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Listed below are some of the latest and exciting projects Skipjack has been involved in. Click on the images to view the larger versions.
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RGBC Xmas Brochure website
December 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, jQuery, PHP5, Smarty, MySQL 5.x, ADODB 5.x
Skipjack developed the templating system, navigation and backend functionality for the RGBC Xmas brochure, a micro-site designed by
Wireframe Studio. The micro-site showcases alcohol brands. The user can enter a competition by adding three items to a wishlist and submitting the list along with personal details. The data is stored in a backend MySQL database. The site makes uses of an elegant multi-level vertical jQuery navigation.
RGBC Whisky Fest Survey
December 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, jQuery, PHP5, Smarty, MySQL 5.x, ADODB 5.x
Skipjack developed the backend functionality for the RGBC Whisky Fest survey, a micro-site designed by
Wireframe Studio. The survey comprises two screens: one for personal details and another for answering questions. All form entries are validated and the data is stored in a backend MySQL database.
Drambuie Survey & Referrer
December 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, jQuery, PHP5, Smarty, MySQL 5.x, ADODB 5.x, PHPmailer
Skipjack assisted in adding a survey and referral mechanism to the Drambuie website. The survey is a fully validated form and when submitted, the data is stored in a backend MySQL database. The referral mechanism allows a user to refer up to three friends. The referral data is stored in a backend MySQL database and each friend receives an HTML referral mailer.
Hip Hop Mailer Templates
December 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1
Skipjack was involved in developing standards-based HTML mailer templates for Hip Hop promotions.
Felix Unite website
November 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, jQuery, PHP5, Smarty, MySQL 5.x, ADODB 5.x
Felix Unite is the leading African adventure travel specialist with 15 years experience. Skipjack is proud to be partnering with Felix Unite and have taken over web development responsibilities from a previous company. We are more than sure we can add value!
@home Touch Screen Application
October 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, jQuery, PHP5, MySQL 5.x, ADODB 5.x, AMFPHP, PHPmailer, Clickatell SMS gateway
Skipjack developed backend functionality for the @home touch screen application developed by
Wireframe Studio. The application show cases the electric appliances available in @home stores, allowing a user to search and compare products. The user can then email or SMS himself/herself the details about a selected product.
ancestry.ca Templates
October 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1
The ancestry.ca website is the leading family history resource in Canada. Skipjack was involved in HTML and CSS authoring standards-compliance templates for promotions on the website.
Bostik website
October 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, jQuery, PHP5, Smarty, MySQL 5.x, ADODB 5.x
Skipjack, in conjunction with
Urbian, are proud to present the new Bostik website, which showcases Bostik products and displays crafts that can be made from Bostik products. The site features a website theme selector, dynamic promotional elements, dynamic pages, a product and craft search, and a product and craft catalogue which are controlled from a backend content management system.
CHET Indicator Graphs
August 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, jQuery, PHP5, Smarty, JpGraph 2.3.5, MySQL 5.x, ADODB 5.x
The Centre for Higher Education (CHET) has made performance indicator data available on-line to enable university councils to better assess performance relative to the Minister's targets, to their own institutional missions and to the performance of their peers. Skipjack made use of
JpGraph, a PHP library for creating graphs, to allow users to create dynamic graphs using data stored in a MySQL database. Data is shown in graph and tabular format, and a glossary of relevant terms is displayed for each graph. Users can download the graph, export the data to Excel and submit comments on each graph via a form mailer.
ShellInfoSight.com Mapping
August 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, jQuery, PHP5, NAVTEQ Mapping Engine, Smarty Template Engine
ShellInfoSight.com and Skipjack are proud to release their latest version of Map Routing and Map Search tools, making use of the
NAVTEQ mapping engine, a world leader in premium-quality digital map data and content.
Register for free on ShellInfoSight.com and try out these mapping tools for planning any travel road route and finding any map in South Africa.
Hennessy Artistry
August 2009
Technologies: Flash 10, ActionScript 3, PHP5, AMFPHP, MySQL 4.x, CRM Integration, XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1
Hennessy Artistry is a website intended for promoting Hennessy Cognac. The site features online competitions, galleries, information about international and local music artists, and an event calendar for Hennessy hosted club nights and promotions. Information submitted via the competition entry and survey forms is stored in an external CRM system. The site uses a MySQL database to store the event data.
