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Website Name: Dixie Hallows - The Home of Harry Potter in the South
Web Address: http://www.dixiehallows.com
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Operating Information: Started in 2007 - Ongoing.
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Content Info: Website for Dixie Hallows, a costuming fan club devoted to the Harry Potter saga.
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Utilized Resources: Message Board, Image Gallery and Online Store. All under a centralized portal and login system.
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Additional Notes: Eye catching and easy to navigate. The whole site, including the language files for the Message Board, have been themed for Harry Potter terminology (i.e. Personal Messages are 'Owls').
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Customer Testimonial: "Kevin spear-headed the idea for us of using online communities to bring our fan
groups together by providing a local forum. In less than a few days my Alabama Harry
Potter website, the Dixie Hallows, began to gather members and continues to grow in
the Birmingham area.
I provided him with terms and research for giving the site an insider's view with
references and touches, and he also searched on his own, providing fun elements I
would not have known even existed. He has been catering the website to fit our
needs, which has to be very interactive for a fan group. The site is easy to use
for members to hold online chats, post pictures, and start new topics or post in
existing ones. I am learning how to be an "administrator" by his guidance so I can
watch over the site's daily postiings. I would not have dreamed I could have a site
so rich and beautiful in its design, colorings, simplicity, and pure fun elements."
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Website Name: Traditional Home Concepts by Adrian Cutchshaw
Web Address: http://www.aschouseplans.com
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Operating Information: Started in 2006 - Ongoing.
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Content Info: Online Portfolio for award-winning architect Adrian Cutchshaw, based out of Georgia, US.
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Utilized Resources: Server Side Coding, Extensive Custom File System, as well as privately initiated and maintained communications mediums between client and developer onsite.
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Additional Notes: Traditional Home Concepts continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with future plan books to be added as the architect requests. I believe this website demonstrates our diversity in designing and creating websites that suit particular customer needs.
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Customer Testimonial: "Our architectural firm has been growing by leaps and bounds since we've posted our new web site. We have found Kevin at Kaegel Design to be as reliable and dependable as he is creative. He listened closely to our needs and was never inflexible during the design process. We are grateful for the support Kevin has provided us and would highly recommend his services."
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Website Name: HuntinAlabama.com - Alabama's Hunting and Fishing Community
Web Address: http://www.huntinalabama.com
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Operating Information: Started in 2006 - Ongoing.
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Content Info: A state-wide hunting and fishing community website.
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Utilized Resources: Message Board and Online Image Gallery. Main focus on convenient community communication resources, with interlaid revenue producing advertising systems.
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Additional Notes: Created as a substantial upgrade from an existing community, HuntinAlabama.com is a community I spend a good amount of time on. As in SWSyndicate.com below, it utilizes manually rotating header images to celebrate seasons or special events and holidays.
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Customer Testimonial: "I went to Kaegel Design looking for a migration to my new domain, and what I got was a first class site. My traffic has increased tremendously, and I now have a hunting website I can be proud of."
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Website Name: The Alabama Star Wars Syndicate
Web Address: http://www.swsyndicate.com
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Operating Information: Started in 1999 - Ongoing.
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Content Info: Ongoing community home for Alabama-based Star Wars fan club.
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Utilized Resources: Robust Message Board, Chat, and Online Image Gallery. Heavy focus on convenient community communication resources.
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Additional Notes: I started this website as one of my first and strongest building grounds. It has served me well, allowing me to mature my skills with a community that began and thrives under my leadership.
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Creatively Self-Motivated
When I see something I want to create, my passion for leads me on. Rarely do I see a task as monumental. Instead, I see a task for what it is: an opportunity.
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Logical and Methodical
I have put my skills to logical use in the past to methodically reshape and rebuild previously ineffective online communication mediums to suit the needs of a group.
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Online Team Leadership
I have been the effective project leader of an online team of individuals tasked with managing hundreds of users for over 4 years now.
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Web Design Experience
I currently design and operate the bustling websites to the right. All display my advanced skill at web design, employing the use of several coding languages, such as HTML, SHTML, SQL, PHP, CGI, Java, JavaScript, and other various coding languages.
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Kevin E. Gardner
22382 Eastern Valley Road
McCalla, Alabama 35111
(205) 938-1998 (voice mail)
kevin@borskaegel.com
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