Ryan Ilg

Creative Design

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Ryan Ilg provides freelance interactive design & development services.

A few of the services I provide are:

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Freelance

At this time I am currently not accepting any new contracts, but feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments, or even a possible project for down the road. There is always the chance that I can take on projects right way, so just drop me a line, even to just say Hi!

Current Availability: Mid August

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About Me

I am a 25 year old interactive developer based out of Vancouver, Canada. As with most coders, I am mainly self taught. I am constantly pushing my boundaries, venturing off in new directions, not restricting my self by what I do know, but rather, what I want to create.

Be sure to check out my blog from time to time. I update it fairly often with what’s going on in my life, new projects that are not included on my portfolio, as well as project updates.

Screenshot of Seven25. Design & Typography Inc.

Seven25. Design & Typography Inc.

Vancouver Designer, Isabelle Swiderski

The new site for Seven25 showcases their work in an easily updatable system. Using Drupal 6 with a handful of modules. It's standards compliant as well as backwards compatible. Projects are dynamically loaded via jQuery (Javascript) and displayed to the user without reloading an entire page, while displaying new project images in the background.

Screenshot of Plenty

Plenty

Plenty Boutique Clothing Stores in Vancouver

I had the pleasure of working with Sonja Schneider again on yet another Drupal project. Using an already existing install of Drupal, I was in charge of building a new skin, adding new sections, and providing additional functionality. Using a mix of XHTML, CSS & jQuery(Javascript). The new Plenty site adds a slew of new features, all of which built on standards based code. The site degrades on older browsers, but provides a slick interface for the users that keep up to date.

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Dace

Vancouver based Fashion Designer

Dace, or d a c e is a local fashion designer. I used XHTML with CSS and Javascript (Lightbox, SWFObject and sIFR) to build the templates, which run on the Shopify CMS system. Shopify is a great online sales system which allows you to create you own templates from scratch, so there are no restrictions when it comes to implementing a great design over organized, standards based code. The site has a clean, simple design, accompanied by stunning photography, all of which was brought together by Matt Penner.

Screenshot of Morgan Crossing

Morgan Crossing

Real Estate Development in South Surrey, BC

Drupal was once again used for this large site of floor plans, flash modules, and all around real estate goodness. Using jQuery and Javascript onto of XHTML base, allowed us to give the user a more fluid experience, while still allowing it to degrade gracefully (so it still works for people without js). Animations and on the fly loading allows users to view photo galleries on any page, in a large format. Giving the user a great experience into buying at Morgan Crossing. Read More...

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Beat Global Heat

With almost 2 months of build time alone, this project was a hefty one. Running Drupal as a backend cms, along with the integration of about 30 different modules, the site eventually came together with quite a bit of modification to the cms. Using a not so standard layout was one of the biggest challenges in getting everything to play nice, but with the help of cck, custom templates, and a whole lot of css, they all managed to eventually meld into one clean product. To add to the slickness, SIFR is used for menu items, as well as column headers.

Screenshot of Free Agency Creative

Free Agency Creative

Vancouver based Interactive and Branding Design Firm

XML driven, Flash front-end, 100% custom built PHP/MySQL CMS. There are so many features included in this site, its hard to write just about a few of them. So short form it is: image queue system, dynamic content centering, content is cms powered, flash styled by CSS, sortable portfolio entries, XHTML counterpart for search engines and users without flash, no content limit, it will grow to as much as content is populated in the cms. A very well rounded, simple clean interface really brings this site together.

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Columbia Containers

Vancouver to Asia Shipping Company

Columbia Containers was built with XHTML 1.1, CSS, & Flash on top of a project framework that I have recently been developing. The main navigation is created in Flash, and replaced with an exact CSS + image representation if the plugin is not present. Expandability was key while building the site. Content amount or even font size (when changed in the browser) don't destroy the design, everything flows with it. Chris Hold created the animation behind the navigation on the homepage, as well as the process animation.

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Lake City Centre

Commercial Office Space With a Residential Sales Twist

The main attraction here is the location map, using a new system I built from scratch, all the map points/list items are named, coloured, and positioned based on the information loaded from an XML document. The site uses flash modules to present visuals and navigation, but in the case where there is no Flash/Javascript detected, static images and text links take their place to keep content accessible to everyone, including search engines. Other highlights include a simple floor plan/view engine. LCC is valid XHTML 1.1.

