My Code of Ethics sets the bar very high for my integrity, honesty, timeliness and quality of work. I will deliver a signed Code of Ethics to you with my first contract so that you know I intend to stand behind it and deliver a product I am proud of while maintaining a level of integrity that’s hard to find in the web development industry. If you’re interested in bringing me on the team I can send a list of references you can contact to learn more about me: the quality of my work, my communication skills, my testing procedures and my integrity

I am looking to work on a per-project basis; please email me your project specifics and I will get back to you with a quote as soon as possible. If you’re interested in bringing me on a project, please either call me at (661) 951 2252 or email me: alex@branninggroup.com.

I had to make quite a few enhancements to the user experience; including:

1. Add to Cart button no longer created a page refresh
2. Add to Cart button triggered a JavaScript alert letting them know their item was added to the shopping cart
3. The header bar text (”My Cart: # Items”) had to be modified to show the overall number of items, and not the number of individual products within the shopping cart. For example, if the customer purchased two widgets and three doodles it had to display “My Cart: 5 items” instead of Zen Cart’s standard functionality that would have displayed “My Cart: 2 items”

The client has a trade-only web site so this functionality isn’t available to on the public-facing web site. Please email me and let me know if you would like to get my username and password for the demo store so you can see the functionality in action!

I was able to make this happen! You can see it working on http://www.namelynewborns.com/.

Here’s how it works:

1. Buyer adds item to cart
2. Buyer clicks “edit” to edit the desired attributes
3. Buyer clicks “save” to submit changes to item
4. Cart refreshes showing new attributes for item

Please email me and let me know if you would like me to install this on your Zen Cart!

The Branning Group was approached by Calaisio to design a new site for their custom products. Calaisio asked the Branning Group to design the new site and integrate all of their products in a better was as well as create a warehouse integration system for the site.

The Branning Group was able to do this by using CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP and Zen Cart. By using these different types of technologies the Branning Group was able to make the new Calaisio site fully functional and match everything that was asked for.

Wishy for Everything is a start-up company that is launching a wishlist service that will be embedded in all popular social networks and allow people to share their wishlists globally.

The business model for Wishy.com required them to have over 900,000 products in their catalog….which in turn required a revisionary way for them to search their catalog since Zen Cart doesn’t handle very well with a large catalog. We developed a custom search indexing tool that returned results sorted by relevance in under .2 seconds! ]]> http://alexbranning.com/wishy/feed/ http://alexbranning.com/this-is-marilyn/ http://alexbranning.com/this-is-marilyn/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:30:53 +0000 alexbranning http://alexbranning.com/?p=1690 We worked with people close to the Marilyn Monroe estate to build a social networking web site for all the fans of the iconic actress. We designed the site to focus on the glamor of Marilyn and highlight her career, as well as give her fans interesting factoids and attract a new generation of Marilyn fans.

The featureset of the web site includes an activity feed, message boards, private messaging, contests, polls, and user relationships.

The Branning Group social networking platform comes with the following feature set out of the box, any and all modifications are on the table:

• User management (with full statistics and reports)
• Peer relationships through the network (users can become “friends” with each other)]
• Complete content management system; all content is controlled through the back-end administration
• Image upload for users; moderation through back-end system (user generated content that makes you money!)
• Activity feed that entices users to click around on your web site, generating advertising revenue and encourages more user generated content
• Blog system for all users
• Custom URLs for your users - http://www.bluecanvas.com/branninggroup (this will encourage your user base to share their profile on your site with their friends)
• Classifieds system to post job openings, items for sale, etc
• Events system that allows users to broadcast meetings, parties, etc
• Internal messaging system that allows users to contact each other through the network
• Powerful search engine that can retrieve content from all areas of the site
• Message Wall that allows users to leave notes on their friends’ profile pages

Jobblehead was launched with the following feature set:

The Branning Group social networking platform comes with the following feature set out of the box: user management (with full statistics and reports); peer relationships through the network (users can become “friends” with each other); complete content management system; image upload with folder system; activity feed; blog system for members; classifieds system; events broadcasting; internal messaging; powerful search engine that can retrieve content from all areas on the site; and a message wall that allows users to leave notes on their friends’ profile pages. Development is underway for more features to bolster the community aspects and encourage more user-generated content.

The site also offers job offer feature for everyone to look for new jobs that may be available. There is also a RSS Aggregator that allows the users to get news on their Jobblehead home page.