Kurt Maxxon web site
Jim Overturf hired me through Asari to build a web site featuring his mystery novels. Through my Dreamweaer class he learned how to maintain the web site on his own.. [flickr id=”5799033422″...
View ArticleCreating a new page and attaching a CSS file in Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver intro tutorial on how to create a new XHTML page, attach a CSS file, add title, description, keywords to it. To create a new file: Press Ctrl+N on your keyboard Select File->New Click...
View ArticlePeacock Indian Cuisine: Web, Print and Identity design
Peacock Indian Cuisine is a local, family owned restaurant that came to us (Asari), for identity design. I was tasked to create their logo, sign, billboard, business cards and other promotional...
View ArticleSimple PHP/MySQL authentication/login class
Here is a simple PHP/MySQL authentication/login script (class) that is secure and easy to use. The class features: Login form Password recovery with basic email injection protection Optional md5...
View ArticleNelnet marketing team portraits
About a year ago I took my camera to the office and took portraits of Nelnet marketing team. I had one light, a camera and a group of amazing, talented creatives. Not everyone is pictured but here is...
View ArticleResume Richard: a viral campaign promoting ResumeEdge.com services.
Richard is the anti-spokesperson for resume advice. He is a character created by Nelnet‘s in-house creative agancy to promote ResumeEdge.com. A friend and a fellow designer Brandon Moller did an...
View ArticlejQuery UI: Highlight multiple dates in jquery datepicker
The events are stored as UNIX timestamps in a MySQL table. We’ll be getting those events from the database via AJAX and highlight them in the jQuery UI datepicker widget. HTML Javascript $.ajax({ url:...
View ArticleDrawing Shapes and Lines with PHP
Drawing shapes and lines with PHP is nothing like drawing with image editing program. Actually, when drawing with PHP you become the editing program. You use individual PHP functions to define colors,...
View ArticlePHP visitor tracking script with jQuery and Raphael javascript library
This simple PHP visitor tracking script uses jQuery and Raphael javascript library to display daily hits to your page. The class features: IP filter (for IP’s you don’t want to track) Unique visits...
View ArticlePHP class to get remote page title and description
This PHP class will help you get remote page title and description. Could be useful for automating link exchanges. PHP functions that are doing most work are: file_get_contents(); get_meta_tags();...
View ArticleProgressive enhancement: Accordion Style FAQ’s with jQuery
Condense a lengthy FAQ page with accordion style navigation, making your answers only appear when the questions of interest are clicked. To use it: Add this script to the FAQ page Assign class...
View ArticleUsing MySQL left JOIN and right JOIN
MySQL left or right JOIN can be very helpful and it refers to the order in which the tables are put together and the results are displayed. Left Join When using LEFT JOIN all rows from the first table...
View ArticleFireFox 3.6 beta 4 introduces support for HTML 5 local file handeling
On November 26th, Mozilla released forth beta version of FireFox 3.6. One of the new features intoduced in this beta is support for the HTML5 local file handeling. This feature is made possible by File...
View ArticleRead CSS files with PHP
This function will open CSS file read it’s styles and separate selectors from property value pairs. The function stores the values in two array sessions (names and styles). The values can be then...
View ArticleWireframing with Pencil: a FireFox add-on review
My preferred way of creating web site wireframes is with a 0.7mm mechanical pencil and sketch template from 960.gs. But just recently I had to quickly create a wireframe that I can more efficiently...
View ArticleProgressive Enhancement: Anchor Links to Side Tabs
Here is an example of progressive enhancementtechnique using jQuery to turn anchor links into side tabs. [flickr id=”5822530004″ thumbnail=”medium_640″ overlay=”false” size=”small” group=””...
View ArticleSaab Change Perspective: Amazing Integration of Flash, Video and Photography
I just love the high-quality execution of this Flash website. It shows amazing integration of animation, video, photography and a really cool soundtrack. Kudos to Lowe Brindfors & ACNE Digital for...
View ArticleGoogle Browser Size App: a new tool added to my toolbox
“Google Browser Size is a visualization of browser window sizes for people who visit Google. For example, the “90%” contour means that 90% of people visiting Google have their browser window open to at...
View ArticleYou can never have enough helpers
Here is a peak at my home office and my loyal helper Merki showing me what keys to press. [flickr id=”5802390321″ thumbnail=”medium_640″ overlay=”false” size=”medium” group=”” align=”none”]
View ArticleJust got published in HOW!
I am so thrilled that team Nelnet is one of this year’s winners of the In-HOWse Design Award. You can see our work in the February 2010 issue of HOW magazine. [flickr id=”5798484603″ thumbnail=”large”...
View ArticleNelnet Government Services Website
This is a small website I worked on for one of our internal clients. All functionality, except sending email, is handled on the front-end using jQuery. Home Page [flickr id=”5798486413″...
View ArticleAdd close button to dynamically added jQuery UI tabs
When working with jQuery UI tabs it is really easy to dynamically add tabs. You just use tabs “add” method as specified in the documentation: .tabs( ‘add’ , url , label , [index] ). But there is no...
View ArticleThe Killigans CD release photoshoot
Fellow designer Ben Swift is also a drummer for The Killigans who just last night played a show at the Knickerbockers to promote their new CD “Honor.” They sounded awesome and the crowd loved it....
View ArticleNelnet team won six ADDY awards for Resume Richard
Last night at the 17th Annual ADDY awards, the Nelnet team won six Gold ADDY awards for ResumeRichard. And here are the categories: Website, Consumer Flash, Services Micro or Mini Sites Internet...
View ArticlePlanning for Successful Website Redesign
Website redesign takes a lot of time—designer and client time—and as such should be undertaken with a great deal of preparation and planning. Well prepared and planned for website redesign will reduce...
