Web Sites
It's completely Automatic!*
I started coding web pages in 1996. HTML, PHP, CSS, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, GoLive, Web 2.0, Drupal, WordPress, Moveable Type, Gallery2, Illustrator, Photoshop - done that. Maybe some more than others. My favorite tools are Studio 8 (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash), Drupal, PHP/MySQL and Apache. Drupal rocks. This page describes some projects I've completed that are available online to check out.
My trip in the world of HTML has taught me many things. It's not the technology, it's the content. People don't buy magazines because of the paper they're printed on and they don't read web sites to check out the PHP coding. Swirly flashy graphics are cool until they're not; it's the words and images people are looking for.
*not really. Fer instance, someone needs to write this stuff. Then there are all those graphics to create and pictures to edit. Plus the different web browsers interprit your markup differently, which is a huge headache. What you think looks brilliant on your Mac turns out to look like a 10 year old coded it when you load it in Windows. Then there are the clients to consider - anything but automated. Sounding less and less automatic the more I think about it. Like maybe it's the opposite of Automatic. I don't mean manual, because it's most definitely not that - flourescent pixels aren't even physical objects - the opposite of Automatic would be more like demanding, difficult, reticent. So maybe the heading should say "It's totally Difficult!" Did you know that a suprisingly large number of people actually read the fine print when they are online? Users will either just glance and not really take in the information, or they will drill down deep. Something to consider when you're putting together your page. You should give them something to drill down to. They're out there waiting for you to lead.
art®
- Concept
- Editor / Copywriter
- Web graphics
- HTML, PHP coding
- Drupal 5.7
- Gallery 2
I created the website for art® - Morning Noon & Night: The Students of Robert Cendella Spring 2008 Class Show primarily as a means to capture information for a printed catalog.
By using the web and a small team of motivated people, we were able to put together an impressive, full color catalog showcasing the work of 75 artists in four weeks from concept to print.
Website: www.artregistrata.com
Jeff Tocci
- HTML
- Flash script integration
Jeff Tocci is an up and coming illustrator / designer that I met at the Art Students League. Jeff along with his friend Sean Riley were a big part of the catalog project.
Be sure to check out Sean's band Catholic Whiskey next time they play out in the city.
Website: www.JeffTocci.com
White Plains Guide
- Graphics
- Copywriting
- HTML, PHP
- Drupal 4.7
- Banner module
- Banner ads
- Gallery 2
White Plains Guide is, just like it's name, a guide to White Plains, New York. This was one of the first sites I developed with Drupal. It's gone through a few iterations, briefly using Moveable Type and then WordPress, and now it's back on Drupal 4.7 and better than ever.
Website: www.WPGuide.com
Westchester Cycle Club
- Design
- Graphics
- CSS, HTML and PHP coding
- CMS enhancement and extention
The Westchester Cycle Club has over 1,000 members and organizes hundreds of bicycle rides each season. As web master and web page editor (whatever that means), I've made major contributions, including design, graphics, coding, copywriting and useability.
Website: www.WestchesterCycleClub.org
St. Bartholomew's Epsicopal Church
- Drupal 5.1
- Graphics
- Migrate content from Moveable Type
- Edit copy
Father Gawain is a friend of mine from town. He has been very active in using his blog to promote his church and his activities in the community. When he saw the White Plains Guide page, he asked me to help him with his. I set up a Drupal 5.1 site, customized the template, migrated his Moveable Type blog entries, set up static pages for church information and added some graphics. I also migrated the content of another page he had set up for their after school program.
Website: stbartswp.dioceseny.org
Scott Higgins - Life Everlasting
- Design
- Graphics
- Photography
- Copy
- Drupal 5.1
- Gallery 2
- Custom Theme
The page you are currently reading is the fifth edition of my web page. Various versions over the years were coded with Dreamweaver, Go Live, by hand, using tables, using CSS, using early versions of Drupal, using WordPress, using Moveable Type. The current version uses Drupal 5.1 and Gallery 2 for content managment with a special custom theme.
Website: www.ScottHiggins.com
