NYMAGIC, INC.

During the Summer of 2009, I developed the user-facing website for NYMAGIC, INC. (nymagic.com). The site was developed in Visual Studio and utilizes the Sitecore content management system, an ASP.NET CMS that makes heavy use of XSL transformations. Below is a brief list of the technologies I explored and used during the project.

• ASP.NET WebForms Model

  Utilized the WebForms model throughout the site. Made use of the Response object to create downloads on the fly based on information in the database (VCF downloads).

• Sitecore Framework

  Explored the use of Sitecore libraries to change specific features of the CMS. For example I wrote a media handler to correctly respond to requests of PDF files stored in the media library.

• XSLT (XML to HTML)

  Wrote and organized several XSLT documents to translate the site’s content into HTML.

• WCF

  Developed a service for the site and used both Javascript and Silverlight to consume the service.

• Silverlight

  Wrote a small Silverlight control to display the current stock price of the company.

Beginning ASP.NET

Coming soon.

jsedlak.org

Throughout the years I have used many content management solutions including e107, Drupal, Joomla, SharePoint, Sitecore, Community Server and WordPress. The current revision of this site uses WordPress because it is easiest to design for, simplest to develop for and overall a great platform. I also designed the current theme (JSCom) specifically for this site, focusing on readability and adaptability.

To view the various revisions of the design, see the images stored in this folder.