View ArticleDreamweaver: Create HTML tables from CSV files
Using Dreamweaver you can easily create HTML tables from existing—tab or comma delimited—CSV files. Here is an example CSV file I created using Google Docs. [flickr id=”5802811216″...
View ArticleOodles of Doodles
Ryan and Peter put together another great art show featuring some really fun characters they developed for the show. Held at Screen Ink, visitors could pick from three different t-shirt designs and...
View ArticleNebraskans for Peace Web Site
In past couple of months Justin Kemerling and I collaborated on a re-design of NebraskansForPeace.org web site. Justin did the design work and I did the front/back-end coding. [flickr id=”5799035028″...
View ArticleFUCK UP: A Test Print Exhibit
Screen Ink hosts some of the best art shows in town. On April 2nd it was a host to opening of “FUCK UP: A Test Print Exhibit”, a show put together by Michael Nielsen and Eric Nyffeler. “Test prints...
View ArticlePortfolio: Seniors Foundation Website
Seniors Foundation is a local non-profit organization providing financial support for Lincoln’s senior centers. As such their new website needed to be simple, easy to navigate and edit. Senior...
View ArticlePortfolio: Nelnet Education Loan Servicing micro site
Nelnet Education Loan Servicing micro site is another fun web project I worked on through my job at Nelnet. The site has pretty minimal content, so I placed it all on one page and used jQuery and...
View ArticlePortfolio: Haydon Art Center
The goal of the Haydon Art Center website redesign was to provide the center with the ability to update and modify site contents on a regular basis, make it easy to navigate for users, represent the...
View ArticlePortfolio: Lincoln Arts Council Website
The new Lincoln Arts Council website is a project I worked on in collaboration with some really talented, highly creative people from Lincoln. The team included Ashley Rolf, David Christiansen, Adam...
View ArticlePortfolio: BOLD Nebraska Website
BOLD Nebraska is a “…start-up looking to change the political landscape and to restore political balance in our state…”. It features political news, local events and calls to action. Once again, I...
View ArticlePortfolio: CUNet Website
The new CUnet website is up and running. I worked on the website’s planning, wireframing, UI design and finally HTML, CSS and JavaScript coding. For best SEO results we decided to avoid use of Flash...
View ArticleIntro to Web Design for Mobile Devices
It was only 2009 when I started researching and working on web and app design for mobile devices. My first attempt at creating a mobile site was to create a mobile style sheet for already existing HTML...
View ArticlePortfolio: Health Education Solutions
“Health Education Solutions is the leading provider of online certification and recertification for advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) and pediatric advanced life support (PALS).” [flickr...
View ArticleCSS Box Model Info Graphic in 3D
I’ve never had a need to use any of Photoshop’s 3D features and probably never will, but the other day I decided to play with it a bit. The play resulted in this CSS Box Model info graphic. CSS is a 2D...
View ArticlePortfolio: Cryptpay Website
Cryptpay is a platform for providing secure payment transactions. It’s a patent pending product of NTS which is a division of Nelnet Business Solutions. I worked on the front-end (HTML/CSS) and some...
View ArticleMy First Half Marathon
I never was a runner. In fact I hated the idea of running. In a gym I would always ride a bike for warmups, and if all bikes were taken it took some effort for me to go on an elliptical. And if those...
View ArticlePortfolio: SAT Words You Embed in Your Head iPhone App
SAT Words You Embed in Your Head just got approved by Apple and is available for purchase. It’s by far the best app I worked on so far. Award-winning Cartoonist & Digital Design Director Martha...
View ArticleVisiting Marrakech and Camel Trekking in Sahara
Our journey to Morocco started on the luton airport in the UK. We booked two round trip tickets from London to Marrakech for $170 on Ryan Air. While waiting for our flight we met a couple from Morocco...
View ArticleWrite Smarter HTML & CSS
Every time I start working on a new project, I make it my goal to write the leanest and meanest code possible. Often, it’s enough to ask simple questions such as: How can I execute this with less...
View ArticleCSS Step by Step Menu (Wizard Style)
Here is another way to create CSS based step by step or wizard style menu without any images, just using pure CSS. It works perfectly with themed web apps that need to be quickly and easily updated.
View ArticleInstalling Windows 7 Upgrade on a MacBook Air using Parallels
[flickr id=”6007631494″ thumbnail=”medium_640″ overlay=”false” size=”medium_640″ group=”” align=”none”] After reading the rumors of a new MacBook Air being released together with Lion OSX, I patiently...
View ArticleChange the jQuery UI button icon based on the buttons state (i.e....
I really enjoy working with jQuery UI, however in some case the UI is not as intuitive. Here is an example: Let’s say you have a radio input set where you’re asking your users to select one of the...
View ArticleThree Everyday Photography Tips and a Book That Will Change the Way You Use...
Khara Plicanic, my wife, a professional photographer and an amazing educator wrote a photography book, and even though I may be biased, I have to say—it’s pretty awesome. In her book Your Camera Loves...
View ArticleHorizontal Navigation in a Responsive Layout
If you’re working on a responsive layout website with navigation that contains too many links to display either horizontally or vertically on smaller screens, you may need to implement a technique...
View ArticleNew Nelnet.com: Sporting an Awesome Responsive Layout
Can a big, publicly traded (NNI) finance company take the lead in adopting latest web practices and technologies? Heck YEAH! On March 21st 2012, our team published the public facing website for...
View Article2012 Hudl Up Tour Marketing Materials
Peeps at Hudl contacted me to help them concept and create some marketing materials for their 2012 Hudl Up Tour. It’s been a fun project to work on, and here are the results: Landing Page [flickr...
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