Web Development
I am an accomplished WordPress web developer having have built and worked on some of the UKs most popular WordPress powered sites such as DigitalCameraWorld.com, PCGamer.com and SFX.co.uk.
Why WordPress?
WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is used by over 70 million websites and is capable of serving content to millions of visitors a day. To put it simply, if you want a website that is easy to update then choose WordPress because it makes publishing to the web a breeze.
I offer a fully bespoke service to my clients including custom Magento template design in accordance with SEO best practices, custom Magento module development to enhance the powerful functionality of Magento Core and Magento hosting configurations for servers based in the UK, U.S. and Europe. I recommend using Crucial Web Host to my clients because they are simple great at what they do.
Hand-coded CSS and advanced CSS knowledge is the mark of an expert web developer. CSS has in itself gone through many iterations with the latest version being CSS3. W3C web standards generally lead the development of popular Internet browsers such as Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Knowing how an old version of Internet Explorer works with CSS is as important today as when the browser was first launched.
I have been hand coding websites using HTML for since 2001 as a consequence I consider myself an expert HTML developer and I am capable of writing elegant code is short time scales. I have even created my own base themes for WordPress and Magento Commerce that come from years of experience of hand crafted websites. I build sites accessible, semantic and well optimised websites that meet and exceed the requirements of my clients.
I have over 8 years experience of using PHP to create robust websites and web applications. My early work included the integration of Flash, XML and PHP to create subscription management systems, and simple blogs and websites featuring PHP coding to provide dynamic content.
Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. Drupal is a bit like LEGO in that it can be put together to form virtually any shape or structure. This means that Drupal is very flexible and very complicated for an inexperienced developer. I have over 6 years experience of creating Drupal peered websites for a mixture of clients, this website is built with Drupal.
JQuery is an elegant JavaScript library designed to simplify traversing HTML documents, creating JavaScript animations, handling events and user interactions, and adding AJAX functionality to a website or web application.
My skills with JQuery are top notch and I have created various scripts seen on sites such as nphotomag.com, 3dworldmag.com and digitalcameraworld.com. I have also created my own JQuery plugins and code samples for other developers such as JSlideshow.
