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Old School Gamer

David Doherty — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:55:18 +0000

Old School Gamer is a non-profit website that originally started out life in January 2008, as a Windows Live Spaces blog titled “Confessions of an Old School Gamer.”

As its popularity increased the decision was made to move to a fixed domain, with the WordPress blogging platform at its core.

Version 1.0

The transition was handled solely by Fallen Angel Designs, and involved re-branding and redesigning the site.

Requirements for the project were simple, Old School Gamer had to be easy to navigate and maintain. With these goals in mind, the redesign scrapped the existing look and feel of Old School Gamer, improving it to make it look much more professional. We were also able to simplify the navigation process for both the end user and site admin.

Version 2.0

The redesign also allowed for the integration of AdSense, a contextual advertising solution to help recover server costs. Other technologies incorporated into OSG’s new design include FeedBurner (for RSS feeds, and email updates), as well as Google Analytics.

With literally hundreds of pages of existing content to manually transfer, and even more to design, this project took less than 2 weeks to complete.

The FED

David Doherty — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:45:13 +0000

The FED. Founded in 1931, The Yorkshire and Humberside Federation of Museums and Galleries was one of the first regional federations to be established. It is the only dedicated membership organisation for people working in or for the benefit of Museums and Galleries in the region. It exists to represent, support and develop its members through regular meetings, newsletters, training, consultation and lobbying.

The FED homepage

Working closely with Handshake Productions, Fallen Angel Designs helped design a functional website that met each criteria given by The Yorkshire and Humberside Federation of Museums and Galleries.

The FED About Page

These requirements included a method for the site to be constantly updated without the need for a contracted web development team. The site also needed to incorporate a way for The FED’s members to join the site, and view member-only content.

With these goals in mind we were able to incorporate technologues such as PHP, MySQL, and the open source content management system Joomla, into the 2 month project.

EDGE

David Doherty — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:20:06 +0000

The EDGE of Existence programme is the only global conservation initiative to focus specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history. The aim of the EDGE programme is to put these species on the map and catalyse conservation action to secure their future.

EDGE Amphibians

Working closely with The Zoological Society of London, and Handshake Productions, Fallen Angel Designs helped redesign ZSL’s EDGE of Existence website.

EDGE Donations

This redesign built on the existing look and feel of EDGE, while expanding it to include new sections such as EDGE Amphibians, e-cards, and a new streamlined donations system.

With literally hundreds of pages to convert, and even more to design, this project took 4 months to complete; incorporating technologies such as PHP, MySQL, and the blogging system WordPress.