Portfolio
Orange Mobile Forms/Aeromark Mobile Forms
Description:
Winner of the Best Mobility Innovation/Service at the Convergence World Awards 2008, Mobile Forms heavily utilises the YUI library while at the same time manages to maintain high levels of performances, often a problems when writing large JavaScript heavy applications.
Technologies used:
- Javascript for frontend user interactions heavily incorporating YUI library components: Animation, Calendar, Colour Picker, Connection Manager, Container, DataSource, DataTable, Dom, Drag & Drop, Event, JSON, Tab View, Tree View, Reset CSS
- Entire website skinned to offer two seperately branded services
- PHP 5
- Smarty template engine
- SVG
- XML and JSON
- Applications utilising large javascript libraries can pose additional demands on the client, so extensive use of firebug and Yslow was used to optimise application performance. Techniques such as CSS sprites, gzipping components, caching and minification of JS and CSS.
Jenna Lawson
Description:
Jenna approached me with her website design for help in the creation of her portfolio website. A rapidly approaching exhibition meant that it was important that she had an online pressence ASAP to compliment the URLs had been printed on a large number of business cards. Considering the short time-scale for this project Jenna’s online pressence was created using the Blueprint CSS framework to ensure the site rendered consistantly across browsers. The entire was successfully completed within a week with time left over for testing and final changes and has even lead to additional work for myself.
Technologies used:
- Blueprint CSS framework
- HTML
- SSIs (Server-side includes).
CCD
Description:
Ergonomic consultancy CCD approached me to work on their company website. The placement students within the company had already created the design for the site and required that I build the site in a way that would allow them to maintain things as easily as possible. I choose to use PHP and use a template system that reduced the number of files, time taken to update sections and overall complexity of the site.
With CCD being based in Central London it was important that after the initial meeting there was still a good level of visibility on my progress of the project. The project management and collaboration tool basecamphq was used to ensure that both parties had access to all project-related communication and media, which is often hidden in e-mail and in people’s heads.
This project taught me a lot in terms of freelance work, using basecamphq to provide visibility on communication worked out to be a great asset. Ensuring that some sort of contract/written agreement is drawn up guarantees that should the client need to expand the scope of the project you will be paid for your time.
Technologies used:
- Standards compliant XHTML and CSS
- PHP
- Flash
- CSS sprite techniques
Answerlink
Description:
Website used by Answerlink customers to access messages and alter out of hours rotas
Technologies used:
- Website running on Debian Server configured with PHP 5
- PEAR library used, specifically the AUTH and MDB2 package
- Smarty used as the templating engine
Whiskas .se .dk .no, Dolmio .se .dk .no, Pedigree chum .de, MyPetStop
Description:
Low cost website solution delivered using Microsoft Content Management Server across various brands
Technologies used:
- Microsoft Content Management Server
- HTML and CSS
Dickson Insulation/Active Energy
Description:
Company website for Father’s company.
Technologies used:
- Standards compliant HTML and CSS
- Basic flash file inclusion
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Blingtones & Real MP3 Ringtones
Description:
Pretty much my first web development project before going to university, taught me a great deal and confirmed to me that web development was the career I wanted to pursue.
Technologies used:
- Development of Blingtones/Real MP3 Ringtones websites using PHP, CSS and MySQL.
- Promotion via online marketing campaigns such as Google AdWords and Overture.
- Implementing various campaigns with webmasters of similar websites and Search engine optimisation (SEO) for the purpose of increasing traffic.
- Implementation and promotion of forum supporting main website. At it’s peak the forum reached 3400 members that regularly engage in discussion across a range of topics.
- Generating ideas with affiliate scheme providers for marketing campaigns and strategies in order to increase traffic and conversion levels.
