Technical Skills
Primary strengths: Can hand-code (without WYSIWYG editors) lean, clean, standards-compliant, cross-browser compatible, semantically rich, accessible XHTML and HTML5 coupled with highly effective and advanced CSS usage, including CSS3, responsive web design and LESS CSS. Also work with slicing PSDs, JavaScript (I use jQuery now though for unobtrusive scripting), XML, PhotoShop and Illustrator, sIFR/Cufón, PHP, etc. Experience in the past with Adobe Flash, Interwoven TeamSite, and MySQL.
HTML/CSS/jQuery Skills:
- Properly structured and indented (XML/Firebug-style) X/HTML for DOM manipulation
- Proper, semantic use of HTML elements
- Cross-browser, cross-platform compatible
- Only CSS-based layouts used; no table-based page layouts
- Tables, however, are put to their proper, W3C-recommended use of presenting tabular data
- Light file size; no extraneous code
- Completely hack-free code
- Child, sibling, and other advanced CSS selectors used for maximum code efficiency
- Pixel-perfect PSD to XHTML conversion
- jQuery used for unobtrusive scripting and AJAX-style user interactivity
- Media queries utilized for print and handheld output
Work History:
In addition to my own freelance projects I have worked contract assignments at the following companies and design agencies over the years:
- Page One Priority (2009 - 2010)
- Specific Media (2009)
- Amplify Interactive (2008 - 2009)
- Ignite Health (2007 - 2008)
- Soft Mirage (2007)
- Strahan Advertising (2007)
- Amies Communications (2007)
- The Designory (2006)
- Gateway (2005 - 2006)
- Axcent Solutions (2004)
- Cole Design Group (2001 - 2003)
- Netgateway (2000)
Acted as technical reviewer on Packt Publishing's Building Impressive Presentations with Impress.js.
Portfolio
This portfolio showcases some of the sites I have worked on over the last several years. While I have had some involvement with the design elements on many of these sites the emphasis here is on professional quality development and coding practices. Click on any thumbnail to view, in Shadowbox form, more about my involvement with each project, each of which utilized a different combination of skills. Within the Shadowbox gallery clicking on the larger image of the site will take you to the site.
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Local.com Corporate
2010
Lead front end developer on the overhaul of Local.com's corporate site. My Archive
Duffy Boats
2007
Helped with the menus, resolved a Flash/HTML conflict, managed content updates and more.
Axcent Solutions
2004
Did extensive work on a template that Axcent had bought for their company to get it to work for their purposes. Site is defunct now but I salvaged enough for a screen grab.
Specific Media
2009
Intermittent assignment involving some CSS corrections (solved some cross-browser compatibility issues), some content updates, and some JavaScript/jQuery and PHP work. Created HTML e-mails and microsites.
Mangosteen Replica
2008
Simple site set up for an acquaintance. Valid XHTML; helped with e-commerce setup. Company did not last long but site has been archived here.
The Muller Company
2007
Created XHTML/CSS layout from PhotoShop mockups. Some Flash work as well.
Orange County Mexican Restaurants Blog
2005 - Present
Started out with out-of-the-box Blogger.com template but have customized it extensively since then using front end web development skills. jQuery has been utilized a number of times, including:
- Lavalamp effect in navigation
- Table sorter on Table of Contents entry
- Scrolling effect on Help Panel
Los Angeles County Mexican Restaurants Blog
2008 - Present
Started out with out-of-the-box Blogger.com template but have customized it extensively since then using front end web development skills, including jQuery tablesorter, sIFR effects, etc.
United States Mexican Restaurants
2009
Uses Blueprint CSS layout grid. Has a customized Yahoo! Boss search engine.
Viking Roofing
2005
Developed entire site for roofing company based on template they purchased. Clean XHTML, effective CSS usage, siFR effects on headers and other elements. Current site has been altered by others but my version is available in archive form.
Gateway
2005-2006
Helped migrate gateway.com website to a new CMS (Interwoven TeamSite) and did substantial HTML cleanup in the process.
African Club
1999
Early use (1999) of CSS properties such as positioning, z-index, link hover effects, etc.
Randy Fong, DDS
2006
Simple site for my dentist. Utilizes print and handheld style sheets. (Design recently updated.)
The Hobbit Restaurant
2007
Helped with the CSS menu and some other HTML-related issues.
Zen Garden
2002
This was something I put together to submit to the CSS Zen Garden site. The design's a little clunky but the CSS is masterful, especially considering it's from 2002.
Maguire Properties
2007
Extensive content updates and some CSS work.
Lilly Diabetes
2008
- sIFR font on front page
- Created complete pixel-perfect XHTML/CSS layout for entire large scale site from PhotoShop mockups
- Some jQuery usage
- Innovative CSS usage
Acclaim Technical
2008 - 2009
- Innovative CSS usage
- Effective use of print style sheets
- Pixel-perfect PSD to XHTML conversion
TCC Notary
2008
- Hand-coded, Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict (Check Now)
- CSS-based layout, not table-based
TABLEtag used properly (for presenting tabular data, not for page layout; yes, there is a proper use for theTABLEtag)- Utilizes advanced CSS (including child and sibling selectors and pseudo-classes) for progressive enhancement, yet degrades gracefully
- Complete separation of content and structure from style and behavior
- Utilizes a reset style sheet (based on Eric Meyer's and Yahoo's reset styles), IE conditional comments and Dean Edwards' IE7/8 script to minimize/eliminate cross-browser differences
- PHP/MySQL usage for form/database interaction
- Mootools-based interactive navigation
- Extensive jQuery utilization for form interactivity including the jQuery UI Date Picker
- Outputs appropriately on print and handheld devices
- Unobtrusive Flash embedding
Golf Tees Galore
2008 - 2009
- Developed entire site
- AJAX-based form submission
- Print and handheld style sheets
- Advanced CSS usage
- Embedded FLV video
Brown Kushner
2008
Performed extensive content updates and some HTML/CSS work.