Dan Lawson | Online Website Design Portfolio

The Conference System is a bespoke PHP content management system developed for use within Sheffield Hallam University. The coding behind the system enables the files to be transferred to another server to quickly create a new conference website.

The system enables faculties to quickly and easily setup a conference website with no programming knowledge using the back-end admin panel.

Debt.co.uk is an information and advice website for managing debt problems and was completed during my time working as a web developer for The Relax Group PLC. The clean and minimalistic approach used is to generate a sense of calm for the user and provide easy access to the information they need.

The website features a fully integrated news blogging system. This allows for the admin to enter a news article daily using the regular company intranet, which will then be displayed as a link on the homepage and as a full article in the news section.

The Feedback Wizard is a The Times Higher Education Award nominated application which uses a blend of Visual Basic and Microsoft Excel to allow assignment markers to generate consistent individual feedback documents for an entire student cohort using an assignment-specific feedback template containing a matrix of assessment criteria and feedback comments.

The final result of the Feedback Wizard is a compressed ZIP file (Containing feedback files for each student) which imports seamlessly into the Sheffield Hallam University Assignment Handler, used to manage grades and feedback online.

The International Student Game is a Flash based e-learning experience for international students who are starting at Sheffield Hallam University.

The user receives the application as part of a ‘new student package’ when they first apply to the university.

The Module Planner Wizard is my second application developed for Sheffield Hallam University Staff. The planner is a more complex version of the Project Registry Document Wizard and uses Visual Basic programming language to act as a user friendly interface for data entry into a Microsoft Word document.

The planner enables the user to select from two wizards, Module Descriptor Wizard and the Session Planner Wizard, each with a specific purpose to guide the user into filling out what would usually be a cumbersome document.

PBM Finance provide quality advice specializing in mortgages, re-mortgages, buy to lets, life assurance, critical illness insurance and all other general insurance.

The website features extensive use of the jQuery javascript library allowing for a better user experience.  A built in administration area allows for the site owners to change every aspect of the content displayed on the site.

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The PRD Wizard is an application created for Sheffield Hallam University staff which handles the input of data into a Project Registry Document  effortlessly. The Wizard enables the user to browse through a series of three sections, each covering the three main sections of the document.

The main advantages of using the wizard over manually entering the information are:

• The straight forward user interface allows for time to be saved editing a complicated document.
• The input fields will only allow the required data type (Letters, Numbers, Both).
• Date ranges can be easily selected and verified saving time and effort.
• The in-built help system provides all the information the user requires about each input field.
• Reduces the risk of mistakes and the need to format the document.
• Can be easily printed using the Print menu.

Prime Risk Management is a construction safety solutions company who required a clean and ’solid’ looking website to match their business area.

Designed as a Wordpress theme this website is fully customizable and includes a Flickr gallery linked into the website to display previous and current examples of their work. To complete the company branding a logo and business cards were designed.

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The Prime Risk Management Business Card was designed to promote the website and to provide contact details for potential customers. The clean and minimilistic approach used on the website was carried over to the card and after a number of different designs were considered the final card was decided on.

An e-commerce website specializing in Promotional Gifts. All aspects of this website are completely customizable via a back-end database and admin interface.

This website has been a pleasure to develop and maintain being one of my first e-commerce websites. I have developed a strong business relationship with PurelyPens and have since gone on to develop numerous other websites including Purely USB which is currently ranking high in search engines.

An e-commerce website specializing in Promotional Gifts. All aspects of this website are completely customizable via a back-end database and admin interface.

This website has been a pleasure to develop and maintain being one of my first e-commerce websites. I have developed a strong business relationship with PurelyPens and have since gone on to develop numerous other websites including Purely USB which is currently ranking high in search engines.

Purely USB is a Wordpress theme based on the purelypens.com design. This website offers a huge range of promotional USB products as well as other printed gifts and is currently performing very well in all top search engines.

By using the Wordpress magagement system I was able to create a complete online shop with a fully updatable product list, ability to edit the product categories and an Ajax quote system for a better user experience.

Purely USB is fully optimized for Search Engines and features an in-built blog which displays a list of the most recent feeds on the homepage.