My Skill Set

I am truly a jack-of-all-trades in web development. There have been times I wished I was nothing but a programmer. One of the best around. But, my reality is I've done so many different things in my self-taught experience on-line that I have some skill and opinion in a lot of areas.

• WEB TECHNOLOGIES:
  • PHP: Began programming with php in 2004 working with php and MySQL to develop database-driven sites. I have built numerous web applications using php. I currently use Codeigniter as my php framework of choice for new projects.
  • MySQL: Began using MySQL in 2004 in conjunction with php. I have built several normalized database designs to drive web sites. I am fluent in most MySQL queries.
  • CSS: Moved from table-based design to using cascading style sheets on my web projects in 2002. Studied the the 2.1 Specification diligently and became one of the fanatical web standards purists back in the day. I continue to stay abreast with the changes in CSS and build cross-browser complient sites. I'm just a little more easy on those that don't then I used to be.
  • HTML: Standards based mark-up. Began learning to hand-write markup in 2001. Never been a WYSIWYG guy although I do fire-up Dreamweaver to crank out a quick data table using design-mode. IDE of choice right now is NetBeans.
  • jQuery: The javascript language has never been a strong point. I have used smatterings of jQuery over the last few years. I have used it more in the mid to latter part of 2011 than ever. It is coming easier these days.
• DESIGN:
  • Fireworks: I am fluent with Fireworks CS3 and have been using Fireworks since Macromedia's Fireworks 4 in 2001. I own Photoshop but am not fluent with it.
• OPEN SOURCE:
  • Codeigniter:
  • CakePHP:
  • Magento:
  • Pinnacle Cart:
  • WordPress:
  • Joomla:
• MARKETING:
  • Google Analytics:
  • Google Webmaster Tools
  • Google Adwords:
  • Search Engine Optimization: Onsite SEO content and best-practices in markup. Link building. Article writing. Content generation.
  • Email Marketing:
• OTHER:
  • Channel Advisor:
  • Amazon Seller Central
  • eBay:
  • Server Administration: