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Location: http://www.thespiritofdemocracy.com/

Created: April 2008

Supporting Technology: CSS, HTML, JavaScript

The Spirit of Democracy is the latest publication by Professor Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute. This website was created in support of the publication, in addition to hosting much of the information regarding his professional career. This was an interesting project for me because it initially involved working with his publishers to get approval for the site design and content before I could start development. I had several meetings with Larry during which we refined the design to his liking, and were ultimately able to obtain approval from the publisher.

This is the first website that I have developed using solely CSS for the look and feel aspects of the design, so that is a major supporting technology for this site. Other than the globe graphic from the book jacket, all of the graphics on the site were created by me in Adobe Photoshop. Larry's goal with the design was to have something that was bold to attract attention and to reflect the aesthetics of the book jacket.

The photo album section is still in development, but upon its completion, I will be training someone in Larry's support staff in how to maintain the information on the website.