Skill Set
I have a broad skillset, and I see myself as a hybrid of designer and programmer with a background of illustration.
As a front end developer it is my aim to be educated in as many web technologies as possible; primarly the use of XHTML, CSS and Accessibility.
It is important that a website degrades gracefully in the face of older software and hardware and that any user has the opportunity to use the internet in light of any disorder or disability.
The increasingly popular dynamic and exciting user interfaces can be paramount to interactivty, however dependancy on this functionality can trap a user. Thereby a strong understanding of the basic fundamentals of web design is needed.
- HTML, XHTML
- CSS
- Javascript Libraries: jQuery, Mootools, script.aculo.us
- Client liaison and training
- Graphic Design
- Vector Graphics
- Email Marketing
- Image Manipulation
- Document Creation
- File Conversion
- SEO Evaluation
- World Wide Web Consortium (w3c) Validation & Accessibility
- Adobe - Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash, Cold Fusion
- Microsoft - Most Office Packages, including Frontpage, Visio, Excel etc.
- SQL
- Unix nameserver, webserver, Email Server control and maintinence
- Web Statistics; LiveStats, google analytics.
