DuckBytes Portfolio

James H. Harvey, III was an original Tuskegee Airman who flew P-51 Mustangs with the 332nd Fighter Group during WWII. He then went on to fly F-86's and other jets during the Korean Conflict. In 1949 he was one of three Primary Members of the 332nd Fighter Group Weapons Team that competed in the "First Ever" USAF Weapons Meet at Las Vegas Air Force Base. They won that event becoming the "First Top Guns."

This website is an important educational resource detailing the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, as well as providing the only place to purchase one-of-a-kind collectible merchandise.

Nationally known aviation artist, and my good friend, Joe Jones, launched his aviation greeting card company in 2008. He has expanded to include coffee mugs, mouse pads, t-shirts, etc., all featuring his world-class aviation art, and all available online through a DuckBytes powered e-commerce website.

This is my personal website where I post my photographs. I also use this site to try new programming and design techniques. There are a few demos set up there also.

Front Range Airport is a mid-sized general aviation airport near DIA in Watkins Colorado.

The website was developed with an extensive Online Website Management System to allow the owners to maintain up-to-the-minute information necessary for the operation of a modern airport.

Dedicated to honoring the memory of all fallen Colorado heroes, regardless of branch of service or conflict, The Colorado Freedom Memorial will be constructed during 2009 on a site near Buckley Field. An integral part of that project is the collection of the names, ranks, and other information for all Colorado residents who have made the supreme scrifice for their country. This is to be accomplished primarily through the online database on their website.

Starting with a beautiful new logo designed by nationally known aviation artist, Joe Jones of Art Works Studio, I designed this website to be fast, flexible, and allow for quick access to a large amount of information, as well as providing several interactive features to encourage the participation of the public in this important project. I also developed an extensive, web-based "admin" section which allows for easy site updates and database management.

One of my favorite parts is the Memorial Honoree graphic under the logo which displays the name, rank, hometown, and conflict of a randomly selected honoree from the database.

The purpose of the Eighth Air Force Historical Society is to perpetuate the history of the Eighth Air Force and to honor the memory of their lost comrades. As part of this purpose, the Historical Society strives to promote programs that will educate the public about the sacrifices all members of the Eighth Air Force made toward preserving the precious freedom the United States and the free world enjoy today.

This was the first of two Cold Fusion database projects I did for a real estate developer in Massachusetts. The original site was both poorly designed and virtually non-functional. The intent was a website where available rental properties could be listed along with pictures and descriptions, all maintained by office staff having no experience with HTML or other web technologies.

Here is a partial list of improvements I was able to make:

• new, simple but professional graphic design
• cross-browser support
• redevelop the underlying database structure to allow for easier maintenance and unlimited scalability
• reorganize and restructure the registration and property listing process to allow realtors throughout the area to use the site
• provide a web-based front-end application enabling non-webmasters to upload photographs and floorplans to the site and display them with their property listings
• develop a powerful search tool for end-users of the site

The new site is easy to use for both realtors and renters and presents a professional and competent public image.

The second of two Cold Fusion database projects I did for Hall and Moskow in Massachusetts. The original site was poorly designed and very difficult to use for both the mall management company and the store owners. The site was set up so business owners in the mall could enter their hours of operation, business description, contact information, upload their logo graphic and generally maintain their own web page.

Here are some of the improvements I was able to make:

• updated graphics without frames
• improved cross-browser support
• redevelop the underlying database structure to allow for easier maintenance and unlimited scalability
• reorganize and restructure the user interface to make it much easier to use
• provide for dynamically generated META tags for the individual businesses to improve the search engine placement for each business in the mall

The new site is much more easily maintained and updated and has become a valuable tool for both the mall and the individual business owners.

An up-and-coming comic based in Hollywood, CA, Tim Powers needed a website that he could keep fresh and current, without depending on a "web guy" to do the updates. My good friend and talented artist, Liz Maes, did the design work while I developed a full-featured "admin" section that allows Tim to update virtually the entire website himself, through a simple, web-based interface designed just for him.

This was a completely new design I did for this small Colorado mountain airport that is struggling to survive against the best efforts of a local land developer who is trying to close the airport so that he might build houses on the land.

The original website was built by a pilot using whatever software he could lay hands on and suffered from all of the usual problems, including:

• serious "code-bloat"—the original home page was 27K, the new home page is 9K
• low-quality, non-optimized graphics
• hard-coded page width—the new design reflows to fit the available window size
• disorganized and inconsistent site structure—I worked closely with the owner of the airport to organize a large amount of information into a consistent and easily navigable structure
• an almost complete inability to update the site—in June of 2003 the home page was still advertising the 2001 fly-in! I was able to reorganize and clean up the code to a point where news items, new photos, and whole new pages can be added to the site with minimal effort.

The new site presents a professional and competent public image and allows quick and easy access to important information.

RNCaseManager.com provides a marketplace for employers and jobseekers in the nursing and case management professions. Jobseekers can post their resumés and search the database for jobs that match their criteria while employers can post job openings and search for qualified candidates.

Site is currently based on an MS Access database backend and features full administrative capabilities.

AAACEUs.com offers over 250 college-level courses and currently has over 22,000 registered users. Account holders can purchase credit hours, review course material, take the tests, print certificates, and keep track of the continuing education units required for recertification.

Site is currently based on an MS Access database backend and features full administrative capabilities.