Westhill Graphics, Inc.Took a cool design from Westhill Graphics and hooked it into my CMS, and created a "bubbling" slideshow
Dirt Cheaper
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingBuilt this site in my CMS, set up a mobile-friendly design, configured the shopping cart and e-commerce tools.
Earl's Nature'Shave
Earl's Nature'Shave is a small business which needed a fully functional e-commerce website on a small budget a larger company might have. The site uses my CMS and uses Authorize.net for in-site payments.Emerge FLX
Created the logo and design, built the site in my CMS, set up a mobile-friendly design.ESCOTA
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingBuilt this site in my CMS, set up a mobile-friendly design, built a member application and renewal form, member directory browse and search features, various admin tools.
Eva's Boutique
I believe this was the first full website I built on my own.Family & Children Service of Ithaca
Additional Work By: Westhill Graphics, Inc.Took Westhill Graphic's design and integrated it with my CMS. Set up a custom slideshow feature for individual pages. Set up custom HTML email templates.
FatWitch
Additional Work By: Shokan.NETSelling edible products online can be a tricky business. I built a custom e-commerce system for the client's specific needs, including a set of tools to handle their many wholesale customers. Other e-commerce features include mass label printing, wholesale and phone orders, shipping calendar with automated blackout dates based on holidays and order limites, daily "counts" of the brownies and cookies they need to bake each day for their shipments.
Freckleray
This site was built in my CMS, with a clean, mobile responsive design.Full Circle
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingI took Optimum DC's graphic designs an integrated them with my CMS, set up an online product catalog, custom slideshows, hover / zoom feature, store locator that works with Google Maps, and built various online forms.
Gomez Associates
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingThis client already had an existing site managed with a previous developer's custom CMS, and were just looking to fix a few things and add features. I was able to work within the existing framework, analyze the PHP code and figure out the best methods to accomplish what they needed.
HM Action Coalition
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.This website uses my CMS, with various custom features. The homepage timeline uses Colorbox to display the popup items.
HOOPLA Buttons
Additional Work By: Westhill Graphics, Inc.Working from the client's logo and print design, I built this website with my CMS, and created a button slideshow / gallery.
Howard Liss MD
This site previously existed in WordPress. I migrated the site to my CMS, and set up SEO hooks which greatly increased the site's visibility.HPC500
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingThis site uses my CMS, I configured the homepage to display the latest Tweets from various members, built the membership application process, directory and search features.
HT Inspection Service
This site was built in my CMS, with a clean, mobile responsive design.Integrative Montessori of Dryden
I used some of their students' artwork to design this website, built it into my CMS, and set up a password-protected area for current parents.iTribe
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingThis website has a lot going on. It's a full social networking site, with the type of features you see in Facebook and similar sites. I built member registrations and account management, community management and moderators, tools to upload and search member photos and documents, messaging, friending and un-friending, community Q&A, privacy settings, multiple language support.
Optimum DC provided the homepage / timeline graphics, which I used to produce the animated intro and interactive timeline features.
J.C. Manheimer & Co.
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.Josh Manheimer is always coming up with new creative ideas, and we worked together to produce this website. You'll see the homepage alone has quite a bit going on -- all kinds of animated bits, slideshows, objects appearing and moving as you scroll.
The animated sequences also works on your smartphone, modified to fit the smaller screen format. The website is built in my CMS, with additional custom features.
JC Landscaping & Design
Using the client's logo and colors as a starting point, I designed this site and built it into my CMS, with some enhanced features for the photo gallery.KDR Fitness
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.This website uses my CMS, and includes social media widgets from Facebook, Twitter, and Google Calendar.
Kiefek Marketing & Advertising
Additional Work By: Kiefek Marketing & AdvertisingI took Kiefek's graphic design and put it into my CMS, and set up the Portfolio multimedia galleries.
Lake Oniad Lot Owners Association
Additional Work By: Aptinet, Inc.I set up custom tools for the client to manage this site, member account management, and event calendar.
LaserView of Central New York
Additional Work By: Kiefek Marketing & AdvertisingI created the full website design, set it up in my CMS, video testimonial gallery, online forms, and SEO enhancements.
Leron
Additional Work By: Shokan.NETI built custom e-commerce and shopping cart features for this site, tools for the client to manage their extensive catalog.
Little Sodus Bay Betterment Association
Additional Work By: kcny designI built a plugin and custom weather module for this WordPress site.
Mad Kow Productions
I used the client's logo to design this site and set it up in my CMS.Maridian Properties
Additional Work By: Shokan.NETThis client was happy with their existing website, but needed someone to add features. I worked within their existing framework to add real estate management tools and display features.
Martha Robertson for NY
Additional Work By: Westhill Graphics, Inc.I used the graphic designs provided by Westhill Graphics to build this website in my CMS. The site makes heavy use of the built-in blog / news tool, and contact database. I also built a custom slideshow for the homepage, video display features, customized social media features using Facebook and Twitter APIs.
Matt Dunne for Vermont
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.This was a temporary website we built for Matt Dunne's campaign during the Vermont gubernatorial primary. The site was built in my CMS and made heavy use of social media widgets and features.
Middle Village Construction
This site uses my CMS and includes a massive custom photo gallery.Murmur - A Tribute to R.E.M.
This site uses my CMS, includes a media gallery and event listings.Music Makers NY
This client required a number of special features which are not supported by a standard CMS. This site uses my CMS, with custom tools to manage their members' music profiles, registrations, instrument slot availabilities, detailed event calendar, teachers and coordinators.New York State Democratic Rural Conference
I took over maintenance of this WordPress site, and created a customized conference registration tool.Nordic Skater
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.This site uses my CMS and e-commerce system. It includes customer reviews, management for multiple-product packages, multiple methods to feature and search products, and customized contact questionnaires.
