Tag: DND

Department of National Defence / Canadian Forces website

From December 2004 to February 2008, I was responsible for web design and content management for official website of the Department of National Defence / Canadian Forces. During this time, I was involved with:

  • Converting website from table-based layout to standards-based design based on W3C guidelines
  • Designing web page templates, complying with government Common look and feel standards, and with web standards such as XHTML, CSS, and accessibility
  • Posting of news releases, backgrounders, feature stories, and other news to web site
  • Development of ASP based content management system for The Maple Leaf newspaper website
  • Produce weekly online version of DND/CF newspaper The Maple Leaf, adapting from print version
  • Advising on implementation of emerging web technology to continually improve ease of use and functionality of web site
  • Working with departmental clients to develop sub-sites, and to adapt other communications products for use on the web
  • Advising management on best use of internet technology to keep site current with evolving standards, and to improve funcionality and accessibility
  • Created an image gallery script in ASP/VBScript, whih was used on the Minister of National Defence’s sub-site.

DND Public Affairs intranet website

Assistant Deputy Minister (Public Affairs)
Department of National Defence

I maintained this intranet website from 2000-2008. In 2006, I redesigned the site to be compliant with the Government of Canada Common Look and Feel, and also to meet web standards in coding and accessibility.

Veterans Week slideshow CD

Veterans Week 2003 CD label

For Veterans Week 2003, the Department of National Defence wanted to put together a photo slideshow on a CD-ROM format. The final CD-ROM slideshow was played on a loop at various DND locations and remembrance events.

I authored the photo slideshow on a CD-ROM auto-play format, and designed the label artwork for the CD.

CF Badges and Insignia website

Department of National Defence
Assistant Deputy Minister (Public Affairs)
2000-2005

This intranet site was created in order to deal with the large amount of requests for badges and other visual identifiers within the Department of National Defence. A lot of work went into the site, from scanning in print versions of the crests, to touching them up in Photoshop, and even recreating some altogether from scratch with Adobe Illustrator!