Cher Stewart

Lice Knowing You, Inc.'s owner Nancy Gordon came to me armed with a few words. Whimsical, Witty and Character. These are the things she wanted to see in her company, Lice Knowing You, Incorporated's web site. She wanted to grab the attention of visitors, and entice them to learn more about her service. I am still what I consider new to Ruby on Rails framework, but I have now armed myself with a simple CMS plugin based on divs, haml and AJAX that I can proudly say I designed and built myself. This site was an amazing milestone for me in what I will be able to accomplish in the future, and how quickly and efficiently I can get it done. (I've listed the CMS as a seperate portfolio piece).

I had a bit of an agenda of my own with this site. Nancy was looking for a simple way to make updates to the site, and strong accessibility and search engine optimization techniques of development. Already well-versed in accessibility and SEO, I wanted to tackle it even more. Her site is completely accessible (disable the CSS and you will see), and I have implemented sIFR for viewing pleasure, which can be easily removed, and substituted with a web-safe font without the design being compromised.

I am still what I consider new to Ruby on Rails framework, but I have now armed myself with a simple CMS plugin based on divs, haml and AJAX that I can proudly say I designed and built myself. This site was an amazing milestone for me in what I will be able to accomplish in the future, and how quickly and efficiently I can get it done. (I've listed the CMS as a separate portfolio piece).