The site design is clean and simple, matching the “nouveau-disco” theme of the album cover design and layout.

Built on the WordPress platform, I upgraded to the latest version, adding some new spam-filters to combat comment spam. I also created a WordPress plug-in called “dutube” which allows David to attach YouTube clips to his blog posts, but using a custom video player rather than the default YouTube one.

To add motion to the pages, I removed the Flickr photo badge, and wrote my own code, using the Flickr API and a JavaScript library called jQuery, to grab a series of recent fan photos. The code cycles through the photos automtically using a fade transition, and allows the site visitor to manually cycle through as well.

The phpBB3 forums were also re-skinned the fit within the design, and the reaction seemed to be quite positive.

> Check it out: DavidUsher.com