I have recently just finished working on another freelance website for a company called InVeritas. InVeritas Research & Consulting, Inc., is a national research and consulting firm specializing in strategic communications, political polling and research, government relations, grassroots/grasstops organizing, press relations and message development. This client had a very specific vision in mind about how they wanted their website to look and feel, and it was my job to make that vision come true.
This website is built on top of a wordpress backend so they can easily make posts or news alerts whenever they want. I used several wordpress plugins in the development of this site. For the menu I used the PixoPoint Menu Plugin which is a really great wordpress menu plugin. This plugin comes with tons of customization options and allows you to easily add your own custom dropdown menu to any WordPress site. At first it was a little difficult to work with but in the end it did exactly what I needed for it to do. Another plugin I used was the Redirection Plugin which is used to manage 301 redirections, keep track of 404 errors, and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have. I also used the Exec-PHP plugin to allow me to run any php code thats in posts, pages and text widgets. The final plugin I used was the .html on Pages WordPress plugin, which adds “.html” to the end of all the pages on the site.
I always try to learn something new from any project I undertake, and this one was no exception. The main thing to realize when building or creating something for a client is that its really important to work with the client and give them exactly what they want, because in the end they are the ones paying for it. It i s hard sometimes because what they want isn’t always the easiest, quickest, or best solution. Its important to tell the client what they need to know to make the best decision though.
I worked with Kinetic Media Solutions again on this project and I enjoyed working with InVeritas as well.
Cya
