I am a freelance web developer / programmer based in Brighton. My main services are:
- Web development in ColdFusion and PHP (articles)
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) As part of Web Positioning Centre
- Google Search Appliance and Mini integration (blog)
- XHTML/CSS builds of sites or conversions of existing sites
Availability:
I have several development projects on at the moment, which will keep me busy until February 2010.
If you need a freelancer more quickly, I suggest you check the designers and developers at
the Farm. For SEO projects please get in touch via
Web Positioning Centre
Latest Client Work:
Site refresh for the University of Brighton. I converted new designs by Nigel Gordijk for the university's main site in to XHTML,
whilst keeping as much of their original HTML and CSS as possible. I also helped their web team convert around 2000 static pages over to the new designs, using PHP scripting to change the HTML over to the new look where possible.
Site refresh for Facelift Access Hire. Based on designs by Tom Crew, I updated the look of this access platform company. The changes allowed us to bring in various updates to help the search engine optimisation of the site, as well as much needed updates to usability.
E-commerce store for publishing house Allison and Busby. I worked with Brighton web agency i-Zimbra to produce this online bookshop in PHP & MySQL. I programmed the bespoke online shop coupled to Protx as the payment gateway, while i-Zimbra integrated in a large WordPress-driven area to handle blogging and various content sections.
New web application for Kingswood Law IFA. I built the web version of their StopWork Calculator, which shows when you will be able to retire. It was a PHP/MySQL project using YUI components for easy interactivity. The main site design is by Nigel Gordijk, the original calculator was by Rudy Poonwasie.
Latest Personal Projects:
Aircooled Search, a search engine for aircooled Volkswagens, based on Google Co-op. Launched April 2007.
GSA Developer, a blog for people administering and writing code for Google Search Appliance and Google Mini servers. Launched January 2006.
SpiderTest, a utility which tells you what is technically wrong with a web page from the perspective of a search engine spider. Version 2 launched on 22nd July 2005.
Latest Code & Articles:
Why CSS is good for your website (with David Rosam, Dec 2005)
PHP code for checking against contact form spam (Sept 2005)
Do search engines like your website? (with David Rosam, Apr 2005)
Checking Google Page Rank on a Mac (Sept 2004)