Archaeology Travel is an online travel guide for people who enjoy exploring the world’s pasts. Inspiration for where to go and what to see. Information and tips on how to get there and what tickets to buy. Making it possible for everyone to find or create their adventures in archaeology and history, from humanity’s earliest times to our more recent contemporary pasts.

Update 2023
Thomas and I have been working on a complete revamp of the website for more than a year. The complete content of multiple years has been cleaned and transplanted by Thomas. The website has been build up fresh from the ground. One big part of the new design and functionality, is the new itinerary system that we just opened up to the public in Beta. This allows members to collect POIs from all over the website and build their own itinerary for upcoming trips, favorites, bucket lists and more.

• Branding / Logo / Style Guide
• Custom theme for Elementor
• Custom framework for the itinerary system and related content
• WPML – multilingual fixes & integration
• Server Transfer / Setup / Optimization
• And a lot more :)

Changelog 2021
It has been a pleasure to work with founder Thomas Dowson so far. There is still some work ahead for both of us and looking forward to streamline the current and make room for new content.

• Audit
• DIVI Theme Framework
• Complete Backend Cleanup
• WPML – multilingual fixes & integration
• Design tweaks & fixes
• SEO tweaks & fixes
• Responsive cleanup
• DSGVO integration tweaks
• Cookie Manager
• New search engine
• Litespeed Server / REDIS / Cloudflare optimisation

Archaeology Travel / About / Thomas Dowson

“Visual House erstellt realistische 3D Video-Animationen, Panoramatouren, Außen- und Innen Ansichten für Ihr Bauvorhaben.”

“Visual House creates realistic 3D video animations, panorama tours, exterior and interior views for your construction project.”

This is a simple portfolio website, that will be expanded upon in the future. The client wants to edit and maintain the website himself. Its a clean and simple layout with an Elementor Pro backend. Virtual panoramic tours are a key service they offer and is integrated directly for potential customers to explore. More to come in the future …

Update 2022: Update to a complete portfolio website, detailing the current portfolio and show-casing current services. Complete design revamp and custom template.

visual-haus.de

TYPEMYKNIFE® – allows you to laser engrave your knife using a unique 3D configurator.

Their shop provides a vast amount of knives from different known knife manufactures (Burgvogel, Chambriard, Claude Dozorme, DICK, Giesser, Güde …), while also offering their own (TYPEMYKNIFE® Messermanufaktur).

Founders / Company
Claus Ermlich & Thomas Raschke GbR

Status
It has been a pleasure to work with these guys so far and looking forward to the shop + configurator taking off. The website is currently targeting the german market first, with more countries following in the future.

Launch
The website & shop went live on 1st of october 2021.

• Consulting
• WPML – multilingual integration, custom wordpress plugin for additional customer specific needs
• Design tweaks & fixes
• WooCommerce tweaks & fixes + German Market
• SEO tweaks & fixes
• Responsive cleanup
• DSGVO integration tweaks
• Server move, configuration & optimisation
• Youtube API integration for video sync
• Maintenance

TYPEMYKNIFE® / Shop / About / Blog / Youtube

“Viktualia liefert an Abholstationen im Raum Heidelberg.
Viktualia bündelt für dich das Angebot kleiner und kleinster Höfe aus der Region. Das Ergebnis: Die ganze Vielfalt dessen, was ausgewählte Erzeuger zu bieten haben. Einfach im Onlineshop Brot, Eier, Fleisch, Käse, Joghurt, Gemüse und vieles mehr bestellen und die Einkäufe entspannt auf dem Heimweg an einer Abholstation mitnehmen.”

“Viktualia delivers to pick-up stations in the Heidelberg area.
Viktualia bundles the range of small and very small farms from the region for you. The result: the full diversity of what selected producers have to offer. Simply order bread, eggs, meat, cheese, yoghurt, vegetables and much more in the online shop and take your shopping with you to a pick-up station on the way home. “

01.11.2020: This project has been with me for the past months. We just finished our beta testdrive with a close testing group a few weeks ago. The shop will be completely open on the 25.11., with the first delivery going out on the 2.12. It was pleasure working on this project and I am looking forward to its lift-off.

25.11.2020: Viktualia is open for business! (Viktualia ist am Start!)

28.3.2021: Now also delivers directly to your doorstep, if your address is within the delivery area. A perfect fit for those that can not go out and still want access to fresh products. We also added a quick category menu within the shop, to access certain areas more easily.

This was a combined effort with GREENTONIC, Heike Frank.

Viktualia Hofeinkauf / Pelin Yildiz

Custom theme and integration for a coaching website.

