Design
- Where php and xhtml serve as a solid basis,
Flash can be used to leverage a good project
to one that stands out. That's exactally how
I implement Flash.
- Css is used to separate layout from content.
I have one year experience in css-design, mainly
in a Joomla and Drupal cms environement.
While I deliver custom css-solutions, I'm also
interested in css-strategies that speed up
development, eg. the Zen framework in Drupal,
or custom dynamic css solutions written
in php .
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If flash is no option, css and javascript
can bring some visual magic in the design.
I`ve mainly used the Jquery library as it
perfectely suits my design philosophy:
"write-less, do-more"
CMS
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Joomla has been my first experience with cms.
I don't recommend it unless you desparately
need the user interface, which is quite good.
Joomla 1.x is not the best solution for SEO.
Perhaps Joomla 1.5 does better.
I can only recommend Joomla for small projects
and only after I've made you considering Drupal.
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Drupal cms is where my real experience lays
Drupal is a very powerfull cms, and extremely
versatile and customizable. It just gets the
job done, everytime again.
I've built several Drupal sites, almost every single
one of them multilingual (nl,fr,en,de).
I handle every aspect of Drupal, from themeing
to site-analysis, cms installation, seo-optimalisation,
to integration of custom solutions inside Drupal.
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As stated above, multilingual (Drupal & Joomla) websites
is one of my specialisms.
Development
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Php is an open-source programming
language, which is used in popular open-source content management
systems like Joomla and Drupal and many others.
I use php and I'm working on evolving from php basic skills towards
more advanced skills. I'm strongly interested in Object-oriented
programming (Drupal is written in object oriented php)
I'm not a developper, I'm just a designer who happens to have tumbled
down the programming rabbit-hole. And the end is nowhere near.
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Apache another open-source
solution, for server software is used for many open-source
CMS. Together with php and mysql database software
we've got a winning trio, for dynamic websites.
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I use common tools like Dreamweaver and Eclipse as editors,
and I'm also experimenting with Zend-debugging for Drupal.
