Design and development Scope: Since 1996 TightWire has been involved in projects for both the public site and
internal sites. TightWire implemented the first four business division sites featuring the
current design. All projects for AT&T involve concept design and most also involve project management and coding.
Description: www.att.com
AT&T Consumer (consumer.att.com) AT&T Business AT&T Local and Int. Business
att.com [1999] AT&T Prepaidcard AT&T Labs [1999] AT&T Labs [1996]
AT&T intranet sites
AT&T iAdvantage Training [see below] AT&T Alliance TIDD org site NADD site
Say Things
www.saythings.org
Scope: TightWire responsible for concept, design, programming, marketing, and maintenance. For the Calendar we developed a robust ASP tool to coordinate readings in the Philadelphia / New Jersey area. For Poetry Headlines we did an ASP reformatting of a live Google search to pull it in to the page.
Description: Currently in the funding and organizational stages, this site will combine original
spoken word pieces with original FLASH movies to better represent the intent of the performance artists featured each quarter.
AT&T Worldnet
www.att.net
Scope: Responsible for a partial design refresh of the portal page and full design of second tier pages. Architecture documentation for a system to allow the in-house code team to create third and fourth tier pages. This was a challenging project because timing considerations made a process that had simultaneous design and programming paths.
Description: Worldnet is a heavily used portal for members of the AT&T Online community. The architecture allows each member to customize which, of the dynamic information and placement, they want to see on their portal page, at any given time.
CBC
www.cbcsubro.com
Scope: This corporate
site had not had a redesign or new functionality for over 6 years.
TightWire created a site that appeals to
CBC's clients (the insurance industry) and is a resource for industry
peers.
Description:
Users are encouraged to personalize the Portal
Page to reflect the weather in 3 cities of their choice. A future iteration
of this Portal will allow users to personalize the news, stock quotes,
sports scores, and will allow timely, individualized messages from CBC
to thier clients.
One of the requirements of the branding was to incorporate
the Rhino presence, to show the tenacity of the company to follow through
on collections, but also to preview a subrogation software that will accomodate
client claims. Previously this character was represented by a cartoon Rhino
that did not really communicate
the
strength
they needed
to get the
message across. A redesign of the character and a motion graphic treatment
accomplished a stronger use of this concept.
Riverside Reading Series
www.riversidepoetry.org
Scope: Responsible for site design, architecture and monthly site updates for a non-profit organization poetry site affiliated with Lafeyette College. Produce monthly site and affiliated usage reports. Designed an administration wizard for quick calendar event updates.
Description: This poetry reading series is currently undergoing a reorganization.
AT&T IP Services
Scope: Responsible for Concept Design and Architecture of a site refresh. Emphasis was put on an accessible consumer user interface.
Description: This site was to be moved from an intranet position to being linked directly off the att.com site, but suffered from a confusing, overly technical interface and architecture.
AT&T Worldnet 50+ -- Portal
Scope: TightWire was responsible for submitting three design and architecture concepts
and will flesh out and implement the chosen design system.
Description: A new portal site for Worldnet to facilitate the use of a set of tools developed for members over 50.
Structured Web
www.structuredweb.com
Scope: TightWire designed and developed the Structured Web Framework that enables small
business site construction. Comprised of ASP accessing an Oracle database.
TightWire did the graphic design of the site and the business group layout choices.
Description: www.echiropractor.com
e-Chiropractor web site allows chiropractors to set up their business web site with customization of
site layout, content and specifications of business practices.
www.americaspromise.org
America's Promise (a non-profit group headed by General Colin Powell) used this framework to set
up its chapter sites throughout the US.
National Wildlife Guide
www.nationalwildlifeguide.com
Scope: TightWire was responsible for initial site design and architecture of a very robust site. Also responsible for search engine submissions, maintenance, tracking and reporting. The site allows visitors a chance to look at 3 of all the write-ups on the site to get a feeling for the accuracy of the book. The visitor is then blocked from other sections and encouraged to buy the book.
Description: Wildlife naturalist author book title site. The book is an exhaustive resource for wildlife preserves throughout the United States. All information in the book was translated to the site.
This site is currently undergoing a redesign to create a new Flash interface that will now utilize an XML database to make the large amount of information in this site fully searchable.
Programming and functionalityAT&T iAdvantage Training
Scope: This was a major redesign of a robust training site. By using Flash ActionScript functions to read XML files, the redesign allowed this business division to retro-fit 1,750+ legacy HTML pages with a new interface and enhanced usability, without rewriting existing content or code. It now includes dynamically generated navigation, and a glossary function and full documentation. The architecture is now designed in such a way that when a refresh is needed for the look and feel, only graphics will change -- not the programming.
Description:The site is used to tutor Large Business customers to analyze their business communication usage. A refresh of the site was required, but the size of the site made it appear to be a daunting task that was postponed and was discouraging new sales. Security considerations made it necessary for internal managers in each department, to do the retro-fit themselves. This required Tightwire to supply a simple process, training and documentation, to ensure the project's longevity.
William Doyle Gallery Auctions
www.doylenewyork.com
Scope: Designed and developed Email Notified a major enhancement to the Doyle New York site. Designed and developed additional maintenance enhancements to the Doyle galleries online auction site. Site requirements: IE 3.0+, Netscape 3.0+
Description: Doyle New York is an online antique auction site.
