Reference projects

Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms is a popular Australian company offering baby carriers and accessories. Their new online shop is based on Magento, and I built all the shop templates, based on a fantastic design by Holly Webber.

It integrates a Wordpress blog for news and articles, as the CMS functions of Magento were too limited. There are also multiple shop fronts for individual brands. I’m especially proud of this site - it features a beautiful design and I had the freedom to build it all by myself.

Launched September 2009
www.babesinarms.com.au

Cartridges4Less

Cartridges4less is a Tasmanian online shop for printer cartridges and supplies. The shop is based on Magento and features a great design by Hobart Design.

I have built the complete frontend and developed the underlying technology to realise an Ajax product selector on the homepage and on category pages. A caching mechanism keeps the Ajax search times to near-realtime despite the many thousand products offered by Cartridges4less.

Launched November 2009
www.cartridges4less.com.au

CAST Gallery

Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania (CAST) is an art gallery in Hobart, offering exhibitions, projects and artist support around contemporary art. For their new website I developed several custom Joomla plugins, allowing comfortable managing of artists and exhibitions, with multimedia integration and flexible presentation on the website.

Two major extensions for the frontend are a custom-built shopping cart for their publications shop and an online membership application form, both capable of taking credit card payments via SSL.

Launched May 2009
www.castgallery.org

EQUELLA

EQUELLA is an award-winning digital repository that incorporates learning objects, learning content management and integrated content authoring. Recently the system underwent a complete re-skin based on a new design by Hobart Design.

Part of my work was to build prototypes for a variety of different screens so the team of developers at EQUELLA could apply the new screen designs to the backend.

Launched 2010
www.equella.com

Peach Season

The idea of Peach Season is as special as adorable: people from Norfolk Island who live abroad can order local gifts and specialities for relatives and friends on the island, with personal delivery.

I liked building this Magento-based store because of the beautifully artistic design by Holly Webber and the challenge to make it work on all platforms. It works fine in all browsers including Internet Explorer 6. It also features a small Flash applet that allows streaming of sounds from Norfolk Island while browsing the shop, as well as a recently added Wordpress blog.

Launched November 2009
www.peachseason.com

REDMAP

REDMAP is a university project that aims at tracking unusual fish species in Tasmanian waters, to research their movements in regards to climate change. Users can log sightings, upload photos of their catch and research sightings made by other users.

REDMAP was launched in a big event with David Llewellyn, former Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water. Media coverage included WIN television, the University of Tasmania and ABC News.

Launched December 2009
www.redmap.org.au

Shadforth Financial Group

Shadforth Financial Group is one of Australia’s leading privately-owned financial advisory firms. In 2009 their website received a re-skin based on a design supplied by Hobart Design.

My work included building the whole website and reworking the client portfolio manager, to match the new website design.
Note: the main website has since been redesigned again.

Launched June 2009
www.sfg.com.au

Tasmania Police

The new website for Tasmania Police, featuring various improvements over the previous one. It includes a beautiful cross-browser compatible design, a dedicated news section for media releases and community alerts with automatic media outlet notification.

My work included all the frontend work and template integration. Additional features are coming soon, like a maps-enabled police station finder.

Launched June 2010
www.police.tas.gov.au

The Skills Institute

The Skills Institute is an organisation that provides training, qualifications and workforce development. Their new website is based on a customised CMS to allow comfortable management of courses and qualifications.

Designed by Hobart Design, the website features some nice jQuery enhancements. Additional features, like an online booking system for courses, will be integrated soon.

Launched May 2010
www.skillsinstitute.com.au

Wireless Tasmania

The Wireless Tasmania project is about bringing wireless connectivity to tourism hotspots in Tasmania. At the moment it covers the Hobart Waterfront area and Salamanca.

The website will be shown when users log on to the wireless hotspot. Basic limited internet access is free after a quick sign up process. I also added a website version for mobile phones, it works well on iPhones but also on older devices.

Launched December 2009
www.wirelesstasmania.com.au