Web Site Portfolio
The selected web sites below have been designed by William T. Ayton and are currently viewable. The list of sites depicted on this page will be refreshed from time to time. The usual disclaimer applies that some of these sites have been modified outside of my control.
Catherine Pietrow Coaching, LLC
This is a new web site for a local organization and productivity, ADD,
private case management, & student academic coach. She wanted a very
clean look for her site, with a blue/sepia/burnt orange color scheme
& lots of white space. We worked with a local photographer for the
images for the site & I integrated the photos, with custom layout,
icons, logo & graphics,
into the whole. Overall, I believe it's a very clear, easy-to-use & pleasant-to-look-at
site.
Link: www.catherinepietrow.com
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Lesa Cline-Ransome is a writer and editor based in Rhinebeck, NY. She
is married to the artist and illustrator, James
Ransome, whose web site
I have also worked on extensively. They often collaborate on illustrated
children's books together. Lesa's web site is currently in flux, having
gone from a more "busy" colorful style, to a simpler, cleaner
look with a lot of white space. We have just added a blog feed to the
site, and various other items, including new graphics, will be added
over the coming months.
Link: www.lesaclineransome.com
Fast Forward Fund
[Note: this site was recently redesigned with new layout & color scheme by Amy Anderson (link to follow) & implemented & updated by myself.]
A rapidly devloped and still-evolving site for a youth-driven, social venture fund, directing philanthropic capital to youth-led initiatives for global change.
The site has been developed in CSS for flexibility, and the color scheme has been chosen to reflect and enhance its youth appeal. As the site develops further, it should contain more interactive and animated elements.
I also modified their blog to more closely resemble the web site.
Link: www.fastforwardfund.org
Cunningham Illustration
This is a web site for the late illustrator Robert M. Cunningham. It's basically a simple portfolio site, with an introduction and biographical information about the artist.
The portfolio section is divided into Sports, American Landscapes, Bahamas Paintings, Studies and Drawings, Illustrations, Cadaver Drawings, and Prints For Sale, reflecting the scope of Bob Cunningham's work. The gallery pages use "teaser" thumbnail images to invite the viewer to click on the different artworks to see them in full.
The site was commissioned by my friend, the illustrator James Ransome, whose site I also update from time to time.
Link: www.cunninghamillustration.com
Julia Eilenberg, M.D. Psychiatry
This is a small web site for a local Rhinebeck psychiatrist. The site
is intended to be simple & elegant, reflecting the aesthetic of the site's
owner. Clean design, rich but subdued colors, ease of navigation, etc.
There are relatively few "bells & whistles" on the site — it is a simple,
easy-to-maintain brochure site, done in HTML & CSS.
Link: www.juliaeilenberg.com
Hudson Valley Glaucoma Care
A small site for a local medical practice in Kingston, NY. Ophthalmologist
Dr. Robert A. Schumer is an old friend of mine, & when he asked me to
design his new web site, I was delighted. I designed the site, which
is quite small & simple, but very optimized for search engines. I also
designed the eye logo, & created a series of print ads for local newspapers.
There may be other design items in the pipeline.
Link: www.hvglaucoma.com
Narcissus Press
A small literary press, of which I am the creative/art director. The site is simple & extensible, with elegant and logical design & placement of elements. The layout is all done in CSS. The site should load quickly, work with all current browsers, and be easy to understand.
As the press grows the site is expanding to contain more multimedia elements, such as video clips.
Link: www.narcissuspublications.com
Team Marketing USA
A site designed "from
the ground up", including logo design, animated GIFs, Flash, rollovers
and bright, clear, simple design.
Team Marketing USA is a nationwide, promotional event marketing, management and
staffing agency. They make the connection between clients and consumers to increase
brand awareness through experiential marketing. This site was recently redesigned using CSS. The slideshow on the home page is done in Javascript (using MooTools).
Note: this site was recently redesigned (by myself) with a new, bolder
look, and enhancements such as an animated 3D logo and embedded video.
