As
a Content Manager for the Online group, design and code for
the main site as well as design and code the UI for various
web applications.
The
main site of the SAA is completely data driven, using
TCL and JSP. The CMS is proprietary, and while the interface
is clumsy, it is quite powerful. The most complex example
of backend work can be seen in the Reunion Homecoming
section for 2003.
Other
notable sections include STARS,
and the Alumni
Education Book Salon subsite. 
Also
responsible for the events, and in the process of architecting
and
designing a new regional approach to events, clubs
and discussion
groups. Finally, the entire site will be migrating
to a new code base and CMS in March of 2004 when SAA outsources
with a company in Texas for hosting and backend development.
Major responsibilities include redesigning the navigational
approach to the site.
In
addition to the main site, successfully designed and launched
a complete refresh for the awards winning magazine, STANFORD.
In addition, the magazine people wanted to be able to manage the site themselves,
so extensive use of Dreamweaver MX templates were created,
as were the snippets feature. Check out back issues before
July, 2003 to see the old design.
User
Interface Design:
In
addition to creating the UI for various small web applications
within the site styleguides (the Stanford Career Center
and the ATNC Application Review, to name two), architected,
designed and coded for the three following web applications:
The
Stanford InCircle project is a portal that allows
alumni to network in a variety of ways, with the methods
being
inspired by the premise of 6 degrees of separation. The
backend was coded by two recent Stanford grads who have
now kicked off their own start-up, Affinity Engines.
Follow this link to see the mocked-up site (note that
it only works on IE - the aspx code base took that code
and made it Netscape compatible). NOTE: Due to the
site being restricted to Stanford Alumni, the site itself
is confidential. The link goes to a copy of the mocked-up
code that was used by the backend programmers. After
opening the site, click the "LOG IN" button to begin.
Club
and Class Websites that were easy to use and
didn't require any knowledge of HTML or design were
are in high demand
by alumni. Designed and coded four alternative websites,
with varying degrees of flexibility, with minor navigational
variations between Clubs and Classes.
Designed
and coded the
Admin
Tools for Club and Class Websites. These use the
SAA site wrapper
yet sit on the hosting server. This tool customizes both
the UI for the chosen template and is where the alum
enters content for the site. Please
note that this is the mock-up that was used as the code
base for the
developers
as the live site is confidential to Stanford alumni.
The
SAA Discussion Group application was originally scoped
to replace the use of Majordomo for alumni mailing lists.
The new backend allowed for a great deal of flexibility
towards creating an online portal for alumni communities.
Designed and coded the UI. Please note that this is
the mock-up that was used as the code base for the developers
as the live site is confidential to Stanford alumni.
