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World of Good Development Organization Website

Sam Morris — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:54:34 +0000

World of Good Development Organization is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on building strategies to substantially improve economic and social conditions for millions of women and adolescent girls in the developing world living on less than $2 a day.

My first approach for the World of Good website was much more graphical and less content focused, but as I continued working on this project I realized how much content was going to be provided. I then redesigned with content and usability in mind. During that time it became clear a a management system was going to be needed. I choose the WordPress for its easy of use to manage content for both me and the client.

You can visit the World of Good Development Organization’s website at www.worldofgood.org

Artist at Play Studio Website

Sam Morris — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:45:16 +0000

Artist at Play Studio’s website is a clean and colorful site built on the WordPress platform. It contains a blog section and various galleries both of art and of student work, all created with flexibility and user control kept in mind. Have a look at the logo as well, which can be found in the Identity section of my portfolio.

GFX-Help.com Website

Sam Morris — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:45:47 +0000

GFX-Help.com is a community for graphic designers to exchange tips and ask questions. When designing this site, the primary goal was to create a site which would stay organized and be easy for visitors to navigate to their category of interest. vBulletin seemed like a logical choice, with its powerful forum capabilities and solid backend. To save time I started off with a theme from vbskinworks.com as my base, and then applied my own style throughout the theme.

Ice Gum Website

Sam Morris — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:35:37 +0000

This website was my final for a web design class. Because it was an introductory web design class and I had already had extensive web design experience, I decided it would be a good time to make the transition into pure CSS designs. I typically had used a combination of tables and CSS, but pure CSS designs are the future. I encountered some issues I was not accustom to, but it turned out to be one of my favorite designs. I was having a lot of fun making the website do I decided to also do some branding as well. In addition to the website, I created the Ice Gum Logo and Packaging. I stumbled upon Illustrator’s 3D tools, which surprisingly had impressive results. The text throughout the pages is mockup text pulled from various gum sites.

ClutchKill Managed Game Server Hosting Website

Sam Morris — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:18:03 +0000

The ClutchKill design itself was an extensive process, but the real challenge began once the design was complete. It was difficult to integrate so many different web technologies into site, while keeping the overall design and color scheme consistent to enhance the users’ experience. The goal was to first design the website and then integrate WHMCS as a support system and payment gateway, tcAdmin for managing the client’s game servers, and vBulletin as a community forum. This was one of my longer projects, and I am quite pleased with the final results of design and usability. The transition from differnt areas and control panels was seemless and generated positive feedback from the clients, once the website was live.

Colleen West, MFT Website

Sam Morris — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:11:53 +0000

When I started the design for this website I found out Colleen already had a good idea of how she wanted the design to look. It was fun being able to create someone else’s vision rather, than creating all design elements myself. Although I executed the actual design, she had a large influence in its direction. I feel the final product not only informs potential clients about her business, but reflects her style nicely as well.