littled.net

Some examples of my recent work as a full-time developer. You can see examples of my recent freelance and open source work in the Web design section.

Web Developer, Birkbeck, University of London

Core skills used:

Plone development

Creation of content management-enabled websites and intranet sites for departments and academic schools at Birkbeck.

• Use of Python, Zope Page Templates and DTML
• Creation of content types using the Archetypes framework
• Integration with LDAP server
• Form generation and processing with PloneFormGen
• Integration with MySQL databases
• Site skinning to provide public skins from design agency designs
• Integration of multimedia (e.g. Flash)

Zope development

Creation of content management-enabled websites and intranet sites for departments and academic schools at Birkbeck

• Use of Content Management Framework
• Python scripting and programming
• Zope Page Templates
• DTML

Client-side development

Use of core client-side development technologies:

• XHTML
• CSS
• Javascript, including DOM scripting and AJAX
• Flash implementation (including sIFR)

Recent examples

Prospective students microsite

A marketing microsite, aimed at improving student recruitment to the College.

Site features:

• Built with Plone 2.5.3
• Custom content types built with Archetypes
• Custom skin from agency designs: using XHTML 1.0 strict and CSS for page layout
• Integration with LDAP server
• Content migration from older Zope site

Birkbeck corporate website

The main corporate website for Birkbeck, University of London.

Site features:

• Built with Plone 2.5.3
• Custom content types built with Archetypes
• XHTML 1.0 strict and CSS for page layout
• Custom skin from agency designs
• Forms built with PloneFormGen
• Integration with LDAP server
• Integration with MySQL database
• Content migration from older Zope site
• Use of sIFR in order to use corporate font without use of images
• Use of Google Maps API to create interactive map