• WordPress Backend
• Custom website design, all designed in house.
• Vectorization and cleanup of logo
• Custom template based theme (TWIG / TIMBER / GULP / SASS)
• Custom plugin for internal functionality
• Analytics
• SEO
• AMP
• Social Integration (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
• Hosting & Maintenance
• Custom eCommerce integration
• Newsletter

Update 2020: Global cleanup / tweaks

KAIAKOO – PERSÖNLICHKEITS – ARCHITEKTUR

Lernkarten.de – Offers specialized learning tools for the German certified master of trade/commerce exam (Handelsfachwirt Prüfung IHK). This includes printed learning materials and an App for Android / iOS. The website also provides updated information about changes in the curriculum and new requirements.
 

• Maintenance
• SEO – OnePage Optimization
• SEA – Search Engine Advertising (Adwords)
• Google & Facebook Advertising
• Template tweaks and enhancements
• Speed optimization
• Hosting

 
Lernkarten Verlag

A customer asked for a simple text based logo. I delivered 5 vector-based variations and a favicon.

ConCoquo is a local cooking – school. Klaus Walter is a dedicated chef, who has been teaching for more than 15 yeas. Anyone can book one of the courses for himself, as a gift or for a group of people.

I helped update the websites design for 2020, updated the course listing and booking / contact integration. The new backend offers easy course and event creation now.

The website has new structured data for each offered cooking event, providing more food for the search giants!

What Klaus Walter has to say: “During our cooking evenings, you will experience how high-quality foods are transformed into a star-level menu. In a relaxed atmosphere I pass on tips and tricks of the star kitchen and you will see how well the dishes can be cooked at home. At the long table in the kitchen we enjoy the jointly cooked menu to which I recommend you the wine from my wine cellar. You can choose a cooking evening from the dates below.”

Concept & Design by GREENTONIC

ConCoquo – Kochschule Klaus Walter

These are 2 OnePagers announcing the upcoming redesign for 2020. The current site runs on GetSimple CMS. Design by GREENTONIC.

I created a separate template for the introduction pages, keeping the rest of the website completely untouched. More to come next year!

Gartengestaltung Germann
Plan Germann

I helped integrate a media addiction questionaire for parents and children.

“When children and adolescents use excessive media, parents often experience feelings of helplessness and powerlessness. This is usually accompanied by tendencies towards passivity and withdrawal, which lead to a weakening of the parental presence. Recapturing a strong parental presence can be helpful in breaking out of parental helplessness and working with the child to work out solutions for how to balance the media.”

Elterntest / Jugendliche (Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg)

Villa Anna Speyer – Classic Bed & Breakfast offering, with 3 double rooms & bathroom.

1. WordPress Backend
2. English / German / French
3. Custom template based theme (TWIG / TIMBER / SASS)
4. Custom plugin for internal functionality
5. Detailed room / offer overview
6. Analytics
7. On-Page SEO
8. AMP
9. Social Integration
10. Maintenance

Villa Anna Speyer 

Custom theme and integration for a GREENTONIC client. GREENTONIC did the design & layout.

1. WordPress Backend
2. English / German
3. Custom template based theme (TWIG / TIMBER / SASS)
4. Custom plugin for internal functionality
5. Detailed Product Presentation
6. Analytics
7. SEO
8. AMP
9. Social Integration
10. Maintenance

PURON Metals

Custom front and back labels for the tea packaging. Currently only available in Germany.

GreenApe T42 Kräuterschorle – Kräutertee

Custom front and back labels for the coffee packaging. Currently only available in Germany.

GreenApe 1st Single Malt Whisky Coffee

Custom front and back labels for the coffee packaging. Currently only available in Germany.

GreenApe Kill me Quick Power Espresso 

The custom LMS / Learning experience is in development since 2015. We are currently in our early alpha / beta stages for our first learning experiences. I am the tech lead / senior developer for the startup and I have build a custom learning system from the ground up over the past months.

1. New way to learn languages / pronunciation
2. Course management
3. Course tree
4. Backend Data entry & organization
5. Student / course tracking
6. Complete Backend / Course Builder
7. Complete TWIG / Sass-based theme system
8. e-Commerce integration
9. Social Login
10. more …

Pronunciation Club

Promotion and booking website for the Holland America Line Cruise Tour NL / BE  / 2015 / 2016 / 2017

1. Headless WordPress
2. JSON API
3. Custom Plugin
4. Custom Theme
5. Responsive design
6. CSS3 / Javascript animations
7. Location / Time slot selection / Limited seats
8. Ticket Registration + Confirmation
9. Ticket Creation (Ticket amount, Location & Date, Registrant, QR- Verification )
10. PDF embed
11. Booking notifications & available seat monitoring
12. Data Export (Excel)
13. Custom analytics integration
14. Maintenance

Holland America Line – ontdekcruisen.nl

More Than Live – YOUR CREATIVE AGENCY.

“Up and running from the heart of Rotterdam with a multidisciplinairy team of professionals. Strategists, trend watchers, concepters, creatives and service (account) managers and whoever needed to get the project to the finish line.”

More Than Live is an agency I have been working with for the past few years. 2016 they redesigned their website and I added custom code and design elements.

