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# Nexus Maximus

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OVERVIEW

**Nexus Maximus** is an event held in the **Fall** by **Philadelphia University**. It invites students from other universities to collaborate and solve various challenges in technology.

Ranging from **June 2016 to September 2016**, I created a full website (**external & internal**) stemming from wireframes and visual designs through a custom **WordPress** theme.

###### DEFINE

#### Nexus Maximus has a reputation for innovative projects surfacing to solve a problem. The goal of this project was to: - find a way to represent the information in a “fun” format - keep to Philadelphia University’s Branding Guide - capture the essence of the event

###### DISCOVER

#### Nexus Maximus 2015 was inspected to understand the needs for the event, for highlighting on the 2016 website. Two sitemaps were created: - **one for External Access** - what was necessary to show for the outside people - **one for Internal Access** - what was necessary for only those participating in the event

![Nexus\_Maximus\_External\_Sitemap](https://webdevmagic.com/hubfs/Nexus_Maximus_External_Sitemap.png)

##### **External Sitemap**

![Nexus\_Maximus\_Internal\_Sitemap](https://webdevmagic.com/hubfs/Nexus_Maximus_Internal_Sitemap.png)

##### **Internal Sitemap**

###### DESIGN

#### 1. From that point, wireframes and visual designs were built for all pieces of the website. 2. The final website was a WordPress theme and was hosted on WP Engine, with the help of a few plugins. It was written in HTML, CSS, PHP, and Javascript.

![Nexus\_Maximus\_Wireframe](https://webdevmagic.com/hubfs/Nexus_Maximus_Wireframe.png)

##### **Wireframe**

![Nexus\_Maximus\_Visual](https://webdevmagic.com/hubfs/Nexus_Maximus_Visual.png)

##### **Visual Design**

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## Skills Acquired

 The project was an eye opener to the world of WordPress, which I had never worked on before.

###### SKILL 01

#### Themes

 Creating a WordPress theme from scratch

###### SKILL 02

#### Plugins

 Working with WordPress plugins

###### SKILL 03

#### PHP

 Writing code that works with WordPress in PHP

###### SKILL 04

#### CMS

 Creating a CMS for easy management

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