Paul Springett · Portfolio

Studio Arcade

This one page site enabled upcoming band ‘Studio Arcade’ to increase their fan base and promote their new album. A really simple (one field) form allows users to exchange their email address for a free download of the band’s latest album.

Key features

Built using the latest HTML5 & CSS3 web technologies
Uses Typekit for awesome fonts
Super fast build time using Rails 3 & Mongoid
Photography by Rob Vanderplank
Logo & album design by Nonimage

Visit the website at www.studioarcade.co.uk

Cardiff Students' Union Shop

I developed the Cardiff University Students' Shop as part of the in-house Ruby on Rails development team. Bringing experience from previous custom built e-commerce solutions, my role was to lead the development of the shop's user-interface and back-end programming. The shop needed to enable users to buy multiple different types of products from box office tickets to computers to t-shirts, whilst handling high levels of traffic. Simplicity and stability concerns were essential for the multi-million pound box office. The site was launched in time for Fresher's week in September.

Key features

Versatile content management system for managing multiple product types
On-site card processing using ActiveMerchant
Live ActiveResource integration with the central user data system for login and data retrieval
Intelligent processing of orders with multiple delivery methods and processing fees

Visit the website at shop.cardiffstudents.com

Rob Vanderplank

This site needed to display Rob's extensive range of photography work in an interactive and engaging way. The challenge here was to do that using only HTML, CSS & jQuery, without any need for Flash.

Key features

Extensive use of jQuery for interactive features
Use of the latest CSS3 technologies

Visit the site at www.robvanderplank.com