GOAL:
The Daily Gamecock is the student run newspaper at the University of South Carolina. Their site, which ran on Joomla, was in need of a major update. They wanted a clean looking site with high readability and features that included the following:
• Advertising (in-house or third-party system)
• Classifieds (third-party system)
• Weather
• Video Player
• Photo Galleries
• Audio player (podcasts, etc.)
• Handle Interactive Graphics
• Blogs
• Event Calendar
• Poll
• Popular Stories Panel
• Recent Comments Panel
• Twitter Panel
• Facebook Panel
• Email Newsletter (and newsletter sign-up)
• PDF of printed Edition
• Comments (and on what [articles,blogs,media,galleries])
• Support for third-party mobile systems (Genwi, iCampusTimes)
• Custom RSS feeds
• Email feedback forms
• External blog integration
• Topic pages (specific topics, Basketball, Football, Salary Guide)
• Open Graph integration
• Article Tools
○ google+
• Custom pages (guides, puzzles, etc.)
• Housing Guide
• Dining Guide
Using our own, SNWorks developed, content management system (CMS) Gryphon, we were able to build out their website fairly quickly and in the time as outlined in pre-production estimates.
DUTIES:
As a member of the SNWorks webteam, I was asked to carry out the front-end development of the site navigation:
• Drop down sub-level menu: design & interactivity
• Multimedia page: design & interactivity
METHODS:
• HTML
• CSS [Bootstrap based using LESS]
• PHP [PHP using Twig]
• CMS [Gryphon]
RESPONSIVE VIEWS:
1200px +
761px -
480px -
