Website development
Max Maxwell runs www.singforjoy.org.nz, and had heard the advisory warning from Google, at end of 2014, that mobile-unfriendly sites would gradually descend in its search listings. He asked me if I could protect him against such a woeful fate. I admit to being something of a Luddite when it comes to mobile phones,…
Medipharma sells natural health supplements and wanted a site to present baby oil and lotion, plus another to help dog mobility and general health. Initially I planned to write these mostly with my own PHP plus a small open-source PHP tool for a shopping cart. However, almost by chance, I stumbled across…
In 2011 I started a contract with the great team at Brian R Richards, a branding agency in Newmarket, Auckland. I had never used the Silverstripe PHP CMS when I started, but I was admirably and patiently assisted up the learning curve by an outstanding Silverstripe guru, Damo Mooyman. Brian has a fantastic…
I had never used Zend Framework before, though had used Symfony with a PHP project a few years earlier. I was asked to be the PHP developer for a new and innovative offering from a well-known NZ bank. So it was a "0-60 in ten minutes" job, and I grew to like…
Pharmahealth was a PHP and JavaScript web site, for a small business selling remedies and supplements derived entirely from natural ingredients. Kennedy Garland, who runs Pharma Health, (Auckland NZ) already had some idea of key ingredients to use in the graphic design of the web site, such as a red-cross motif. He…
Implementing a web-site store for Topologika (UK educational software) using the Paypal payments system. Topologika was an educational software company. I inherited a great-looking site build by Will Godfrey and worked on its maintenance. Then, in order to sell products over the web, they asked me to implement an online store. Initially,…
As preparation for my family's intended emigration to New Zealand in 2008, I thought it would be helpful (and, yes, fun!) to create a map of NZ schools, with some selection by decile. It became an intriguing exercise in juggling technologies. And it succeeded. When I converted this site from Silverstripe into…