Making designs work…

Joomla: Open Source Content Management System

Joomla is a strong open source content management system built using PHP and MySQL.

It has a number of strong features including multiple templates, a huge community of developers and users.

I’ve been working with Joomla for over 7 years and have built a number of sites using it. I have also developed a number of custom components and modules. These are the fundamental elements that make up pages in a Joomla web site.

WordPress: Open Source Publishing Platform

WordPress has emerged as a strong publishing platform and, with some effort, a good CMS where the site is primarily content driven (as opposed to an ecommerce site or other detailed web app).

I’ve been working with WordPress for just over two years and have found it to be a great tool, so good that I run this site entirely within a customised WordPress installation.

I’ve released a few of the customisations in the WordPress section of this site.

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Bespoke Programming

I am proficient in a number of technologies:

  • php
  • MySQL
  • HTML & CSS
  • Javascript
  • Jquery(javascript library)
  • Actionscript 3