Web Development

Firstly, I should stress that I am a web developer, rather than designer. Although I take an interest in CSS, the majority of my work involves either client-side (eg javascript) or server-side (eg PHP, Perl) scripting, and MySQL. In fact, almost all of the sites I develop these days use PHP and MySQL on Linux/Unix platforms, increasingly with elements of AJAX.

Over the years I have struck up relationships with several Web design companies in the UK and USA who provide me with work on a semi-regular basis. Typically these companies specialise in design, but have limited knowledge of programming, and so out-source such tasks to me. Such arrangements work out well, allowing me to concentrate on what I love doing best (back-end scripting), without having to liaise with clients or fiddle with web graphics and html.

Past projects include:

Online furniture store, including shopping cart and admin control panel
Content Management System (CMS) for a well known private school
Feature-rich dating site with chatroom, public/private photos, favourites list, advanced searching etc
Several cashback (rewards) site
Autoresponders
MLM scripts
Real Estate site, featuring dynamically updated maps (PHP GD)
Small Ads system
OSCommerce shipping and payment modules

I regularly also find myself modifying or troubleshooting popular scripts such as:

OSCommerce
PHP Nuke
4Images/4Images Forum
PHPBB
vBulletin
Joomla/Mambo

I'm also heavily involved with Web-related development from a system administrator point of view. Typically things like MySQL/Apache performance tuning, load balancing, writing Apache modules etc. More information on these here.

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pete@linuxbox.co.uk