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The following lists most of the websites I have been involved in. Some sites are not accessible (not yet online, or require password); especially the latest ones, but I will soon be adding a page for each of those with screenshots and an extended description. For each site I supply a short description, detail my own contribution, and give the URL (or explain why no URL is available).

FT China

Client Financial Times
Start date 20/Jan/2003
End date 14/Mar/2003
Language(s) Chinese
 

Description: Chinese version of the Financial Times, a major UK daily newspaper specialising in finance. As a first stage this is a somewhat reduced version of FT.com, missing some sections and without the more advanced functionalities such as subscriptions.

Tasks: created HTML templates and JavaScript based on original FT.com code. Helped troubleshoot Chinese encoding issues. Extensively involved in browser testing and bugfixing.

URL: zhongwen.ft.com/zhongwen


Danone supplier portal

Client Danone
Start date 07/Oct/2002
End date 19/Dec/2002
Language(s) Spanish
 

Description: an extranet for Danone (world leader in dairy products) to review and accept new raw materials suppliers. It may be extended to accept online bids from those providers, which is why it was built using Quotes 2002 (see below).

Tasks: converted Quotes 2002 pages from framed to non-framed pages and changed them to a design supplied by an external company. In-depth involvement in the JSP template system and a few modifications to the back-end.

URL: not available as it is an extranet. Screenshots and extended description will be posted shortly.


Quotes 2002

Client iSOCO
Start date 17/Sep/2002
End date 13/Dec/2002
Language(s) Spanish
 

Description: system for large companies to accept bids and negotiate prices with their suppliers. At the moment there are 2 main negotiation modes: RFQ (request for quotes) and auction. With the work on Danone a third mode will probably be added: RFI (request for information).

Tasks: enabled posting of data from multiple frames (using JavaScript), and generally "tidied up" the design and frames. Created sitemap and documented where and when each JSP was being used.

URL: not available as it is closed to the public. Screenshots and extended description will be posted shortly.


Wotrant

Client Wtransnet
Start date 07/Jun/2002
End date 13/Dec/2002
Language(s) Spanish, French, English, German
 

Description: transport industry web for freight exchange across Europe, bringing together empty lorries and cargo in need of transport.

Tasks: worked together with the design team to create a usable and more polished interface. Defined the sitemap, created the HTML and JavaScript, and documented a short heuristic usability analysis.

URL: not available as it requires a user account. Screenshots and extended description will be posted shortly.


LaCaixa aggregator

Client Banco LaCaixa
Start date 06/May/2002
End date 06/Jun/2002
Language(s) Spanish, Catalan, English, French, German
 

Description: implementation of the GetSee aggregator (see below) for LaCaixa (one of the main high-street banks in Spain). It is a dumbed-down version that only aggregates LaCaixa accounts (company policy).

Tasks: changed the interface design to the corporate image and optimised the HTML.

URL: not available as it is not yet online. Screenshots and extended description will be posted shortly.


GetSee

Client iSOCO
Start date 11/Feb/2002
End date 16/Apr/2002
Language(s) Spanish, Catalan
 

Description: bank account aggregator - retrieves account statements from various banks, loans, credit cards and utility bills, and presents them all on the same page.

Tasks: optimised the HTML and created the DHTML. Analysed usability flaws.

URL: not available as it is closed to the public. Screenshots and extended description will be posted shortly.


Lladró retailer portal

Client Lladró
Start date 17/Jan/2002
End date 03/May/2002
Language(s) Spanish, English
 

Description: online ordering system for retailers of Lladró products (world leader in hand-painted porcelain figures).

Tasks: firstly I assisted in the usability study, interviewing retailers and Lladró staff and creating the sitemap and page wireframes; secondly I edited the HTML so it could be seen properly on non-IE browsers.

URL: not available as it is an extranet. Screenshots and extended description will be posted shortly.


Óptize

Client Óptize
Start date 20/Aug/2001
End date 21/Dec/2001
Language(s) Spanish
 

Description: major online shop for computers and computer equipment in Spain.

Tasks: helped in the design and created most of the HTML and JavaScript.

URL: www.optize.com


FNAC usability study

Client FNAC
Start date 30/Jul/2001
End date 03/Aug/2001
Language(s) Spanish
 

Description: France's equivalent of Virgin megastore or HMV. iSOCO created the Spanish site where users can purchase music, books, films and electronic equipment online.

Tasks: heuristic usability analysis.

URL: www.fnac.es


Lavinia

Client Lavinia
Start date 02/Jan/2001
End date 27/Jul/2001
Language(s) Spanish
 

Description: online shop for Lavinia (Franco-Spanish high quality wine shops). Also sells wine artefacts, spirits and gives in-depth information on wine and food.

Tasks: cleaned up DreamWeaver HTML, created JavaScript, helped organising the JSPs for optimal code reuse.

URL: www.lavinia.es


Pymarket

Client B2B Factory
Start date 26/Jun/2000
End date 22/Dec/2000
Language(s) Spanish, Brazilian
 

Description: site for buying all types of office equipment online.

Tasks: supervised design, cleaned DreamWeaver HTML, created JavaScript.

URL: major redesign since my involvement www.pymarket.com


MaiMai

Client MaiMai
Start date 05/June/2000
End date 23/June/2000
Language(s) Spanish
 

Description: classified advertisement site - users can create adverts, search, and save their searches (with daily email updates).

Tasks: getting to grips with JSPs, helping to organise JSPs, a few retouches to the HTML.

URL: www.maimai.com



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