After the design, Tim coded each site. The main corporate site, leavittpartners.com, is built using WordPress and features three Custom Post Types: the slideshow on the homepage, the homepage content and the Team page.

The main Team page is broken up into staff levels but each worker is entered into the system the same way. A checkbox is used to differentiate their level. Also, another checkbox is used to flag if the worker is part of one of the several different sub-teams in the Leavitt Partners corporation. The individual team page highlights the workers accomplishments and also calls in their author RSS feed from the blog as well as any news highlights.

The blog is a straight forward WordPress install that functions like a typical blog. The newsroom, powered by NewsCactus, is a custom theme built around the NewsCactus framework.

We are very pleased with the result and hope these three sites will help Leavitt Partners continue to grow.

Leavitt Partners Homepage

Leavitt Partners Team Page

Leavitt Partners Team Single Page

Leavitt Partners Newsroom

Leavitt Partners Blog

Chad, 22 Tools for Testing Your Websites Usability

Luke, Analytiks iPhone App
A little while ago I stumbled upon this little app for my iPhone. For those of us that don’t sign in to our Google Analytics often but know we should this app will be very valuable. Analytiks shows me just the important information I’d like to know about my websites on my phone. I can check it quick and get back to whatever else is going on that day. The interface is quite nice. I would ditch the rusted sign look myself but other than that it is fantastic. It is 99 cents in the app store.

Benjam, impress.js
It’s not much in the way of content, but the way that content is displayed. It’s simple… yet eye catching and very intriguing. Makes me very excited about where the web is heading.

Luke, Tuesday Total Textures

Tim, Magento Project Guidelines for Designers
Magento is a beast and we all know it, however, TutsPlus comes through again with a great walk through of the basic Magento views. I have been guilty of overlooking the seldom used views, but this guide will walk you through all of them to be sure your design elements are consistent throughout the site. The part I like most about the article though is the FREE PDF download that I highly recommend sending to a client as soon as you can to help educate them about the ins and outs of Magento.

Benjam, New to PHP 5.4: Traits
PHP 5.4 is right around the corner, and one of the new features added to this version are class traits.  I won’t go into too much detail, you can read the blog post for that, but it makes reusable OO code even more reusable by allowing multiple unrelated classes to pull in the same traits from a master trait object.  Like built-in mixins.

The site is built using a custom WordPress theme with 3 Custom Post Types. The client can easily update the About, Plans & Pricing and Home page. The Custom Post Types allow the client to update their FAQs easily, manage their Testimonials and Expertise sections.

A visitor can easily get their Trademark in the works on the Start Application page that collects the information needed to get quick access to a Trademark.

Luke
Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11
It is pretty fast guitar flamenco type stuff and I really enjoying designing / coding to it. I’m a fan of no lyrics when working and these guys are perfect for that.

Chad
Adele – 21
I know it is popular at the moment on the radio stations but I have been listening to it because it is a little different then the normal for me.

Chronic Future – Lines in My Face
This is the only album of thiers I like. It always reminds me of the time when I was paintballing more frequently.

DMX – The Best of DMX
Old school rapping at its best. I like his style but not something you can play in the work place without headphone

Tim
Mumford & Sons -  Sigh No More
I love their style. The lyrics and banjo really help me get in a good groove.

Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
I think Coldplay keeps getting better and better. This album is great and the catchy beats help me get through monotonous div tags.

What are you listening to?

Mark, Your Landing Page Sucks!
When we do our planning here at Code Greene we always wait until the end to do the homepage with our clients. The homepage of any website in my opinion is often the very most important page of the site. The homepage acts sort of like the grand unification of the website. I see the purpose of the homepage is to be a place that user’s initial reaction is “oh this is a good site” and secondly its used to point them to the most important parts of the site. In some cases a site can be really flat and the homepage  or landing page may do almost all the work of the site, in those cases it has to be perfect. Recently I saw an article on landing pages and thought it further delved into some good examples. Check it out and rethink your homepage or landing page if it sucks.

Mark, Art and The Web Texture
I thought this was a nice article and analysis of Textures by Nick Petite. Though to many people texture may seem like a subtle thing we feel it is an important part of a website for creating the right mood. The thing that Nick points out is how much more dynamic a website can seem once a more interesting texture is added. In web design, I personally really like the layered texture strategies because it helps to neutralize an otherwise potentially overbearing texture, Nick covers the gambit of options and provides some examples, check it out.

Brian, JavaScript Powers Linux In A Browser
I get asked all the time ‘Why Linux?’ and ‘How lightweight it is?’. My usual reply references how Ive seen a Linux web server run off a 2GB thumb drive, but this article trumps even that. With all the overhead the operating systems of today require, people usually assume a servers absolute minimum is even higher. Running Linux in a client-side script like this just blows my mind!

Luke – “Find the Twin Sumo” or “No, Your Client is Not an Idiot”
This is an article I need to read often to remind myself to calm down when going back and forth with clients about design. The North Temple clan put a great analogy on the process of working with a client to create a great design. I think the strategy that they propose is something that many designers know and understand, however knowing what you should do when working with a client and putting that knowledge to practice can sometimes be difficult. Give their article a read and apply what they propose next time you are designing for a client.

Chad – Steve Jobs, Superman
With the passing of Steve Jobs lately it seems that the every article is about him. I have learned more about him and his style. He was truly an amazing man. I like this article for multiple reasons. With all the articles out there this one is powerful and short. It also highlights other people not just Steve. But at the end of the article you realize just how powerful of a man he was.

What have you been reading lately?

Although not technically a piece of the HTML5 spec, it is commonly used in conjunction with HTML5 and easy to use.

The geolocation API exposes three methods on the navigator object in javascript, two for getting location information about your user getCurrentPosition and watchPosition, and the other is a paired method for watchPosition, it is clearWatch.

The first, getCurrentPosition, returns a one time shot of where the user is. This is good for pinning a map or giving static directions. The second, watchPosition, continues polling at regular intervals to keep tabs on where the user is. This is perfect for giving dynamic directions, or tracking a movement. The two calls are mirrors of one another in that they both accept three arguments (success handler, error handler, geolocation options). The two calls are also both asynchronous, with a caveat that if this is a user’s first visit to your site they may be prompted to allow their position to be shared, this could cause the browser to stop loading.

The odd ball function here is clearWatch, which simply clears any watches you have assigned, in other words it stops tracking your user.

Now that we know the basics let’s dig in!

if(navigator.geolocation){
     navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (position){
         var lat = position.coords.latitude;
         var lon = position.coords.longitude;

         alert('Lat: '+ lat +' \nLon: '+ lon);
     }
}

The example above is about as simple as it gets, a simple one shot to get the users coordinates and then output them to the browser.

That is all there is to Geolocation in the browser, pair it up with Google Maps API and you have an award winning geolocation application ready to please the world.