Web Development By Jesse Nicola

Union Bindings 2009/2010

For this project Jesse was contracted by Pairodime Design to take Mockup designs and develop out the 2009/2010 site for Union Bindings. The site was to built into a CMS enabling the client to take advantage of many web 2.0 features, and also integrated many advanced design techniques.

Contributions: 
  • Integration of design into a CMS for ease of client updating.
  • Integrates Jquery and AJAX/AHA.
  • Built out a significant portion of the design.
  • Integration of multiple advanced themeing techniques.

Li-Ning Usa

Jesse Nicola was Contracted by Pairodime design to take a mockup layout and build it out into Li-Ning's chosen e-commerce package, which was built in the smart templating system. Jesse built it out and included such features as 360 degree product view for select products, along with jquery tabs and more.

Contributions: 
  • Integration of design into Smarty Templating System.
  • Integrates Jquery for tabs, modals, and 360 product view.
  • Built entirely around clients E-commerce choice.
  • Completely Custom Search Box and other unique tricks.

Mastercraft Street Grind Tour

Pairodime Design Studio was hired by Sirlin Enterprises to take their (excellent) design and turn it into a fully functioning website with a built in content management system. Jesse was brought on by Pairodime Design to help build this porject. Jesse developed the content management system, and built the sites look and feel around the mockup.

Contributions: 
  • Installation / Setup of CMS
  • Development of site look/feel from mockup
  • Creation of Blog, Image Gallery, and other functions
  • Use of SWFplayer to integrate mp3 audio at client request

Sophie Bridal Couture

Jesse Nicola was hired by Sophie Bridal Couture to help develop a web page reflecting the high quality of their hand made dresses. Per Sophie's request, a webpage was built had strong SEO potential, was built in a CMS, has excellent functionality, and also showcased the quality of her hand made dresses.

Contributions: 
  • Built using Drupal 6.
  • Jquery Pikachoose integration for image slideshow.
  • Completely original design by Jesse Nicola.
  • Degrades gracefully and SEO optimized.

Cecil Painting

For this project Jesse was brought on by Formations Design to take the layout they had produced, and build it out in a a fast and efficient manner. Jesse integrated Jquery Pikachoose, Jquery Simple Modal, along with a variety of the latest cutting edge SEO techniques to deliver a very powerful yet affordable web page for the client.

Contributions: 
  • Built using PHP includes for simplified reproduction..
  • Jquery Pikachoose integration for image slideshow.
  • JQuery SimpleModal integration for contact form.
  • Degrades gracefully and SEO optimized.

Pow Gnar (Snowboard Apparel)

This project was a direct work completed entirely by Jesse. Jesse met with Pow Gnar, analyzed their marketing style and attitude, and made a webpage to match their innovative promotion style. The site is a full CMS, and meets all of the clients needs while remaining within their relatively small budget.

Contributions: 
  • Complete site design from scratch.
  • Built into a CMS enabling client to update and organize content easily.
  • Features advanced PHPengine themeing to dynamically render content.
  • Unique design quirks meet clients unique approach to marketing .

Capita Snowboards (09/10)

Pairodime Design was hired by Capita Snowboards to take Mockup designs and develop out the 2009/2010 site. Jesse was brought in to help build out the content into a CMS that integrated social networking sites like facebook and twitter. The design was complex, involved a large amount of transparencies, and required great detail to attention in order to make cross browser supported (IE6-8, Firefox, Safari, etc)

Contributions: 
  • Installation / Setup of CMS
  • Development of site based upon mockups.
  • Integration of social networking features
  • Cross browser support for many difficult areas (transparency, etc)

Face to Face Tour

Pairodime Design was hired was contracted to take Mockup designs and develop the face to face Tour webpage. Jesse was brought in to help with some functionality tweaks, along with to help with the UberCart E-commerce setup. Jesse also helped important product and ensure all product media was properly imported and setup.

Contributions: 
  • Help with assorted layout tweaks as nescessary.
  • Importing Information from Product Spread Sheet.
  • Refining product content type alongside developing product layout.
  • Customizing product media as nescessary for layout and functionality.

Austin M Shaffer Photography

Austin Shaffer contract Jesse Nicola to build a webpage that reflected his photography in all of it's excellent quality. Combining Jquery's supersized plugin with some PHP based templating, Jesse was able to take Austin's conceptualization and initial design into a unique and highly presentable webpage.

Contributions: 
  • Custom CMS coded in PHP to allow for ease of content updating.
  • Built in PHP for ease of template updating.
  • Utilizes Jquery Supersized to take advantage of any screen size.
  • Drop down menu's are pure CSS, no jquery or Javascript needed.

Acme Tattoo

Pairodime Design Studio was hired by Sirlin Enterprises to take a mock design and turn it into a fully functioning website with a built in content management system. Jesse was brought on by Pairodime Design to help build this project. Jesse developed the content management system, and built the sites look and feel around the mockup.

