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Wordpress Custom Dashboard Panel

I made up a little custom dashboard widget for our clients at Louisville Web Group. At current, we’re placing this on the majority of our client’s WordPress installations. It gives the client a quick, easy way to see our contact information as well as a central spot to download their support documentation/”how-to guide”. I’m going to look into expanding this a bit in the future, possibly with a bit of JSON so that instead of having to update each dashboard with new info individually, I could update all dashboards simultaneously. This would be great for alerting clients to upcoming server maintenance or holiday hours.

The new Kentucky Wines site has launched! I can’t take design credit for this one, but I can take coding credit for it, with Ryan Matteson doing the Flash and taking care of changes from the client. This is a WordPress based site.

Kentucky Wines site

In mid 2008, Waverly Hills contacted Louisville Web Group in regards to setting up a streaming video site. The idea was to take the security cameras around the property, and offer them online for a small fee. The hope was that ghost hunters around the world would pay to log on and make the project lucrative. At the same time, the owners were working to secure extra funding to turn the dilapidated property into a 5-star hotel with a 5-star restaurant, while preserving the 4th floor (reputedly the most haunted)  for ghost-hunting tours and activities. As the project grew and shifted in scope, we realized that we would need a massive amount of bandwidth to stream these cameras live. We put together quite a bit of research on bandwith fees, abilities, and why this was even needed in the first place. While this was going on, talks also began in regards to redesigning the main Waverly site to mesh with the new video components. Which in turn lead to talk about getting their giftshop online. We signed off, and with Halloween fast approaching, I popped out the designs seen below.

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Woodland Wildlife is a non-profit organization outside of Radcliff, KY that specializes in raptor rehabilitation. However, they have taken care of alligators, crocodiles, song birds, tons of rabbits, kittens, and much more. To help raise awareness and solicit much needed donations, we created this site for them.

The site is mostly XHTML/CSS. It also has a blog interface for them to update new kittens that they are taking care of. Though, I’m pretty sure they aren’t using that feature much. I hooked them up with some paypal buttons and a contact form.