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FurnitureShed
This e-commerce, outdoor furniture store was designed in 2004. A clean and easy to use design was needed to facilitate customer browsing and ordering. The website was built with valid transitional XHTML markup and CSS 2.1.
The navigation bar utilized CSS 2.1 techniques for it’s cascading menu features. For browsers that did not support CSS 2.1 at the time, these features were virtualized with Javascript.
The link is to an archived version of the website. Original site Coldfusion programming and logo design by S. Johnson. An individual product page can also be seen.
Communications 320: Media and Society
This was a class project for my Media and Society class at Grand Valley State University.
One of the first lessones we learned was the acronym of C.R.A.P., which stood for contrast, repitition, alignment and proximity. The website appears to have none of these at first glance. Clicking on the letters of the acronym in order from left to right will add these elements via a stylesheet switcher.
I designed a logo for the class and also added other pages highlighting some of my favorite subjects taught in the class.
Roger Bruinekool, Artist/Photographer
Artist and photographer Roger Bruinekool offers a fascinating view of our world, and needed a quality website to showcase it. Ryanleigh provided Mr. Bruinekool with a simple yet elegant looking site that utilizes a fluid layout that enables his art to be displayed as large as a viewer’s monitor can handle.
The website houses templates for Mr. Bruinekool’s Adobe Lightroom-generated Flash galleries. The front page features a rotating view of the different types of art Mr. Bruinekool offers, displayed using a jQuery effect as opposed to Flash.
B & I Nameplate, Inc.
My most ambitious project to date, the website for B & I Nameplate, Inc. has been evolving for the past 5 years. I worked closely with a partner to develop the website, working on almost all of the design elements while they completed the programming side.
The website is a fully functioning e-commerce interface to the product line of B & I Nameplate. Customers are able to browse products, download fax and credit application sheets, and access their accounts. Most importantly, customers actually build and preview their engraved tags right on the website with a hybrid Javascript/Flash application. This feature has yet to be surpassed in the engraving industry.
The website handles between 600-1000 visitors per day and receives hundreds of orders per month. Approximately 90% of all of B & I Nameplate’s business is processed via the website.
Ryanleigh Web Design
The home of my freelance business, Ryanleigh Web Design and Consulting. This was one of our first forays into true user interface design. The goal was to make a sleek and easy to read website that was accessible to all.
The entire website is a custom built HTML and CSS Wordpress theme (as is what you are looking at now.) Its design elements include a ‘Featured Website’ area, a Showcase page with transparent PNG images, and a custom designed logo.
Used for basic communication and information purposes, it is currently dormant and awaiting it’s next makeover.
Technitrol, Inc.
Technitrol was one of Ryanleigh Web Design’s first clients and remains one to this day. In 2003, Technitrol, Inc. commissioned Ryanleigh for a simple website used mainly for contact and business information.
In 2005 the website was redesigned using standards-based CSS and HTML for presentation and structure. A custom content management system built with PHP was also created for employees of Technitrol to create and display their product database. Each product page contains a form for customers to immediately request a quote via email.
The 2005 redesign also implemented an interactive Yahoo Map on the Contact page, and a custom weather area on the home page, per the client’s request.
