Busy Boy

Around June or so, my friend Scott Priddy had asked me to design the website for his new company, Honest Project. That turned into designing the software he and his partner had been working on.

In September, Scott hired me full-time and I’ve been doodling in Photoshop and coding HTML/CSS around the clock ever since.

What is Honest Project?

We make the home construction process less risky, and more efficient for all participants; lenders, home owners, builders, even sub-contractors and vendors. They will all have access to the software, bringing much needed transparency and clarity to the construction industry. I could go into more detail, but would rather show you pretty pictures.

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The home page was designed wanting to sell the fact that Honest Project’s objective is to serve the construction community, not just one particular part of it. We want all participants to find value in the solution.

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To further our commitment to community, I designed and developed the Honest Project Community site (built with Wordpress). All of our training  documents, release notes, as well as industry-related articles will be posted here. Eventually, the Community site will expand to include project portfolios, displaying information on Honest Project participants and projects they worked on.

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Finally, when users login to the actual software, they’ll find a clean and open layout that allows for a large amount of content without feeling cluttered.

We’re looking for lenders and builders, so if you know of anyone involved with home construction, please send them my way and I would be happy to demonstrate the software for them.

Wish me luck on the new job!

I finally had time to do a complete overhaul for my portfolio/blog here at Stubby Studios. I’ve been working very late nights on various projects and tutorials.

Leave a word on what you think of the new look. Thanks.

Go check out the latest Stubby Studios creation, Amplifiedheat.com.

I had a few IE6 problems with PNG images. I tried Supersleight and other remedies, but nothing was working for me because of the PNGs being used in the navigation. Then my friend Tim Thompson turned me on to Unit Interactive’s PNG script. The navigation images and all other PNGs are now displaying properly in IE6 and the links are functioning. Check it out the next time you have to use PNGs. It was the most effective solution for me and a very light script.

Amplified Heat has always been a favorite for my wife and I. Back when I was still playing in other Austin bands, we would frequently play shows with them. I’m proud to have now built their new home on the web.

The band is a power trio of actual brothers. Fans of 60’s blues rock will like them. Fans of loud and rowdy music will love them. Check out the website and buy a CD or at least send them some love.

At some point late last year, my wife was looking for some place to donate clothes to. Shannon has worked at shelters before, so when she took the clothes to Angelheart, it was only natural for her to start volunteering there. Not too long after she became involved with them, I was tapped to rebuild their website.

Once I met the group of people I was going to work with, I knew this was going to be an easy project. They were very open to new design ideas and brought only the best ideas and experiences of their own to the table. Working together, we not only re-designed their site, but their logo as well.

Please visit the site and if you don’t give to Angelheart, give to a children’s shelter in your area. These kids need someone to tell them that they’re loved. Angelheart and shelters like it depend on the generosity of their communities to be able to care for these children and give them hope for the future.

After months of work and cross-browser issues, the website for my first client, Lutheran Foundation of Texas, is up.

For them being my first client ever, this was a huge project to take on. There was a large amount of content and the amount of pages required a horizontal dropdown menu, which was done using CSS. Some light JavaScript was required to get the dropdown to function in IE6. Most of the code for the menu was learned through Eric Shepherd’s article on Hybrid CSS Dropdowns published by A List Apart.

Take a look around lfot.org and let me know what you think.