I have been designing since 1995 in various forms and for several different mediums. Silk screens, magazines, direct mail, newspapers and websites cover most of the bases of my career. Web design was a "hobby" of mine from the time I purchased my first MAC back in 1997 when I lived in Arizona (hence the name "Salt River Graphics"). I started experimenting with PHP and MySQL in 2003, and by late 2004 I launched HungryBurlington.com with the help of a couple of friends. I went on to create HungryVT.com the following year using the same basic premise on a state-wide level.

Since then almost all of my work has been centered on websites and web advertising. I continue to expand my knowledge of programming languages and design trends while working for my clients so I can continue to offer new and exciting features to enhance their web presence.

Most of the websites I've built over the years have been from scratch, using Dreamweaver for coding. For the last two years, I have also been using Joomla , which offers several free and inexpensive extensions to their framework. While many of these third party extensions work well "out-of-the-box", most need some customizing (commonly called hacks) to either fit the need of the website or to work as intended.

Websites from scratch:

HungryVT.com

HungryVT.com is a dining guide for the State of Vermont that allows restaurants to be in control over their own listings and menus. The site is navigated by the public by drilling down to their desired locationby region, county and town. The public is also encouraged to submit reviews of restaurants, making the information on the site even more useful. HungryVT.com is also a SEO masterpiece. Google vermont restaurants and you'll see what I mean.

HungryBurlington.com

This is where Hungry started. The listings, reviews and ads are pulled from the same database as HungryVT.com

Three Tomatoes Trattoria

Hungry's MVC (Most Valuable Client). When we took over their website, they were averaging about 20 visitors a month and the design was sub-par. According to our Google Analytics, they now average over 100 vistors a month and the client is VERY happy with their design. The horizontal pop out menu was a special request from the client. He saw a Flash site that had the effect and wanted something similar. Using Flash for a navigation menu is bad SEO, so the challenge was to recreate the effect using CSS. Their restaurant menu is served from the Hungry database.

SiteBuilder

SiteBuilder is a homemade CMS that uses TinyMCE for adding and editing content and has a customized template selection system. I made this to serve a need for my clients who have simple websites that they want to update, but don't want the confusion that Joomla's administrative section can create.

Windows & Doors by Brownell

This site makes extensive use of Flash for product display and navigation.

Silver Images

This site makes extensive use of Flash for video samples.

Joomla Websites

Public Option or Bust

This is a site I made during the late summer of 2009 as the town hall meetings across the coutry were being overcome by so called Tea Party activists. I used this website in conjunction with a Facebook page to expose lies and put pressure on certain members of congress. I attracted over 100 fans to the page.

Montroll for Mayor

I met Andy Montroll when I ran for Burlington City Council in 2008. He is one of the nicest, smartest and most unassuming people I've met in Burlington, so when I heard he was going to run for Mayor I immediately contacted him and asked to be in charge of his website. I knew Joomla would be the right choice since a campaign of this size would have more than one person controlling the content. With Joomla's tiered system of permissions, it was easy to set up controls for various campaign workers to help with the site. In the end the campaign season was too short to properly train everyone how to use the CMS, but the help I got was very appreciated.

New NorthEnder

I made NewNorthEnder as part of my campaign for Burlington City Council in 2008