Abercrombie Productions - Web Design, Audio & Video Production

WEB: First Baptist Church | O’Fallon

Abercrombie Productions — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:58:14 +0000

First Baptist Church | O’Fallon (www.firstofallon.com, formerly www.fbcoministry.org) is coming off a multi-year run of using a template-driven, non-SEO friendly, large ID strings in the links site that had table-based, invalid, depricated code.

We updated their look with a custom graphical user interface (GUI), an integrated content management system using Wordpress as its engine, custom programming to rotate or switch custom header images based on ministry section, programming to pull specific side navigation elements based on page viewed, custom SlideShowPro integration for event listings on homepage, custom news scroller sitewide that pulls feed from certain category, new podcasting and vidcasting options and multiple custom contact or registration forms.

The mission of First Baptist Church | O’Fallon is to lead people to faith in Christ and growth in Christ-likeness. We believe Jesus Christ desires a personal relationship with each person on earth - including you! First Baptist Church | O’Fallon simply wants to help lead you in a growing, personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Design: Jamon Abercrombie
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client: First Baptist Church | O’Fallon

WEB: TASCOKC

Abercrombie Productions — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:15:05 +0000

TASCOKC is your source for used construction equipment. We partnered again with Five Loaves Creative to create a tool for TASCOKC to list their available equipment.

This site uses an integrated WordPress backend as it’s content management system. Custom design by with development and integration by Abercrombie Productions.

PHP includes and separated xHTML & CSS make this site highly customizable and easily maintainable.

Design: Dustin Steller - Five Loaves Creative
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
CMS Integration: Jamon Abercrombie
Client: Tasco Construction Company, Inc.

WEB: Lee’s Summit Community Christian Schools

Abercrombie Productions — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:08:38 +0000

Lee’s Summit Community Christian Schools uses an integrated WordPress backend as it’s content management system. Custom design by Five Loaves Creative with development and integration by Abercrombie Productions.

PHP includes, separated xHTML & CSS along with custom flash pieces make this site highly customizable and easily maintainable.

Lee’s Summit Community Christian Schools’ mission is to inspire students to achieve their God-given potential through excellent academics and Christian training in a compassionate environment.

We recognize that parents have a God-given responsibility to train their children. We also recognize that all truth is from God and value the importance of a Christian education. It is our desire to work together with both the parents and the church to prepare students spiritually, morally, socially and academically, so that they will grow in grace and the knowledge of God and affect their world for Christ.

Design: Dustin Steller - Five Loaves Creative
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
CMS Integration: Jamon Abercrombie
Client: Lee’s Summit Community Christian Schools

WEB: Kevin Kuzma

Abercrombie Productions — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:06:59 +0000

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

Host of hosts

Abercrombie Productions — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:30:19 +0000

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For only $119 a year - or $9.95/mo + $50 setup - (as of 2/9/2008), Dreamhost gives you the hookup with their basic service package. You can also pimp out your package with a ton of other add-ons; but what they start you off with should be more than enough for most typical hosting solutions.

Take a look at what they offer for only $119 a year - or $9.95/mo + $50 setup - (as of 2/9/2008):

Disc storage at signup: 500 GB :: and this automatically increases by 2 GB each week you remain with Dreamhost
Monthly bandwidth at signup: 5.0 TB :: and this automatically increases by 40 GB each week you remain with Dreamhost
MySQL 5 Database: unlimited
Domain hosting: unlimited
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E-mail accounts: unlimited
E-mail addresses (aliases): unlimited
Web-based email feature
Spam filtering - SpamAssassin
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Jabber Chat Server
QuickTime Streaming
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This is just the tip of the iceberg of the hosting solutions Dreamhost provides. They have countless other services and support, 3rd party installs (i.e. - Wordpress, Joomla, MediaWiki, phpBB, etc), enhanced security features and additional upgrades.

Now is the time to get on board with Dreamhost. Check them out and sign up today to be on your way to a better web experience for your sites or clients.

WEB: CSB School of Broadcasting

Abercrombie Productions — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:01:52 +0000

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

DESIGN: First Baptist December activities promo

Abercrombie Productions — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:56:53 +0000

Just finished up an 8-panel CD insert promotional piece for First Baptist Church of O’Fallon, Missouri. Each panel is its own design and creative piece featuring the activities/programs offered by the Worship & Arts ministry for the month of December.

Client (AP): First Baptist Church|O’Fallon
Design: Jamon Abercrombie
Printer: White Tiger Printing

WEB: :: neXt :: ministries

Abercrombie Productions — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:15:39 +0000

:: 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

WEB: Magic at Hand

Abercrombie Productions — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:41:42 +0000

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

WEB: KEY Magazine Online

Abercrombie Productions — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:32:54 +0000

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
Development: Jamon Abercrombie
Client (PlattForm): KEY Magazine