A long-time client asked me to re-design his rather old Flash-based site. In addition to the complete re-design, much of the site’s content was updated, a new HTML5-based audio feature as well as e-commerce for digital sale and download the band’s music. Check it out! www.moudswing.com
Category: Websites
Site Re-Design: Nursing Mothers Alliance
I was asked to update an older WordPress-based website, www.nursingmothersalliance.org, recently. Here is what the site looked like before:

Initially based on the Cirrus theme for WordPress (which is a great base for a project like this), I customized the base theme’s design and typography, added some custom CSS to fix some issues, as well as some additional features.
I’m happy with how it turned out and the client is as well. This was a pro-bono project that I was happy to take on given the service that the Nursing Mothers Alliance provides to the community, free of charge. You can check out the new site here.
Blog: MyAchillesTendon.com
A personal project leveraging WordPress, where I blog about my experience injuring and dealing with chronic insertional achilles tendonitis. Includes social features as well as a microblog.
Site Re-Design: NaturalSelling
I was asked to re-design an existing site. Here is the before/after.

As you can see, it needed some work. Below is the proposed re-design. After considering the client’s needs, it was obvious that a static site (no Content Management System) would be the best solution.

Not shown is the bottom-third of the new design, which includes a 3-columned additional content area, as well as footer area. Most importantly, this new site is responsive and scales to ANY screen size.
Technologies: HTML, JavaScript, PHP
Custom Social Network: Karkades.com
Karkades.com is a custom social network with hundreds of users located all over the world and is growing rapidly.
The site has received lots of international press, and is particularly popular in Morocco. The owner of the site came to me with nothing more than a vision of what he wanted in a site. He had initially contracted another web designer to build out the site, but after repeated failed attempts and roadblocks, and after two other web development firms could not produce the site, I was asked to take it on.
Under the hood, Karkades.com is based on the Drupal CMS and makes extensive use of custom database views, and specialized modules including Organic Groups. I am the sole designer and developer of the entire site, from the logo design to the development and maintenance/administrative tasks. The site is based on the Corolla theme but with extensive CSS customizations.

Features
- Multilingual
- Custom social groups feature – Members can join one or more groups
- Members can post photos, videos, music, events, and items for sale on their personalized profile pages
- Members can post status updates to other group members
Technology
- Drupal Content Management System
- PHP
- MySQL
- CSS
- HTML
Press
Website: Financial Planner
Website: Consulting Service Provider
Breastfeedingbond.com is a custom site developed for an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant that provides consulting services.
Features
- As of June 2013 ranked #1 in Google Search Results for “Lactation Consultant” in the Greater Philadelphia area!
- Integrated Google Calendar
- Ability for prospective clients to view availability and schedule an appointment online
- Testimonials page – clients can submit a testimonial
Technology
- WordPress CMS
- Genesis Framework
- Google Calendar
- Theme customizations and styling
Website: News/RSS Aggregator
Goal was to build a site that curated sources from all over the web into an easy to read, nicely styled digest. This site polls numerous other website RSS feeds on an hourly basis, parses the RSS XML and presents the summaries.
Features
- A Latest News page feed that aggregates content from all over the web and presents it in a single site
- Users can register and vote on articles
- A Most Popular articles page that lists the highest ranked articles
- Administrative portal to add new external websites for inclusion in the Latest News page feed quickly and easily
Technology
- Drupal CMS
- RSS
- Custom Database Views
- Custom CSS
Website: Band
Custom site developed for internationally acclaimed fusion jazz band M’Oud Swing.
Features
- Site visitors can listen to and purchase music
- Video
- Ability for band members to add new events (gigs, festivals, etc.), photos, and edit member bios via easy-to-use portal
Technology
- Custom PHP/MySQL Content Management System
- eCommerce PayPal integration