Contributions: 
  • Installation / Setup of CMS
  • Development of site look/feel from mockup
  • Creation of Image Gallery featuers for all four artists
  • Creation of easy to use Content Administrator Interface

Harrahs Express

For this project, Pairodime Design Studio developed the mockup and initial Drupal site. Jesse was contracted by Pairodime Design to contribute to the Drupal themeing and style overriding nescessary to complete the project. Some of the main areas Jesse was responsible for were the Contact section, the front page bottom blocks, and the hotels.

Contributions: 
  • Worked with mockup PSD to deliver theme.
  • Style Overrides used to deliver functionality.
  • Creation of customized Node and page templates for content types.
  • Developed contacts section and more

Sole Position Internet Marketing

Jesse built this webpage for Pairodime Design Studio's partner company, Sole Position Internet Marketing. Jesse was provided a site mockup in a PSD file, and converted it into a fully functioning drupal 6 theme, including all the nescessary style overrides.

Contributions: 
  • Drupal 6 Based CMS.
  • Drupal theme created from mockup.
  • Utilizes Views, CCK, and more module sets.
  • Incorporates Jquery plugins.

Def Jux Presents IV

For this project Pairodime Design was asked to create a Microsite for the new Definitive Jux Presents 4 Album. Jesse was contracted to help develop the page, which was to include interactive elements such as Modal's (See the Custom t-shirt links on the page), SWF Player for short audio clips of all the tracks, and links into e-commerce packages.

Contributions: 
  • Creating layout from Mockup PSD
  • Integration of Modals
  • Integration of SWF player
  • Integration of links into E-commerce packages

Depart From Me

Depart From me is renowned underground hip hop artist Cage's latest album on Definitive Jux records. For the CD release Pairodime Design Studios was hired to design the new microsite. Jesse was contracted to take the mockup design and create the live site from it.

Contributions: 
  • Took photoshop mockup and created live site.
  • Semantically correct CSS and HTML
  • High profile microsite with large amounts of visitation
  • Layout designed around fan interest (images not backgrounds)

Elm Ridge Manufacturing

Elm Ridge MFG. contracted Jesse to design and build a webpage that would not only provide information to potetnial customers, but also service as a way to coordinate with their current clientle. The result was a CMS which includes a unique coded project identifier, and a layout which works for a wide variety of clients in age and internet savy.

Contributions: 
  • Integration of design into a CMS for ease of client updating.
  • Integrates Jquery Thickbox for Login and Paypal modals.
  • Uses Jquery Slideshow with DIV's for top right quote box.
  • Customers need not create accounts, they simply need to enter their unique project ID.

Mt. Hood Snow Sports

Mt. Hood Snow Sports is a web page that covers all the different aspects of snowboarding and skiing on Mt. Hood. It has a directory of all the stores in the region, it has featured articles on people and things in the region, it has the weather for the region, and it has a listing of all the events for the region. Jesse developed the site's layout, and functionality

Contributions: 
  • Drupal 5 Content Management System
  • Layout + Logo Design
  • SEO layout design and keyword placement
  • Social networking features

Kious Photography

Justion Kious is a snowboarding photographer who wanted a website. Jesse helped justin develop a website that met all of his needs, and featured a content management system so as Justin could make all the changes and updates to the site himself with ease.

Contributions: 
  • Drupal 5 based CMS
  • Layout + Design work
  • Lightbox viewing integration
  • Google Analyics setup

NW Business Law Clinic

For this project Pairodime Design Studio was contracted to take a webpage that was originally built in IWeb, and convert it to XHTML 1 Strict. The purpose of this was for search engine optimization, as well as making maintaining the page easier. Many of the static pages had 1800+ lines of code, and the finalized pages generally were around 600 lines.

Contributions: 
  • Complete rebuild of original site from Iweb to XHTML 1 Strict.
  • Developed style sheet from scratch to mimic original sites feel.
  • Condensed and Optimized code, reducing lines per page 400%.
  • Further optimized layout for improved visual presentation.

PDX Healing Massage

PDX Healing Massage needed a webpage design and accomponying craigslist advertisement to help boost their business. Using a drupal based CMS Jesse designed and developed their page so that is easy to use for their content administrator, and conveyed the color scheme PDX Healing Massage desired.

Contributions: 
  • Drupal 6 based CMS.
  • Designed Page layout + Drupal Theme.
  • On Page SEO Advice + Design Structure.
  • Accompanying Craigslist Advertisement.

1001 Special Events

1001 Special Events is a mobile DJ company based out of Portland Oregon. Jesse built them a simple easy to edit static content management system, and a matching Craigslist advertisement. The web page is simple, presentable, and cost less than the limited budget the client had to work with.

Contributions: 
  • Website Design using PHP, HTML, and CSS.
  • Easy to edit setup due to the use of PHP includes.
  • Matching Craigslist advertisement design.
  • Client now receives most of their business from online.
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