HGRS website
June 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine
The HGRS website is an online job listing directory for Hone Greyvenstein Recruitment and Search Specialists. The site contains a job listing section and focuses on providing information about the company and how they approach recruitment.
hireimmigrants.ca website
March 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine, jQuery, AJAX
hireimmigrants.ca in the online portal that provides Canadian businesses with the tools and resources needed to better recruit, retain and promote skilled immigrants. The website assists decision makers and business leaders who drive Canada's economy - to source, select, develop and welcome skilled immigrants as creative contributors to their workforce. Features of the website include: a talent pool and success story database, RSS feed, and an online registration. Skipjack assisted in integrating a new look and feel into the existing website and content management system. A second phase development is underway to build a French version of the portal.
hireimmigrants.ca Roadmap Flash website
March 2009
Technologies: Flash 10, AS3, PureMVC, Google Analytics for Flash, SWFAddress, SWFObject, Papervision3D, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, XML
The hireimmigrants.ca Roadmap is a Flash-based, content managed, step-by-step interactive guide with comprehensive strategies and tools to help businesses enhance their human resources planning and practice, from recruiting to retaining skilled immigrants. The hireimmigrants.ca Roadmap is easily customizable for both employers with immediate needs and HR professionals looking for strategic and/or planning support. The Roadmap is driven by a backend management system allowing administrators to manage content and resources. Skipjack developed a XML Flash-database communication layer and the backend content management system using PHP and MySQL.
Shell Select website
March 2009
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine, jQuery, AJAX
The Shell Select website is an online photo gallery competition where users can win cameras worth R300 000. Registered users upload images and vote for their favourite images. Users can view images in three galleries: most voted, most viewed and most recent. The website is driven by a backend which allows an administrator to moderate users and uploaded images. Features of the website include: image upload and automatic resizing, image voting, ensuring users can only vote once per image, and the sending of an image to a friend via email.
Katya & Gachao Wedding website
March 2009
Technologies: PayPal, XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine, jQuery
The Katya & Gachao website provides guests with information for Katya and Gachao's wedding in Kenya. This information includes the wedding program, accommodation details, logistics, recommended travel options in Kenya, and details about the venue. The feature of the website is a RSVP system whereby guests are asked to answer a series of questions regarding their partners, accommodation and travel options. The RSVP system calculates the associated costs and allows guests to make payment via
PayPal. The system stores RSVP and payment submissions and notifies administrators via emails. Administrators can further manage the RSVP submissions and payments via a backend system.
Southern Comfort Lime Light Flash website
February 2009
Technologies: Flash ActionScript 2, ASP.Net, MSSQL 2000
Lime Light is a promotional competition flash website for Southern Comfort where users can win 3 months of fame on a Southern Comfort billboard. The site contains information on how to enter, a party venue list, and a photo gallery. The feature of Lime Light is the Invite-O-Matic component, which allows users to generate self-constructured post cards that they can email to friends. Skipjack worked on the flash integration, which included data capture, CRM integration and the functionality to generate a post card and email it to a friend.
Shell InfoSight mobi site
December 2008
Technologies: XHTML Mobile 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine, jQuery
Skipjack is proud to announce the release of its first mobi site. ShellInfoSight.mobi is the mobile version of ShellInfoSight.com and contains two competition channels, 7-day weather forecasts and searchable directories for restaurants and AA-rated accommodation. The site is developed using mobile standards facilitating support for most mobile phones if not all, and receives a 4/5 rating by the
ready.mobi testing tool, which evaluates mobile-readiness using industry best practices & standards.
Southern Comfort iPod Survey
November 2008
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, ASP.Net, MSSQL 2000
The Southern Comfort iPod Survey is a competition based campaign website where by users register and answer eight questions to enter the competition. The survey information is stored in a MSSQL database which is accessible to administrators via a backend built in ASP.
Shell InfoSight website
November 2008
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine, jQuery
Shell InfoSight is a travel portal for South Africa and is among the top ten most visited sites in the SA. Skipjack redeveloped the site using PHP/MySQL from an existing ASP/MSSQL Microsoft platform. Key features of the site include map routing and map search capabilities, live news and weather, a live AA-rated accommodation booking system, travel book sales, golf package sales, and searchable databases for AA-rated accommodation and restaurants. Development technologies we implemented include Smarty Template caching, multiple database sources, dynamic Google sitemaps, jQuery, CAPTCHA image security and emailer functionality.
Pomegranate Food website
November 2008
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine, jQuery
Pomegranate is a renowned catering company in Cape Town. Their website markets the company, as well as a new product range called Ready Meals, that users can order from the website. Key features of the website include a content managed Ready Meal menu, Ready Meal ordering and checkout, photo gallery, newsletter subscriptions, information about Pomegranate, and contact and enquiry forms. The website is driven by a backend system which allows Pomegranate to manage the Ready Meals menu and orders.
Splinter Flash website
October 2008
Technologies: Flash ActionScript 3, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, XML
Splinter is a consulting firm that delivers advanced marketing, concept, strategy and branding solutions across the technology, media, retail and hospitality industry. Their Flash website showcases their work and provides information about the company. Skipjack developed a tree-structured content management system and dynamic XML menu and content system used to drive the Flash website.
