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Let it ring to Jesus ‘cause he sure’d be proud of you
You made fear an institution and it got the best of you
Let it ring in the name of the one that set you free
Let it ring

— Amy Ray

Design Portfolio

Please click an image to see a summary of each site I have developed. To read the full description (when it exists), click "more". As an active designer, I don't always update my portfolio, so if you want to know if I can do something in particular, please contact me!

Non-Profit Organizations

Orthodox Theological Society in America Drupal Conversion: The OTSA site is in the process of being converted into drupal, shamelessly hijacking ideas (and code) from COD and OpenScholar. The board decided that in order to facilitate cross-disciplinary interaction among Eastern Orthodox scholars, and... more ›› Live Links : Orthodox Theological Society in America	Amazon Dragons Paddling Club The Amazon Dragons are a race-winning drabon boat club in Portland, OR. Growing tired of listservs, they wanted a site which allowed easy management of race teams, sent emails, and provided both public and private content. Drupal easily provides the member-only content, as well as public and private posts and events. The Organic Groups module allows race groups to be created where the race page is public, while conversations are restricted to group members. The site is designed to be... more ›› Live Links : Amazon Dragons Paddling Club	The St. Nina Quarterly A journal for and by Eastern Orthodox Women and other interested people. I developed, designed, and continue to maintain this site. Features: Powered by drupal Unique drupal Theme Extensive use of taxonomies more ›› Live Links : The St. Nina Quarterly
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette The United Way of the Columbia-Willamette needed to implement a new design using existing content while allowing for dynamic social networking elements and new marketing strategies, and they weren't quite ready to jump into a full-fledged CMS. Working with marketing staff, I took their design template and built a standards-compliant website with Dreamweaver templates for foundational page creation, CSS for easily modifying style elements, and PHP includes to allow for quick site-wide... more ›› Live Links : United Way of the Columbia-Willamette	The Society of Christian Ethics The SCE decided to simultaneously upgrade their website and move their Access membership database online. Drupal serves as the foundation for the member interface, while CiviCRM is used to manage member information, event registration, online membership payments and member contacts. The member-side of the site relies heavily on creative implementation of views and panels. The many interest and working groups of the Society each have their own group area (using Organic... more ›› Live Links : The Society of Christian Ethics

Educational Sites

Professional Organizations

Personal Sites

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United Way of the Columbia-Willamette The United Way of the Columbia-Willamette needed to implement a new design using existing content while allowing for dynamic social networking elements and new marketing strategies, and they weren't quite ready to jump into a full-fledged CMS. Working with marketing staff, I took their design template and built a standards-compliant website with Dreamweaver templates for foundational page creation, CSS for easily modifying style elements, and PHP includes to allow for quick site-wide... more ›› Live Links : United Way of the Columbia-Willamette	Butterfly Birth Butterfly Birth is a great example of a simple drupal installation which allows the site owner, Elizabeth Schroeder, to update her own pages, and keep a birth blog. She is also able to upload quotes and favorite poetry which will randomly rotate on the site. In addition, a small dynamically searchable library lists books available to her clients, each linked to the Powell's Bookstore website for local purchase. The dynamic search... more ›› Live Links : Butterfly Birth
XUL I created the templates and background architecture for the site using graphics designed by my co-worker Jeanne Po. The site was designed so that content can easily be added by students or faculty with little knowledge of web design. more ›› Live Links : XUL	Comparative Theology at Boston College An informational site for the Comparative Theology major at Boston College. My first web site (and it shows)! Built in pure html, the site is now maintained by Comparative Theology faculty and staff. more ›› Live Links :
Instructional Design & eTeaching Servies - Boston College The informational website for the department in which I worked as a graduate web assistant at Boston College. Jeanne Po designed the graphics for the site and I created the background architecture and templates. more ›› Live Links : Instructional Design & eTeaching Servies - Boston College	The Society of Christian Ethics The SCE decided to simultaneously upgrade their website and move their Access membership database online. Drupal serves as the foundation for the member interface, while CiviCRM is used to manage member information, event registration, online membership payments and member contacts. The member-side of the site relies heavily on creative implementation of views and panels. The many interest and working groups of the Society each have their own group area (using Organic... more ›› Live Links : The Society of Christian Ethics

Recent Scholarship

Tradition, Change, and the Life of the Faithful in Fr. Dumitru Staniloae
Papers Posted: 10-Aug-07 Updated: 21-May-09
Newness of the Spirit
Publications Posted: 10-Aug-07 Updated: 21-May-09
Justice as Asceticism
Lectures Posted: 10-Aug-07 Updated: 21-May-09
Christian Interpretations of Exodus 3: The Burning Bush
Lectures Posted: 10-Aug-07 Updated: 21-May-09

Dei Profundis

Wallis: Woe to You, Legislators!

Posted: 14 Apr, 2011
A Sad Divide

Posted: 7 Apr, 2011
Kiss of Peace, Part 2

Posted: 4 Feb, 2011
Kiss of Peace, Part 1

Posted: 23 Jan, 2011
The Presentation

Posted: 21 Dec, 2010

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Non-Profit Organizations

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Recent Scholarship

Dei Profundis

Web Work

Design

CMS Solutions

Programming

Ecommerce and Member management

Design Portfolio

Non-Profit Organizations

Orthodox Theological Society in America

Amazon Dragons Paddling Club

The St. Nina Quarterly

United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

The Society of Christian Ethics

Educational Sites

Comparative Theology at Boston College

The Shelley Project: Variations on a Theme

XUL

Professional Organizations

Instructional Design & eTeaching Servies - Boston College

Structural Healing

Butterfly Birth

Personal Sites

Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M.

Designs

United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

Butterfly Birth

XUL

Comparative Theology at Boston College

Instructional Design & eTeaching Servies - Boston College

The Society of Christian Ethics

Recent Scholarship

Dei Profundis