Link: www.teammktgusa.com
Dutchess County Historical Society
This site was actually mostly designed by Holly from the Historical Society -- she came to me with all of the elements pretty much in place, which just left it up to me to make it all work. We did change the layout a little for the sake of usability, and there were a few other tweaks. The site shows off the Society's collection of historical photographs, and there is a slideshow highlighting their contemporary activities. Done in HTML and CSS, with a Flash news "slider" on the home page, and a javascript slideshow on the Events page.
Link: www.dutchesscountyhistoricalsociety.org
Nathaniel K. Charny, Attorney-at-Law
A smallish site designed for lawyer Nathaniel Charny, who specializes in employment and workplace law. The site is very simple & restrained, done in CSS to make maintenance easy.
I also modified his blog so that it would more closely resemble his web presence.
Link: www.ncharnyesq.com
Moloney Design and Horticulture
This is another simple "brochure" site for a local business offering gardening and horticulture services here in the Hudson Valley. The client chose or specified many of the elements (color scheme, photos, typeface for the logo, etc.) that went into the site. We have made the site as search-engine friendly as possible -- time will tell how succesful we have been. The site is done in HTML and CSS with a javascript slideshow on the home page.
Link: www.designandhorticulture.com
The Alternative Baker / Lemoncakes.com
Essell Hoenshell-Watson's (the Alternative Baker) web site was recently redesigned using CSS for ease of maintenance and search-engine friendliness. The Alternative Baker is located in Rosendale, NY, and sells natural, handmade baked goods.
The site's color scheme reflects the baked products, and the site includes an interactive Google map.
Link: www.lemoncakes.com
Ayton.net
This is my own web site which functions as a portfolio and gallery for my artwork of the past 18 years or so. The site has existed for at least 10 years, and has grown extensively during that time. To decrease the time it takes for the site to load, I recently added a CSS menu on the left side, to replace the large number of graphical buttons that were previously there. In time, I will convert the entire site to CSS, but as it's around 300 pages, that will not happen anytime soon, probably.
Link: www.ayton.net
Cantor Bob Cohen
Cantor Bob Cohen is the cantor at Temple Emanuel synagogue in Kingston, NY. He is also an accomplished musician and performer, who was in the New World Singers in the 1960s—they were the first folk group to record "Blowing in the Wind" by Bob Dylan. His colorful, CSS-driven site contains Bob's story, along with many photos, MP3s & a video clip or two.
Link: www.cantorbob.com
NAEM
The site for the premier association for EHS Management, a non-profit, non-partisan educational association dedicated to advancing the knowledge and practice of Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) management.
This site integrates two sets of pages—standard HTML ones coded and designed by myself, & database-generated ones from memberclicks.com, which are specifically designed for organizational websites. The two sections are tied together using a hybrid frames/non-frames design, which allows for specific bookmarking of individual pages, plus the seamless use of the database section.
Navigation is managed via the drop-down javascript menu.
Link: www.naem.org
Stevan
Jennis
This is an artist web site for a friend. The site is very simple, clear & easily
navigable, yet a little quirky to reflect the nature of Steve's art.
The home
page has a slide show animation to show several artworks, but apart from that,
the site is very basic, clean & classic.
Link: www.stevanjennis.com
Context Interior Architecture & Design
This is a small web site for a local interior design consultant and her
company.
The design is very clean and simple, to hopefully give a zen-like
minimalism and flow to the site.
Link: www.contextid.com
Bluegrass Journey: A Documentary
This is a site for a
recently completed documentary on bluegrass music. The site features stills
from the film prominently, as well as information on the songs, artists
etc. The site will also eventually include film clips & a message
board where bluegrass fans can log in & discuss the movie & other
items of interest. I designed this site so that Ruth & Rob (the
directors
& producers of the movie) could add their own updates (via Macromedia
Contribute) -- adding or changing text, images, even adding new pages
and sections. It's a quite simple, easily maintainable site.
Link: www.bluegrassjourney.com
Peter McCarty
Peter McCarty is a children's book illustrator and author. His children's
books are known for their elegant simplicity of language and image, and
the site hopefully reflects this. This site basically serves as an online
portfolio for his books and other illustration work.
This site was recently redesigned (by myself) to have a more clean, simple
look, and to serve as more of a portal to Peter's other sites, such as his
blog, publisher pages, etc.
Link: www.petermccarty.net