Sample Sites
These are a few
of the diverse sites and other samples hosted and/or designed
by Earthfire®.
Each link
will open a new browser window. Each page of each Earthfire®
designed site is intended to effectively tell a story.
Each page is designed to be less than 45 KB in total digital
size (including dependent images), and to contain only valid
HTML code capable of rendering acceptably across different
browsers. Earthfire®
sites and pages receive relatively high visitor traffic, because
of the skillful use of keywords in text and metatags.
Agriculture
The Melaleuca and other invasive weeds have taken over parts
of the Everglades. As explained in the USDA-ARS
site weedbiocontrol.org,
properly tested natural enemies have been introduced to help
manage exotic invasives. (Not an Earthfire®
design).
Conservation
The C-11 Basin, c-11.org
is an urbanized wetland in Broward County, Florida. The
main concerns of citizens are to reduce pollution from phosphorus,
and to develop BMPs (Best Management Practices) for living
within the Everglades.
Education
The South Florida Education Center, sfec.org is
the science community in the center of South Florida, representing
three state universities (Florida Atlantic Univ., Florida
International Univ., and Univ. of Florida), Nova Southeastern
Univ., Broward Community College, and the Town of Davie.
Detailed but small bandwidth maps have been drawn to help
students use the Express Buses.
Graphics
One of our strongest skills is in the creation of compelling,
low-bandwidth digital images for rapid transmission over the
web. The page earthfire.com/designs/scanning.html shows
how the resolution of source images can dramatically affect
the quality of rendered, compressed JPEG images. It
is important to work from 3-4 MB TIFF files even if the web
images is only 5-15 KB.
Horticulture
Homeowners and others trying to maintain turf in an environmentally
conscientious way can learn the latest scientific information,
and share views with one another. The 3000-page site,
floridaturf.com has
been active since 1997 and receives over 500 visitors per
day. A companion site is
turfgrass.com which receives over 800 unique
visitors per day.
International
Development Here's a view of Haiti that you won't
see in the major news media, ayiti.com
The site strives to help tell the world about hillside farming
in the Northwest, Haiti, the peaceful culture, and the richness
of everyday life.
Politics
Early Voting, earlyvoting.org,
was established during the off-year election of 2002, the
facilitate voter turnout in Broward County, Florida, and to
correct inaccurate information posted by The Supervisor of
Elections. For example, the Deerfield Beach Satellite
Courthouse was mapped three miles from its actual location.
Reform
Economics International Single-Tax Association,
unitax.org
promotes the views of 19th-century economist and philosopher
Henry George, to remove taxation from productive activities
such as labor and capital.
Science
The Plant Biologists of South Florida, pbsf.org
is a community of scientists who get together for annual meetings
in a natural setting, to present scientific papers, and to
hear the work of graduate students..
Web
Hosting Open Veld, veld.com
is a companion site where we resell RapidSite web hosting.
Fast-loading graphics and extensive text allow prospective web customers
to quickly find the support and information they need. The
site is on an SSL secure server, and orders are reencrypted using
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) at the server, so credit card information
is always protected. Veld Artworks, veld.com/online-store/scstore/
is a simulated store using the Mercantec Softcart ecommerce solution.
Workshop
Here are a number of links to graphic web designs in progress,
for example another impressive tiling background of the grasslands,
veld.com/oldsite.html,
a view of the forest, phyta.com,
a tropical fruit, sapote.com,
an agricultural classification scheme, agros.com,
and links to crops, grano.com,
and variations on the Amy Carol Webb site, amycarolwebb.com/test/.
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