projects
We're really proud of our work, so why not tell everyone about how great it is?
recent work
Tetris!
Whilst messing around with the MooTools JavaScript framework, we thought it would be nice to actually make something fun. Tetris is fun. So we made it.
- We call our creation MooTris – play the game
MyAthens
Heard of iGoogle? Its basically a fun portal which allows you to place boxes of content onto the page, then move them, minimise them, close them and whatnot. Freestyle were asked to create something similar using the MooTools JavaScript framework
- See the site at www.athensams.net/myathens
- Unfortunately the draggable boxes aren't publically available. You can however, have a play with the demo here
First off, great job - it works really, really well - exactly as we want it to. The code looks really good too, very clean and clearly labeled.
– Liam McMurray from Element Media commenting on our work
Flipside
We did some design! We don't usually do design, but we like to think it turned out pretty well. We also built the XHTML and CSS templates.
- See the site at www.flipsideboards.co.uk
XMB Forum CAPTCHA
Up until very recently, XMB forum didn't have a CAPTCHA for registration. Meaning that tons of spambots could register on their forums and post their spam willy nilly. We created a CAPTCHA solution for the registration process using reCAPTCHA. We found reCAPTCHA interesting because each word users are asked to type in helps them to digitise books, in a much more reliable way than OCR ever could. It also means that we don't have to do any complicated coding to generate a word which a computer can't read...which in our books is a win win situation.
- The code is compatible with version 1.9.7 and includes installation instructions.
other work
This work wasn't done by Alan as part of Freestyle Developments. Alan was however, the lead developer on this selection of projects whilst he was working at MediaClash.
SouthGate Bath
A website to inform the public about the SouthGate redevelopment in Bath. The site is administered in its entirity by Joomla! – a popular open source CMS. Our favourite parts of the site are the Web 2.0 style gallery and FAQ section – which were made using prototype and script.aculo.us.
- See the site at www.southgatebath.com
Blackfish Publishing
Another site developed to be administered by Joomla!. Blackfish Publishing is a magazine publishing company, which is enjoying the success of their first launch – Death Ray, a science fiction and fantasy title.
- See the site at www.blackfishpublishing.com
Digital Radio Now
Whilst not designed or built by MediaClash, this site used to become un-useable under heavy traffic. A hosting transfer, a wealth of optimisations and a page caching mechanism ensured this PHP site was useable over Christmas – the busiest period for digital radio sites. Particularly for digitalradionow.com, as the postcode checker (a service used to check available radio stations for a particular postcode) is used by the BBC, Digital One, and other commercial radio companies.
- See the site at www.digitalradionow.com
- Have a go with the postcode checker
web accessibility
Read about what we do to ensure our website and any website we create is accessible to as wide an audience as possible.
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