Marcs.ws

Marc Charles, designing and developing since '00

This is just a small collection of projects that I've worked on recently. If you are looking for a resume, one can be requested by contacting me!.

Heavenly Home Management

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Heavenly Home Management is a concierge home care company servicing the West Palm Beach area. The overall mission of the site is to produce a information site, that is SEO optimized with an attractive look. It will get that way when I get the rest of the content.

What I did

  • Programming
  • Testing
  • Search Engine Optimization

What we used

  • Photoshop
  • Dreamweaver
  • PHP

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The Merchant Strategy

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The Merchant Strategy assists other business in contract and bid negotiations amongst many other operation. They needed the ability to manage their own content while being able to create newsletters. I gave them that ability.

What I did

  • Programming
  • Content Management System
  • Strategic Analysis
  • Design

What we used

  • Photoshop
  • Dreamweaver
  • PHP
  • mySQL
  • WordPress

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CityCalendar

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CityCalendar is a venture into centralization of information for City of West Palm Beach events. The content is entered via a custom content management system by approved personnel. Capable of recieving events via form from the public, once approved by an administrator will show up with the others.

What I did

  • Programming
  • Testing
  • Strategic Analysis

What we used

  • Photoshop
  • Dreamweaver
  • PHP
  • mySQL

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CityConnect Newsletter/Library Currents Newsletter /Entertainment District Newsletter

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"These newsletters give the City of WPB the ability to better communicate with it's residents"

Custom newsletter and press release system controlled by Wordpress. Interesting set of circumstances came up with this porject that caused us to really look outside the box.

Multiple implementations

When a solution works, and works well, YOU STICK WITH IT. The custom programming that was used to create the solution for one newsletter was very easy to bring to others. The great thing was I was able to shorten the implementation time of 2 projects based on a previous one.

What I did

  • Programming
  • Design
  • Custom Wordpress Plug-in Creation

What we used

  • Wordpress
  • PHP
  • mySQL
  • Photoshop
  • Dreamweaver
  • Aptana

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Purchasing Online Bids and RFPs

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This project was projected to save the City of West Palm Beach tens of thousands of dollars yearly and cut down on paper usage. Those interested can go to this website, register and then download the information that is pertainant to that Bid or RFP. These materials would have previously been requested and provided at no cost...how much does it cost to print 30 6' by 5' spec sheet at Kinkos?

What I did

  • Design
  • Coding
  • Programming

What we used

  • Photoshop
  • Dreamweaver
  • PHP
  • mySQL

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Art in Public Places

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Designed dramatic website from the ground up to show the artistic side of the City of West Palm Beach. Coordinated with the department to fullfill their vision Custom layout and graphics. Installed custom flash gallery and supporting pages such as:
http://wpb.org/AIPP/city_art_new.php
http://wpb.org/AIPP/community_art_new.php
http://wpb.org/AIPP/progress_art_new.php
http://wpb.org/AIPP/art_dreher_park.php
http://wpb.org/AIPP/art_610_clematis.php
http://wpb.org/AIPP/art_gateway.php
Photography skills were used for this site as well.

What I did

  • Design
  • Coding
  • Programming
  • Photography

What we used

  • Photoshop
  • Dreamweaver
  • PHP
  • mySQL
  • Nikon D60

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WPB Virtual Newsroom

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Derived the visual layout from a e-mail newsletter that was being used at the time. Implemented a WordPress blog that was used to control the News Releases. Fully customized the blog as well as writing custom plugins that extended its functionality.

What I did

  • Design
  • Coding
  • Database Development

What we used

  • Photoshop
  • Dreamweaver
  • PHP
  • mySQL

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PalmCast

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The task was to create a self service podcasting website for the Public Information Offices of West Palm Beach. Wordpress was utilized for its configurability and extendability. The PIOs now have the power to create a new podcast, upload it to the server and have it be available in a feed reader or iTunes from 1 simple interface.

What I did

  • Database Development
  • Design
  • Programming
  • Research

What we used

  • Photoshop
  • Dreamweaver
  • PHP
  • mySQL
  • WordPress

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Library Currents

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Created a newsletter creation system that the Librarians can use to notify the public of events, programs and happenings at the library. Heavily customized WordPress in able to do so.

What I did

  • Database Design
  • Coding
  • Programming

What we used

  • Photoshop
  • Dreamweaver
  • PHP
  • mySQL
  • WordPress

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