IESC Geekcorps

URL: http://www.geekcorps.org

As Geekcorps Associate at IESC in 2006, I was tasked with redesigning and rebuilding the Geekcorps website with a new CMS. (The original site had not been redesigned in years and used a custom-made Microsoft Access-based CMS that had become somewhat unwieldy with age.)

For this project I had ownership of more tasks than usual.

• First, with the Geekcorps Director, I developed the site architecture.
• Then I designed the look and feel of site, giving it a more modern, clean look.
• I selected, installed, configured, tested, and deployed the open-source CMS, Wordpress.
• I hand-coded site templates using XHTML, CSS, and Wordpress template tags; I created original graphics.
• I researched and installed add-ons (Wordpress plugins for additional functionality, mailing list software, etc.).
• I tested the site and deployed it.

Once the site was live, I took over management of it:

• I wrote, edited, and published articles.
• I managed comments and trackbacks.
• I administrated user accounts.

The new Geekcorps site:

The old Geekcorps site: