Chris Wiegman

Cape Air Charter needed a website that they could easily manage themselves. Their changing fleet and staff required the ability to edit such information on the fly without having to do any coding. As a result I set up a custom installation of my Bridge CMS which covers all their needs and allows their customers to not only find them on the web, but to interact in a way that was never before possible.

ChrisWiegman.com is my own homepage and where you can find both my portfolio and my resume. It uses Wordpress as a backend and relies on numerous plugins and other modifications to provide the experience you see in front of you.

The SIU Aviation page is written in PHP and makes use of the custom Bridge Content Management System. In it’s current state it provides a portal for all members of the SIU Aviation community to find information pertaining to the Aviation department core. To due so it relies heavily on a MySQL backend to store data and the incorporation of technologies such as XML, SMS, and RSS to efficiently disseminate data to those who need it.

SIUC Aviation Blogs and Sites is a Wordpress MU system allowing for easy publication of information from various sources in the SIU Aviation community. For years we have required student groups, faculty, and others to create their own site complete with HTML/CSS and other aspects that aren’t high on the interest levels of many of the users. As a result pages were often incomplete and obsolete with some not being updated for years due to lack of knowledge. To correct this problem as well as allow for more faculty and groups to move online we have migrated to a single Wordpress MU system allowing all members of the SIU Aviation community a complete and easy to use system to foster communication between faculty, staff, students, alumni, and more.

Bridge is the ultimate in modular content management systems. Written in PHP with a MySQL backend it is a solid solution for those who want the functionality of a modern CMS without the constraints of the more popular CMS systems on the market. Current features include SMS and RMS data publishing, full Access Control Lists for all data in the site, numerous safeguards to combat spam and other malicious activity and over a dozen content types editable from within or through the user front-end.

The SIUC Aviation Department Wiki is built on MediaWiki and provides a comprehensive inter-office communication tool aiding everything from the presentation of course material to information technology and various human resources functions.

A cusomized phpMyAdmin installation for SIUC Aviation allowing for instant maintenance and development on various departmental databases.

SIUC Aviation Webservices Statistics is a custom stats site for the SIUC Aviation community making use of the latest website statistical software including AWStats and a number of other products to provide an instant snapshot of the reach and effectiveness of SIUC Aviation's internet marketing efforts.