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One of the major websites promoting Australian tourism, TravelNT, created a micro-site to advertise the merits of Alice Springs and its surrounding area in central Australia. I developed the main flash element appearing in those pages:

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I used Actionscript 3 to script the animation sequences and implement the interactivity. Many of the contents are loaded from external files, an XML file for the menu and text, FLV files for the videos and SWF files for slideshows. I was given the initial concept of the blurring transitions but felt that I had to experiment with the speeds and prioritizing the movements to achieve a smooth transition between the sub-pages.

Overall it was a small, useful app I enjoyed working on.

The AustCham Australia-China Business Awards is a means of recognising companies that have worked to deliver Australian products or services to the Greater China region.

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I’ve worked on reskinning the website (CSS) making sure to keep the back-end functionallity intact. I’ve also worked with Austcham’s communication department in order to make the essential updates (HTML) needed to keep the website up to date for this year’s awards.

Relevant links: ACBA:07

ICMG’s business is construction management and head contracting of commercial fit-out and refurbishment projects. ICMG currently operates in New South Wales and Victoria.

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I’ve created the XHTML / CSS parts of this website.
The most challenging part was the “Portfolio” photo gallery in which the project description is loaded on top of the photographs in a semi-transparent box.

The core of the Tank A Day website is the water-saving quiz. Students are called to test their knowledge and gain the right for their school to win a water tank. This is the main purpose for the user registration and the other information that is available on the site…

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I was called on this project for what seemed to be a simple upgrade – the addition of two age groups instead of just one. This led to a series of updates that ultimately changed the quiz to an unrecognized state. The new features where demanding but brought the experience to new standards visually. Unfortunately the old structure the quiz was still relying on (timelined AS2) couldn’t handle the new additions perfectly. Since there wasn’t any planning to create it from scratch in AS3 I tried to balance the opposing factors of the app to achieve the best possible results.

A kids site with a learning spin, Tank A Day uniquely entertains, educates on water saving and promotes the products of Bluescope. When the website was going to be upgraded I handled the front-end side.

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The new interface has a basic XHTML-CSS structure. As always I tried to keep it as clean and obvious as possible. The new web 2.0 look gave me the freedom to actually apply some of the common CSS techniques. On the side there was also some flash development involved for the scroller in the homepage and some other elements in the administration area.