Threeboy
07-18-2008, 12:48 PM
The HipHopSodaShop (http://www.hiphopsodashop.com) project is done. We did a "half launch" in mid December which contained many of the core features and then the project hit a couple snags. Many months and many consultants later the project is finally completed. The music player (powered by JW FLV Media Player (http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player)), media gallery (http://www.hiphopsodashop.com/media.php), and other features that didn't make it in for the original launch are finally in place. The media gallery and RSS based subscription mechanisms (http://www.hiphopsodashop.com/rss.php) are things that I will be implementing into the TrueNuff (http://www.truenuff.com/) projects in the near future.
For those who don't know the HipHopSodaShop is a chain of restaurants that is similar to the Hard Rock Cafe (http://www.hardrockcafe.com/) & Planet Hollywood (http://www.planethollywood.com/) franchises but with a Hip Hop theme.
http://www.threeboy.net/blog/images/posts/hiphopsodashop_index.jpg
I collaborated with The Rob (http://www.robinlow.com/) for this project - he did the backend, php coding & databasing while I designed the project and handled the graphics and HTML/CSS stuff. The site is automated in key areas empowering the client to make direct changes to the site's content without the need for re-hiring us for future content updates. With peoples familiarity with Blogs, Photo and Social Networking sites these days I'm sure features like this will become standard in many of our future client projects.
http://www.threeboy.net/blog/images/posts/hiphopsodashop_cp.jpg
Despite the scheduling setbacks and the interfering company growing pains the project was still lots of fun to work on and boy howdy The Rob & I learned a thing or two about projects in general.
My next bread and butter project is a re-branding of Tong Moo Do Martial Arts (http://www.tongmoodo.com) - more on that as it happens!
Re-brand THIS.
For those who don't know the HipHopSodaShop is a chain of restaurants that is similar to the Hard Rock Cafe (http://www.hardrockcafe.com/) & Planet Hollywood (http://www.planethollywood.com/) franchises but with a Hip Hop theme.
http://www.threeboy.net/blog/images/posts/hiphopsodashop_index.jpg
I collaborated with The Rob (http://www.robinlow.com/) for this project - he did the backend, php coding & databasing while I designed the project and handled the graphics and HTML/CSS stuff. The site is automated in key areas empowering the client to make direct changes to the site's content without the need for re-hiring us for future content updates. With peoples familiarity with Blogs, Photo and Social Networking sites these days I'm sure features like this will become standard in many of our future client projects.
http://www.threeboy.net/blog/images/posts/hiphopsodashop_cp.jpg
Despite the scheduling setbacks and the interfering company growing pains the project was still lots of fun to work on and boy howdy The Rob & I learned a thing or two about projects in general.
My next bread and butter project is a re-branding of Tong Moo Do Martial Arts (http://www.tongmoodo.com) - more on that as it happens!
Re-brand THIS.