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Our growing team consists of seasoned experts in application development, CMS technologies, design, user-experience and project management.

Laura Schoppa

User Interface Designer

When User Interface Designer Laura Schoppa sits down to talk creative strategy with our clients, she brings to the table more than 12 years of professional experiences designing and developing interfaces for websites and web-based applications. Plus, her capabilities in information architecture, navigation design, and CSS continually prove pivotal to our delivering optimized user experiences.

Prior to joining us, she was a web designer working on national and global client projects for such firms as Xpedior, SI International, and ManTech International.

“Every project is an adventure, from the first blank PhotoShop screen to last-minute tweaks in the CSS. I love the challenge of creating a visually integrated user interface that communicates its primary message or task effortlessly. And, yes, I even enjoy finishing a good cut-up on a Friday afternoon.”

Laura earned a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis.

PHP for Designers (or Wanting to Drive Your Sister's Cadillac)

posted on 8 Nov 11

"Why use parentheses instead of brackets?" These are the types of basic questions asked by designers learning PHP. Such questions befuddle instructors and annoy developer-types in PHP classes, but making PHP accessible to designers is a huge leap toward advancing Drupal adoption. Drupal instructors are fumbling to create PHP courses that are designer-friendly and don't scare away this huge group of potential Drupal users.

And designers are hungry to learn PHP. While they've been walking down the website creation street with their bag of design, CSS and HTML tricks, their PHP-literate sister is zooming by in her shiny black Cadillac.

Read more on Laura's blog