aprettypenny.co.uk - Retro, antique & collectables store

Date: 26th October 2009 at 12:51 am | Filed under: portfolio | Author: Sam Burdge | Tags:

A Pretty Penny is a new online store for everything retro and collectable including a wide range of designer glass and ceramics.  I would highly recommend it as a place to get quirky, unusual Christmas presents! I built the store on the free shop script platform (which uses Smarty templates).

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The store is now open. Check it out: www.aprettypenny.co.uk

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New Wiki site for Football FanCast

Date: 20th July 2009 at 5:30 pm | Filed under: development, portfolio | Author: Sam Burdge | Tags: , , ,

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I have recently been working on my first project on the MediaWiki platform, a football wiki site for FootballFanCast.com. The Football Fans Wiki is a wiki written from the fans perspective, with information about each team's stadium, transport info, where to eat & drink locally, songs, programmes, merchandise store, links,video clips & more.

Key features that I added as MediaWiki extensions:

  • Register and login from the FFC site instead of through MediaWiki itself
  • News & blog feeds on the wiki homepage

Check it out now: Fans Wiki

2 Responses to “New Wiki site for Football FanCast”

  • Comment by Andy
    Date: September 15th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    Brilliant work mate. Was looking into doing something like this for my Scottish Football site but don’t know where to start etc.

  • Comment by fashion storm
    Date: October 23rd, 2009 at 6:33 am

    i am using your amazing wordpress layout and i love it but i was wondering how i can change the header to a custom one that i have. it doesn’t blink or anything it is just a png. file. help! please. you can mail me back at the email i gave you. thanks!

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The Transfer Tavern

Date: 9th June 2009 at 2:37 pm | Filed under: portfolio | Author: Sam Burdge

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The Transfer Tavern is a pub themed blog / site about football transfer rumours. It features two different voting systems by which readers can vote on the pluasability of each rumour, deciding whether the rumour should 'Fly or Die' and also a beer rating to decide how drunk you would have to be to believe the more outlandish rumours.

The most interesting and challenging aspect of building the site was designing and implimenting the custom voting systems. I also designed the pub style logo for the site which I am quite pleased with! If you like to keep up to date with all the latest footy rumours, or want to find out what purchases your team might be making over the summer transfer window then be sure to check it out: www.footballtransfertavern.com

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Corporate Flash Animated Banner

Date: 23rd May 2009 at 12:13 pm | Filed under: flash, portfolio | Author: Sam Burdge | Tags: , , ,

Working with design agency Pollen London, I developed this simple, eyecatching flash banner for client Project Associates' website home page.

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The banner shows a constantly moving, rotating array of their team, each image linking to the specific person's profile on the site.

Check out their home page to see the banner in action:

www.projectassociatesltd.com

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The Football Journalist - Blog Customisations

Date: 4th May 2009 at 1:00 pm | Filed under: portfolio | Author: Sam Burdge | Tags: , , ,

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The Football Journalist is a blog site aimed at people who want to become professional sports and football journalists. It features listings of sports journalism courses and jobs within the football industry.

I applied a few basic customisations to the theme, changing the background image and adding in the adsense blocks and job listings widgets. I also used a few of my favourite plugins to apply SEO to the site.

As the site is linked with FootballFanCast (one of the leading football blog and podcasting sites in the UK) I would highly recommend it for anyone who is working towards a carreer in football journalism.

Check it out: www.thefootballjournalist.com

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