Portfolio
Below is a selection of the web based projects I have worked on.
You may click on any of the images below to see a large version, and click anywhere on the larger image to close it.
COBWebz
The COBWebz site showcases the work of the artist and illustrator, Catherine O'Brien.
It was originally written in ASP with an MS Access or SQL Server database, but later transposed to PHP & MySQL for hosting in a Linux environment. The site features database driven information sections and galleries.
Click here to view the site.
Net Acquisitions
Net Acquisitions was a small company which specialised in acquiring and managing ISPs for corporate clients wishing to expand their subscriber bases.
Click here to view the site as it appeared when I managed it.
Napalm API
The Napalm (originally Net Access Platform) API provides a link between Net Access' Internet provisioning platforms
and its outsourced billing and customer service platform. Net Access provides dialup & DSL internet connection, e-mail and webspace
services via internally hosted Unix servers and outsourced platforms. Net Access' billing and customer services platform is fully outsourced
and runs on an ASP.NET platform.
I built the Napalm API which communicates with all of the aforementioned platforms via XML, MySQL
and 'screen scraping' (for one of the legacy platforms) to seamlessly tie them all together. The system is written highly modularised, written
in object-orientated PHP, stores relevant data in a MySQL database and has a web based GUI interface for administration.
madasafish
madasafish is a quirky ISP bought by Brightview from the Scottish company IOMART, in one of its first ISP acquisitions. I was responsible for maintaining and updating the website.
Jings!
Jings! is an ISP aimed at customers in Scotland. It was originally set up by IOMART, and bought by Brightview along with madasafish. I was responsible for maintaining and updating the website.
claims4u
The claims4u website was created for a local firm of accident lawyers. They wanted a simple, eye-catching site to advertise their services and take potential customers' enquiries.
Click here to view the site as it appeared when I created it.
Brightview Ltd
Brightview Ltd (now a subsidiary of Invox Plc) was a private investment initiative set up to buy Internet Service Providers which would otherwise have failed after the notorious .com crash.
The Brightview website follows a corporate image and layout designed by CJP, a third party images design company and was written in PHP to allow for dynamic content such as company news and ISP service status.
Click here to view the site as it appeared when I created and managed it.
gorillagolf.co.uk
gorillagolf.co.uk is an ecommerce portal for an online golf retailer.
The site is written in PHP and MySQL. It features a flexible product database, easy to use administration console and utilises PayPal's payment gateway for online transactions.
Click here to view the site as it appeared when I created it.
Blue Carrots
Blue Carrots was one of Net Access' ISP brands. I was responsible for maintaining and updating the website and hosting servers.
Click here to view the site as it appeared when I managed it.
Halton College
The Halton College website was generated using PHP and much of the contained information is selected from a MySQL database. The navigation bar on the left and the button bar at the top are in their own individual frames. The main content is shown in the bottom right frame. Content in this frame is passed through a template which adds a title, page modified date, photostrip, links bar and general site information.
Rytec Consultants Ltd
Rytec Consultants Ltd are a software development and private consultancy firm specialising in Internet connection applications and communication protocols.
Click here to view the site as it appeared when I created it.
MailServer
MailServer is a POP3 & SMTP server written in PHP 5.
MailServer a multi-threaded daemon capable of running full time in the background and handling multiple user sessions. It is fully compliant with the POP3 and SMTP protocols, and uses a storage mechanism compatible with the popular Maildir schema.
MailServer is modular, object orientated and makes use of PHP's Posix and PCNTL libraries for security and multi-threading.
MailServer has been tested and found to be compatible with Apple Mail and Microsoft Entourage.
myholidayfriends
myholidayfriends was a message board and informational site aimed at reuniting friends who met on holiday but lost touch upon returning home.
I wrote and maintained the message board element of the site which ran on PHP and MySQL.
The website was specifically written to be fully functional on not only the usual Windows-IE/Mozilla/Mac-Safari combinations but also on the Bush Internet TV & set-top-box Internet appliances of the ISP owned by Net Access. Bush Internet TVs and set-top-boxes have several limitations that needed to be overcome: cut-back HTML support, limited bandwidth, slow page rendering & low-resolution high-flicker TV displays. The Bush Internet version of the myholidayfriends site can be viewed here.
Click here to view the site as it appeared when I maintained it.
macXchange
macXchange specialise in buying and selling second-user Apple Macintosh and related computer equipment.
The website I created for them showcases the products they have in stock and handles orders & enquiries. The site is database driven, has an advanced administration section and contains an automatic skinning engine which rebrands the site as required for different categories or entry-point URLs.
ic24
ic24 was an ISP bought from the Trinity Mirror Group for Brightview by Net Acquisitions in 2001. The site was previously managed by a large media department, but after Net Acquisitions took control, myself and a colleague were able to successfully manage the site and made several improvements including new dynamic content fed through a feed server.