Screenshot of GoldFish Pacific Kitchen

GoldFish Pacific Kitchen

High End Dining

GoldFish Pacific Kitchen runs off a highly modified version of Wordpress, mainly for its ease of use to update content. To keep with the style of the brand, certain text is replaced with server generated graphic equivalents, which does not interfere with search engine optimization. There are a few little tricks going on in the backend also. Pages like the team are generated using child pages, which are each individual person, the navigation and page jumps are automatically generated based on the persons name. Another XHTML 1 strict site.

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Mod7 Headlines

A module that pulls news based on current date

To celebrate mod7's 7th anniversary, they decided to bring back the viral news headlines they created 7 years ago. I was contracted to do a PHP/CSS/Javascript based module that pulls headlines and images from a already pre-defined folder structure and display the information in a organized manor. On first visit, it will get an upcoming headline (the headlines were not published everyday, so there were large gaps in the file ordering), the system automatically compensates and gets the next one in line. It also allows you to choose a date, and send any headline to a friend.

Screenshot of Tara Parker Tait PR

Tara Parker Tait PR

Public Relations Firm in Vacouver

Built in flash, with a reduced content/design version in XHTML for users without the plugin. After working on the design with Tak for a few weeks, it was finally ready to transfer over to an interactive state. In just under 2 weeks, the site was built and ready for a launch. A week later, phase two was rolled out, which included a basic cms system for updating the site. The site is visually pleasing, it allows for resizing to any browser size without loosing its form or navigation. The site is based off of an underlying, but sometimes hidden grid system.

Screenshot of Blueprint Fundraising

Blueprint Fundraising

A site designed by Isabelle over at seven25 design. Running on a custom install of Wordpress, this site supplies the client with an easy way to update her site and blog. Wordpress had to be fully modified in order to do a lot of what was asked for. Along with Blueprint Fundraising, thefundit.com was affected. 2 sites came together to become one installation of Wordpress. The fundit blog uses its own skin, and the rest of the site is styled by another.

Screenshot of Cogneto 2.0

Cogneto 2.0

User Authentication Systems

Building on the core foundation of their authentication system, I built the Cogneto site with a full cms which uses an advanced user tracking module to deliver user specific content (right down to a single world, even in the middle of a sentence) to its viewers. They create logins for clients, and give them extra content based who they are. Using an underlying login system, which works for both clients, and administrators, Cogneto is able to modify content as they see fit.

Screenshot of Sungod Physiotherapy

Sungod Physiotherapy

Sports Physiotherapy

An Identity package was designed by Tak and Kristin at Free Agency Creative, then morphed into a wicked site design by Tak. Once again I was given static mock ups, which I transformed into a full featured vector site. My favourite part is the team section, where I decided to create 3d transitions for the front to back flip of the cards.

Screenshot of Cogneto Teaser

Cogneto Teaser

User Authentication Software

Cogneto is a company with a revolutionary new way of authenticating users. Built in Flash, with an accompanying XHTML version for those without the plugin. I took the static designs from Free Agency Creative, and added my own twist, taking it to a whole new level with stylish animations, that complement the look and feel of the site. Since Cogneto 2.0 has launched, this site has been archived.

Screenshot of Synergy @ Dockside Green

Synergy @ Dockside Green

10 Year Condo/Community Development in Victoria

A simple HTML/CSS site built on a PHP structure to allow for easy updating of the content. Integration of flash modules throughout the site give the user more interaction and information. The site included a floor plan engine, which gives users the ability to view building floor plans, and download accompanying PDF versions.

Screenshot of Stella

Stella

Vancouver Condo Development

I built the structure of the site using HTML/CSS, & PHP in the back end for easy updates. Using Flash, I constructed the neighbourhood map, which allows users to check out whats around the condo development by surfing the categories. As the map repositions, it will automatically let you know where Stella is if it leaves the viewable area. Also in flash, I built a view engine, which give users the ability to see panoramas from various floors of the condo, as well as suite numbers so users can see their potential view before taking the plunge.

Screenshot of The Cottages on SaltSpring

The Cottages on SaltSpring

Cottage Development near Victoria Island

Using HTML, CSS, & PHP, we created the site in a way which would allow Flash to overtake the content area. One area which did so was the floor plan engine. Built in Flash (by me), using data supplied by XML, the view engine allows users to look around an aerial view of the cottage development, and see more information about specific cottages. Information like the floor plan, square footage, prices, and even availability. Another module built in Flash, allows users to see where amenities are located on Salt Spring Island.

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Pin-Up Hair

Vancouver based Hair Designer

Jimmy gave me full creative freedom when I designed his site. Taking inspiration from older promo material, and new stationary designed by Don Williams, I created a design which mixed the pin up girl aesthetic with the modern colour theme and logo. Over all, the design was very well received by the target audience. Created using HTML (do to the lack of a PHP enabled server), & CSS.