OCEAN - Online Client Enquiry & Analysis Network
Additional Work By: Aptinet, Inc.Aptinet and I first built OCEAN in 1999, long before Basecamp and other project management sites became popular. OCEAN has many of the tools you see in modern systems -- agency / client accounts, project and file management, correspondece, time logs and reports. Aptinet still uses a version of this system today to manage their client projects and databases.
Our Court Tennis Club
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.This site uses my CMS, utilizes a membership system, and integrates third-party modules.
Park Foundation
Additional Work By: Camilo GraphicsI built a custom database system to manage the client's grant recipients, and integrated it into their existing WordPress site.
Paul Reilley Home Inspections
I created the desgin from their existing logo, and set this website up in my CMS.Personal Ponies
Additional Work By: Westhill Graphics, Inc.This site used to run on WordPress, but moved into my CMS. It essentially has two websites in one -- the main websites, and the Volunteer Info website. Both have their own layout and navigation, and are all managed in the same place.
Peter Dunk
I created the design, set this site up in my CMS, and set up a simple e-commerce tool for the client to sell individual songs and full albums.R-HPC
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingThis project was different, in that it actually contains three websites in one. I integrated the designs for all three sites into my CMS, and customized the system so the client can easily switch from editing one site to another, keeping some sections of the sites consistent throughout, and other sections different depending on the site.
RAPS Rating System
The client's marketing team designed their brochure and print materials. I used these materials to design the website, using my CMS. The client has developed a completely unique system for rating athletes, which of course required a unique system to manage the data and tools. I was able to customize the CMS for the client's specific needs, set up e-commerce for approved partners to purchase rating vouchers and manage their own account and athletes, and a sophisticated online system for the partner to enter or mass import new ratings, and view their tallies and calculations.Refined Protocol
I created the design and set the website up in my CMS. I also created a separate WordPress site for the client's r-pro-training services, which includes e-commerce features, account logins, and video management.Retirement Aspirations
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingI set this website up in my CMS, and built several custom tools and features -- member accounts, stock ticker, resource manager.
Rio Blanco Corp
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.This site uses my CMS with a rich, mobile responsive design.
Shape Shift Coaching
I guided the client through the process of setting up a WordPress site, and helped customize the design and layout.Sydney Kimmel Foundation
Additional Work By: Aptinet, Inc.This is actually two websites in one -- the Foundation site, and the Cancer Research site. Additional features include a rotating user survey, scholar application and award system.
That's Entertainment
This site uses my CMS, with a custom contact form.The Transition Network
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingI set the website up in my CMS, and build a large number of custom tools -- member account management, chapter management, registrations and renewals, auto-payments, PDF generation, HTML auto-notifications, various reporting tools, sub-admin users and control restrictions, user forums.
Tiles Unlimited
The client had an existing website and custom CMS. I modified the design and admin tools, set up a photo gallery and product catalog, blog. Also built a second website called Sophisticated Tile NY with many of the same features.Tourism Authority of Thailand
Additional Work By: Aptinet, Inc.I imported about 10 years of legacy database and information into a single online database and reporting tool, created several online forms (both mini-sites and widget forms), and handle a number of ongoing e-mail campaigns.
Town of Ulysses, NY
I created the website design, migrated all their old site content into my CMS, set up various tools and display features for meeting minutes, file uploads, admin controls.Transfer2020
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.I worked with J.C. Manheimer & Co. to create the website design and set it up in my CMS. Additional features include a custom homepage slideshow, blog, and various list management tools.
Trina DasGupta
The client's old website was all built in Flash. I rebuilt it in HTML5 / CSS and retained all the look and features of the Flash version.Tuckerbox
Additional Work By: J.C. Manheimer & Co.Tuckerbox uses my CMS, has a smooth homepage slideshow, and a clean mobile-friendly alternate design.
VisitScotland
Additional Work By: Aptinet, Inc.The client has worked with Aptinet and myself for 15 years, during which time I've built dozens of websites, mini-sites, sweepstakes, promotional landing pages, online forms, management and reporting tools, integration with third-party systems, import and export features, design integration, and account management features.
Over time, the methods and environments chaged -- the original sites were built and managed in Perl and Classic ASP, the more recent sites are built in PHP and .NET technologies.
W.A.V.E.S. - Website Administration & Visual Editing System
Additional Work By: Aptinet, Inc.In 1998, long before content management systems such as WordPress and ExpressionEngine came along, Aptinet and I built WAVES. Some of Aptinet's clients still use a version of this system today.
From the beginning, the WAVES CMS has had features such as wysiwyg page editing, database list creation and management, member / user account management, search features, navigation / menu controls, data import / export - many of the tools that you see in a modern CMS. One of the original innovative features of WAVES was the ability to create and manage multiple websites on multiple domains within the same user account.
WanderPort Networks, Inc.
This site uses my CMS, with a "single page" scrolling layout, and an interactive HTML5 module to display their products and services.Westhill Graphics
Additional Work By: Westhill Graphics, Inc.Westhill Graphics provided the graphic design, which I set up in my CMS, along with two different custom slideshow / gallery displays.
WetStone Technologies
The client originally had the website running on third party managed CMS. I build custom tools and features into their existing system, then later moved the site into a standalone CMS, which retained many of the original features but allowed expansion on the design and functionality. Additional features include a robust customer account management and portal interface, custom product page management, integration with third-party systems.Women's Total Health
Additional Work By: Optimum Design & ConsultingOptimum DC created the graphic design, which I set up in my CMS.
