KevinKuzma.com uses an integrated WordPress backend as it’s content management system. Custom design, quotation rotation script, PHP includes and separated xHTML & CSS make this site highly customizable and easily maintainable.

Kevin Kuzma is a freelance journalist, trade magazine editor and public relations spokesperson. His feature writing, essays and short stories have appeared in The Kansas City Star, Urban Times, Ink Magazine, Present Magazine and Fatherville.com, an online forum for fathers.

He is Manager of Publications and Public Relations for PlattForm, a Kansas City-based advertising firm specializing in higher education.

Design: Jamon Abercrombie
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client: Kevin Kuzma

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The CSB School of Broadcasting project was an overhaul of their existing site. Since 1964, CSB School of Broadcasting has been the top choice for thousands of students b/c they want a great career in television, radio or Internet media, and know they’ll benefit from CSB School of Broadcasting’s Learn by Doing® approach.

The new site was designed with a new, sleek, modern feel with ease of navigation and emphasis on a better user experience.

A content replacement system was added to the main locations (cities) pages using Wordpress as the engine.

This site is going through several phases before it is completely overhauled. One of the next phases to take place is and interactive flash header on the homepage where users can interact with the people represented on the homepage.

(thanks to Craig Juneau and Jodi Augustine at PlattForm).

Design: Jodi Augustine & Craig Juneau – Web Designers at PlattForm
Flash: Craig Juneau – Web Designer at PlattForm
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client (PlattForm): CSB School of Broadcasting

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:: neXt :: ministries is a companion site to a local ministry of First Baptist Church in O’Fallon, Missouri called :: neXt ::. This site is dual-hybrid type site. The main “about” section of the site is flash. From the flash section there are links to the content/blog/discussion section that is powered and uses Wordpress as a content management system.

:: neXt :: is a next-generation bible study aimed at equipping the next-generation in reaching the next-generation for Christ.

:: neXt :: meets LIVE every other Tuesday staring October 16, 2007, and ONLINE every other Tuesday. See the site for a schedule of events, messages and series’.

Design: Jamon Abercrombie
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client (AP): :: neXt :: ministries & First Baptist Church O’Fallon, Missouri

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Magic at Hand was built using Wordpress as its content management backend (PHP). This was a fairly quick build, once you understand Wordpress’s templates and functions. I’ve been customizing Wordpress templates for about two years now, or so. This site was a little bit tricky at first, trying to figure out how to make the light-beams appear and shine down over multiple elements.

Wordpress ended up being a good route to go with this, b/c Wordpress (or any CMS) gives content updating control to the client. With Magic at Hand, we were also looking for an easy way for the client to post videos from MySpace, YouTube, Google, etc. Thanks to the seemingly unending plugins for Wordpress, we were able to accomplish that for the client using Wordpress Video Plugin.

(thanks to Steve Burns and Ryan Dale at PlattForm Advertising).

Design: Steve Burns – Web Designer at PlattForm Advertising
Flash: Ryan Dale – Web Designer at PlattForm Advertising
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client (PlattForm): Magic at Hand :: Eric Price, Kansas City Magician

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BEFORE

AFTER

KEY Magazine Online was actually a site that used to be called KEY Colleges. This site came to PlattForm through the acquisition of another company in 2005, and quickly (too quickly) overhauled the existing site to the “before” view that you see here.

It was “too quickly” b/c though there was a lot of thought put into the site, it still wasn’t enough, the thought process didn’t go deep enough, and didn’t involve all the right people (you’ve never seen that). It basically was developed in an old-school way where each page was a physical page on the server and all maintenance was manual … and tedious!

In 2007, KEY Magazine got some much deserved attention, and we’ve rehauled the site to include a content management system based through Wordpress, RSS capabilities, dynamic content placement and a ton of “sticky” elements. We’ve added games and quizzes and polls, and an online magazine issue section to match its magazine distribution.

Design: Ryan Dale & Jodi Augustine (PlattForm Advertising)
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client (PlattForm): KEY Magazine

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701 Live is a companion site to a local ministry of First Baptist Church in O’Fallon, Missouri called 701. This site is powered and uses Wordpress as a content management system, and is 100% integrated.

701 is a mid-week worship service designed to meet the needs of college students and young adults. The name “701″ was derived from 2 Corinthians 7:01 which says:
“Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.”

Design: Jamon Abercrombie
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client (AP): 701 & First Baptist Church O’Fallon, Missouri

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This project for Up & Going LLC was to give its existing site a make-over, organization and flow. I think we accomplished that here. Their old site utilized a cheesy, late-90’s Flash intro that took forever to run through, adhered to NO web standards, and was originally built using Yahoo! Site Builder (a.k.a. Geocities).

We’ve given this site a brand-spanking new, clean, professional look and feel; made it considerably more user-friendly; and, definitely more pleasing to the eye. We brought this site into the 21st century in web standards by utilizing (x)HTML, PHP and CSS to separate the code structure and markup from the style commands.

Up & Going’s mission is to become your one-stop Information Technology shop by ensuring:

• Your systems are operating at maximum performance
• Your network is free of bottlenecks, and
• You are securely protected

Design: Jamon Abercrombie
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client (AP): Up & Going LLC

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Academy of Health Care Professions‘ web site is indended as a place for prospective students in the health care industry to find quality training in their area. This site was built using ASP technology (existing site/server requirements), and features drop-down navigation, contact forms and a custom design (thanks to Angie Huse at PlattForm Advertising).

Academy of Health Care Professions focuses on training students for careers in one of the largest and fastest-growing fields of today and tomorrow – allied health.

Design: Angie Huse – Web Designer at PlattForm Advertising
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client (PlattForm): Academy of Health Care Professions

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This site for USA Health Coach actually didn’t seem too difficult bringing to life. Thanks to Dustin Steller at Five Loaves Creative for the design work, and then we simply used Wordpress as our backend content management system. We created a new theme, and modified some of the Wordpress K2 theme files to make it do what we wanted (rotating header image, custom page stylings and layout, etc), and then found some existing plugins for some other features and modified them to do what met the client’s need, and away it goes.

The head coach, Karl Dennison Ph.D, has been involved in longevity research and health-related therapies for over 35 years. He provides coaching for relation reconciliation, physical, mental, and emotional challenges. His anti-aging strategies have led to medical alert regarding prescription drug interactions, and the citizens need to take charge of their health treatment.

He is currently available to review individual cases in conjunction with esteemed medical specialists as it relates to a strategic treatment plan.

Design: Dustin Steller (Five Loaves Creative)
Development: Dustin Steller & Jamon Abercrombie
Client (Five Loaves Creative): USA Health Coach

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This Houdyshell & Associates site turned out to be a rush build – something that had to be turned around quickly. This site was built using PHP technology, and features drop-down navigation, file include functionality, a contact form and custom design (thanks to Dustin Steller at Five Loaves Creative).

Houdyshell & Associates provides clients with the expertise of a large accounting firm without the large fee structure. Their mission is stated simply: “Provide quality services to our clients using our experience and expertise to exceed their expectations“.

Design: Dustin Steller (Five Loaves Creative)
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client (Five Loaves Creative): Houdyshell & Associates

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