Work

Below you will find a collection of web sites and web applications that I have completed during the last 3 years of my career. Thanks for browsing, hope you find something interesting!

You may also download my professional resume (PDF).

Web Sites

Nancy’s Condo v2

Nancy's Condo Redesign

  • Complete standards based redesign of my first website ever
  • Lightbox photo galleries
  • Integrated Google Maps into Locations Area
 

iCentera

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  • Complete conversion of old deprecated HTML code into a standards based CSS / XHTML website.
  • Design of graphical elements
  • Custom content management built on ASP and MS SQL server.
 

Plogger

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  • Complete standards based website to help promote my open-source project, Plogger.
  • Logo and branding
  • Wrote all copy and product documentation
 

SEO Scribes

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  • Complete standards-based redesign.
  • Decreased the size of the website by 90% by eliminating superflous tags and utilizing style sheets more effectively.
  • Minimalist approach to the design
 

Moe’s Southwest Grill

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  • Design and implementation of Macromedia Flash interface template for over 15 different Moe’s locations.
  • Flash interface is generated dynamically by pulling data from a MySQL database through a layer of PHP.
 

The Steak Knife

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  • Website for one of my favorite steak joints in college.
  • Complete standards based design done in XHTML and CSS
  • Custom graphic work, XML driven events calendar, and custom photo gallery.
 

Solano Systems LLC (offline)

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  • Complete standards based solution for my freelance business, Solano Systems LLC.
  • Custom PHP link blog and content management solution
  • Custom designed Wordpress theme and blog
  • Logo design and branding
 

Jah Freedom (offline)

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  • Complete standards based design for local reggae band, Jah Freedom.
  • Created custom PHP mailing list system and simple news posting CMS
  • They stiffed me on the full payment! Reggae sucks!
 

Nancy’s Condo

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  • Rental website for my mother’s Florida condominium
  • My very first website, made with lots of tables and font tags in the not so cool Microsoft Frontpage software. I have learned much since then =)
 

Web Applications

bravoSpec

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  • A complete project management suite for Sierra Bravo internal use
  • Created UI, developed front-end and back-end code
  • Developed entirely in CakePHP with heavy usage of AJAX for spreadsheet-like interactivity
 

icExchange

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  • A content and best practices sharing community to support the iCentera icSuite
  • Conceptualized, created graphics, created UI, and created complete system in ASP/SQL Server
  • Created complete backend system for system administrators.
  • Official Press Release
 

Plogger Application

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  • Lead Developer of popular open-source photo gallery system Plogger.
  • Lead design process for user interface, coded backend systems in PHP, and designed MySQL database relations.
  • Designed logo
 

Moe’s Administrative Tools

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  • Complete backend system to compliment Moe’s Flash Interface template
  • Job Application manage, customer comment manager, and mailing list manager custom built in PHP.
 

LiveList

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  • This is a discontinued project, but is still a fully functioning simple CMS system to build basic “living” lists on your webpages.
  • Built with PHP and MySQL
 

Code

Yahoo Ad Network Extension for Vanilla

  • Simple extension for the amazing forum software Vanilla to allow you to instantly plug in advertisements from the Yahoo Publisher Network
 

Gallery Builder Script SimpleViewer

  • Simple thumbnail and XML file generator to be used as a companion to Airtight Interactive’s SimpleViewer. This file was co-authored by several individuals, my contribution included automatic thumbnail generation.
 

Print/Graphics

Marketing Management Magazine

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  • Two-page (full) Ad for Marketing Management Magazine
  • Featured on the back/inside cover of the July/August Issue
 

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About

Mike Johnson is a Minneapolis based web designer and developer, with a strong background in web application development and standards based design.

Mike is the Lead Developer of the popular open-source photo gallery Plogger, and holds a full time position as a Web Programmer and Product Developer for Twin Cities based Startup Sierra Bravo.

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