1. Custom programming (PHP / Javascript / SCSS)
2. Custom design
3. WordPress Plugin
4. Visual Composer Addon
5. WordPress Theme adjustments

More than Live

New spanish ad for Word Grain South America – 04/2016

Responsive design fixes and updates for Volvo retailer landing page.

1. Fluid responsive text & image size changes
2. Responsive image adjustments
3. Contact form optimization
4. Design cleanup

E-Learning platform for Thailand

1. WPLMS (Learning Management System) setup / tweaks / fixes
2. WooCommerce tweaks / fixes / optimization
3. Language setup / localization cleanup / changes
4. Optimization
5. BuddyPress tweaks / changes / addons
6. Custom Teacher commission dashboard (MyCred integration / teacher payout)
7. Messaging changes and tweaks

AjarnOnline

Event registration page for Nutricia de VeranderFabriek 2015 (Danone).

1. WordPress
2. 2 Languages (NL, EN – custom switch)
3. Custom Theme
4. Custom plugin
5. Fullpage navigation
6. Responsive design
7. CSS3 / Javascript animations
8. Legacy browser support (IE8)
9. Registration + Confirmation
10. Location Information
11. Event Image Gallery
12. Data Export (Excel)
13. Maintenance

Event registration page for the Dome on Tour 2015.

1. WordPress
2. 13 Languages (WPML)
3. Custom Theme
4. Custom plugin
5. Fullpage navigation
6. Responsive design
7. CSS3 / Javascript animations
8. Legacy browser support (IE8)
9. Registration + Confirmation
10. Location Information
11. Saint-Gobain History
12. Event Image Gallery
13. Data Export (Excel)
14. Maintenance

Saint-Gobain

Ads, posters and stationary designs since 2002.

film2learn is a B2B video learning platform.

1. WordPress
2. WPLMS (Learning Management System)
3. WooCommerce
4. BuddyPress
5. BBPress Forum
6. Vimeo Video integration
7. Coupon system
8. Dedicated websites per customer
9. Multi-Language
10. Custom Plugins
11. Custom Design / Options per B2B partner

Apply for a career at Nutricia / Danone (2014-2016). The website was setup to offer information about career opportunities and facilitate the application.

1. WordPress / TWIG / jQuery / Backbone
2. 3 language setup (Dutch, English, French) – WPML
3. Content setup
4. Custom Template – Responsive design
5. Custom plugin
6. Interactive elements & animation
7. Legacy Browser support (IE8)

Nutricia Generation Growth

1. Custom WordPress Plugin – PeopleXS API integration for application submission and display of vacancies
   (Peoplexs is a trusted SAAS provider of innovative recruitment, education and talent management software.)
2. CSS Tweaks

Holland America Line’s fleet of 15 cruise ships offer nearly 500 cruises to many locations worldwide.

Holland America organizes regular competitions to win a cruise ship visit. The website database gets reset after each draw and starts fresh for the next cruise ship visit competition.

1. Custom backend
2. Register to win / questions / additional options
3. Confirmation email system
4. Reminder
5. Winner notification
6. Looser notification
7. Winner draw
8. Winner registration with additional data
9. Custom templates
10. Responsive Design
11. Legacy browser support (IE8)

Webshop for a new local food brand.

1. Magento
2. Design
3. Payment gateway
4. Maintenance
5. Product design

Video presentation for a network satellite receiver. Video was used to present the receiver online and on fairs.

portalZINE TV Special

Webshop for unique handcrafted accessories.

1. Magento
2. Design
3. Payment gateway
4. Invoice handling / layout
5. Maintenance / Hosting

Internet TV station since 2008. Full SmartTV / HBBTV integration for almost every major platform.
2010 – 2013 broadcast over satellite, via TecTime TV. HBBTV / HTML5 on TV Portfolio

1. WordPress
2. Custom Theme
3. Custom Plugin
4. Vimeo integration
5. Podcast integration / Audio
6. Episode information / notes
7. HBBTV integration / jQuery / HTML5

Script Connector® was a startup I founded with a good friend in Mexico City. Here the closing comment about it.

“Script Connector® WebOS – In simple terms, Script Connector® is the equivalent to your computer operating system only for the Web, that’s why we call it Script Connector® WebOS.

Like any Operating System it handles all low level and back end interactions transparently without you needing to worry about the details of how to retrieve pages, render pages, create or manage sessions, users, groups, permissions, languages, data base access, input handling, plugins, hooks, wizards, databoxes, security, statistical services, web services, email services, protocol handling like FTP, WDDX, LDAP, WebDav, and more.

It is also a connecting platform that turns these formerly called data islands, into continents of collaboration where data flows freely, efficiently, and productively.”

“Script Connector® Fenix – PHP Content Management System / Framework”

“Script Connector® CastleKart – is an online shop e-commerce solution. It allows you to set up, run, and maintain an online store with minimal effort and no real overhead costs or license fees. It combines open source software to provide a free and open e-commerce platform, which includes PHP, Apache, and MySQL.  “