Digicape website
October 2008
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x
Digicape is South Africa's largest independent Apple retailer. The E-Commerce website sells Apple products, as well as Adobe software and the Mac software range from Microsoft. Skipjack was involved in integrating a new look and feel into the existing code base. At the same time the payment system was upgraded from
PayGate's PayWeb processing option to the streamlined PayXML option. Users are no longer redirected to an external site when entering credit card details, but remain on the secure area of the Digicape website. The website also contains a classifieds section and competitions for registered members.
Soco Mardi Gras 2008 Flash website
September 2008
Technologies: Flash ActionScript 2, ASP.Net, MSSQL 2000
Soco Mardi Gras 2008 is a promotional competition flash website for Southern Comfort. The site contains competition entry forms, a gallery, a Mardi Gras party event list, and a card-o-matic component, which allows users to generate self-constructured post cards that they can email to friends. Skipjack worked on the flash integration, which included data capture, CRM integration and the functionality to generate a post card and email it to a friend.
Mobile InfoSight website
September 2008
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine
The mobile InfoSight website is a static website for a PDA software product. Its aim is to give customers software information, as well as to allow customers to submit suggestions and problem reports. The website also has an access controlled survey section, allowing customers to submit a survey on the software product. This data is stored in a MySQL database and is read via access controlled pages. All form submissions make use of
CAPTCHA image security. Since its initial release, the website has transformed into a fully access-controlled site with no public access.
BrandDirector website
July 2008
Technologies: Drupal 5.0 CMS, XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x
This is the official website of BrandDirector, which is a secure web portal that manages key, everyday activities in the organisation's marketing department. The site was implemented using
Drupal 5.0 and contains detailed information about BrandDirector and the company Jam Warehouse which owns the product.
Letšeng Diamonds website
April 2008
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, Smarty Template Engine, jQuery
The Letšeng website is a light-weight, fast, static website developed using Smarty templates. The site contains information pages, a news section, a contact us form which is sent via PHPmailer, and a neat jQuery diamond selector. Smarty was used in order to separate the website information from the design, thus placing the foundation for a CMS to be developed at a later stage.
Black Grouse Survey website
November 2007
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine, JavaScript
The Black Grouse Survey website allows users to complete a survey on The Black Grouse brand. Users are asked to register and are then taken through a series of 12 questions which are stored in a MySQL database. The survey results were used to determine the success of The Black Grouse brand and whiskey in general.
HSRC Press E-Commerce website
June 2007
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, X-Cart, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine, jQuery
The HSRC Press website is an implementation of the proprietary
X-Cart E-Commerce system. The sales of online HSRC Press titles quadrupled within the first two years of going live. The site features an advanced search facility, RSS feeds, Podcasts, user profile management and order history. The HSRC Press make use of the
open access publishing model, all chapters of titles can therefore be downloaded in PDF format. So many PDFs have been downloaded that a dedicated media server was setup in Germany to manage the large bandwidth requirements. The site also contains a jQuery
suggest form which allows users to instantly find the titles they are looking for.
The Famous Grouse website
July 2007
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Dynamic image generation, Smarty Template Engine
The Famous Grouse launched a campaign allowing users to personalise The Famous Grouse labels. Skipjack developed the application that captured the text users wanted to have displayed on their bottles. The application allowed users to preview, process and cancel their orders. A follow up promotion allowed customers to return bottles of The Famous Grouse that they were unhappy with. Development technologies used on this project include jQuery validation, PHPmailer, and PHP image overlay scripts.
InfoSight Touch Screen Property Finder Kiosk Application
Since 2006
Technologies: Flash ActionScript 2, .Net 1.1, C#, MSSQL 2000
The property finder is a .Net application written in C# with a Flash front end and an XML RPC communication layer. Users interact with the kiosk application via a touch screen, which can be mounted on the inside of a storefront window or can be a stand alone computer. The application contains a powerful search facility and functionality to send SMS' to agents and send emails to friends. Pam Golding, RE/MAX, Seeff and Jawitz all make use of this application in storefront windows and exhibitions. The entire system comprises an advanced infrastructure, including a virtual private network (VPN) and a centralised server used for data collection and updating. Each computer / kiosk is self-sufficient and updates both data and images automatically, on a daily basis.
Titan Bridging website
October 2006
Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, Smarty Template Engine, PHPmailer
The Titan Bridging website provides information on Titan International's Bridging Finance department. They provide short-term bridging finance to the various participants of property transactions, including property owners, sellers and purchasers. The site is a fast, light-weight static website developed using Smarty templates and includes a "Tell a friend" function for referring friends to the site.
Boschendal Wines website
March 2006
Technologies: Technologies: XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1, PHP4, MySQL 4.x, Smarty Template Engine, JavaScript
The Boschendal Wines website uses a Content Management System which allows administrators to manage a wine catalogue. The site features a JavaScript wine selector allowing users to instantly view summarised information on each vintage. They can then click through to the full details page of the specific wine. The website also contains a gallery page implemented using
phpAutoGallery, as well as sub-galleries scattered within the site.
