Theming

Wedful In-house Themes

Smath — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:02:08 +0000

http://www.wedful.com/designs

Year:

2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

The client: Users of Wedful get to select a theme that their site should use. The clients are various couples who are planning their weddings. I built all Wedful in-house themes.

The project: Design drupal themes that worked within the contraints of the Wedful system. The themes had to be robust enough to handle the multiple different ways that people would be using them, and the designs had to try and appeal to a broad spectrum of users.

Wedful

Smath — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:52:27 +0000

http://www.wedful.com

Year:

2010

The client: Wedful is mine and Scott Hadfield's own project, so in this project, the client is me!

The project: The corporate site was designed by Codename Design for Wedful. My role in this project was to build out the site, and then to implement the design onto it.

SANGONeT NGO Pulse

Smath — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:09:28 +0000

http://www.ngopulse.org

Year:

2008 - 2009

The client: This organization, SANGONeT, was founded in 1987 before apartheid had officially ended in South Africa. It is a dynamic civil society organisation with a history closely linked to the social and political changes experienced by this country during its transition to democracy.

The project: NGO Pulse is SANGONeT’s NGO and development information portal. It is a one-stop Internet information resource for and about the NGO sector in South Africa and is a recognised and respected gateway to the development community. The NGO Pulse site is a large and high-traffic website, recently hitting the 1-million unique visitors milestone. The design is by Into the Limelight and my role in the project was to theme the site as per Into the Limelight's design. Development on the site was handled by Park Road.

Take Back the Tech

Smath — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:49:11 +0000

http://www.takebackthetech.net/

Year:

2009

The client: This is an activist initiative taken by the APC. I worked together with a team of highly driven and efficient women who were running this campaign and working for the APC. We were dispersed across 5 different time zones.

The project: Take Back The Tech is a collaborative campaign that takes place during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. This is a multilingual website that got put together in record time. My role in this project was to pick up the theming, which had been started and not completed, and add a little polish to the site. The design is by Ezrena Marwan.

Citizen Journalism in Africa

Smath — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:33:54 +0000

http://www.citizenjournalismafrica.org

Year:

2007 - 2010

The client: This project is funded by the European Union and run jointly by SANGONeT and Hivos.

The project: The aim of the CJA project has been to provide both journalism resources as well as broad-spectrum journalism training to six countries in southern Africa. The website provides both a place for the new journalists to publish their work as well as host all the training material for all the courses given.

Skipinions

Smath — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:58:30 +0000

http://www.skipinions.com

Year:

2009

The client: The client for this project is a passionate hobby skier who personally funded the project for himself and the community to make use of.

The project: The aim of the project was to produce a rating and reviews website offering similar functionality to Trip Advisor, though aimed very specifically at skiing and other winter sports. This site allows members of the community to write reviews and to rate equipment, accommodation and resorts. The design was handled by Iridesense.

Elastic City

Smath — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:46:32 +0000

http://www.elastic-city.com

Year:

2009

The client: Elastic City is a startup based out of New York City. They offer artist-guided walking tours with a difference through New York City. Arrow Root Media handled the management and social media for this project and we collaborated closely.

The project: Elastic City required an e-commerce enabled site where they could sell their walks. The site handles payments by credit card as well as paypal, and has many customizations. Their beautiful design is by Lucha Design.

Kim Lieberman

Smath — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:05:00 +0000

http://www.kimlieberman.com

Year:

2007

The client: Kim Lieberman is a well-known and highly respected mixed-media South African artist.

The project: This client has several books published and the site had to match the design of the books as closely as possible. She required a website where her artwork could be clearly categorized and showcased.

The Photography of Tracy Dyan Edser

Smath — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:47:14 +0000

http://www.trasethis.com

Year:

2009

The client: Tracy Edser is a South African social documentary photographer who has won numerous awards, been featured in magazines and had her work exhibited internationally.

The project: She required a website where she could showcase her work. As with all other artist's sites, the brief was that the design had to be remain very simple and clean, and that the site should be all about her photographs.

Lime Design

Smath — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:46:42 +0000

http://www.limedesign.co.za

Year:

2007

The client: Lime Design is a creative communications agency offering marketing, branding and design solutions.

The project: The aim of this project was for the client to be able showcase the work that they do. The client provided the design for their site and I implemented it as a Drupal theme.

Evermed Clinic

Smath — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:46:21 +0000

http://www.evermed.co.za

Year:

2008

The client: Evermed Clinic is a new clinic opened in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its aim is to offer high-quality medical care that is affordable to low-income families.

The project: Evermed required a clean-looking corporate website that lists the services that they offer, and gave directions to their premises.

Scott Hadfield's Blog

Smath — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:45:57 +0000

http://www.scotthadfield.ca

Year:

2008

The client: Scott Hadfield is a developer with project management & people skills. He lives in Vancouver and blogs about Drupal, travel and other miscellany. He is also my fiancé and I couldn't have his website be naked.

The project: Scott had had his personal blog for a number of years and never once had a personalized design on it. The aim of this project was simply to personalize his blog.