Latest work
A WordPress microsite for the Digital Futures Commission project of the 5Rights Foundation which incorporates the Foundation’s latest branding and custom features for protecting the users’ privacy.
A rapidly developed informational site for a new product launched by one of my existing customers.
Spearhead is a new online estate agent for Brighton. Their site includes customised listing pages with custom functionality for booking viewings and making offers, the ability to automatically sync properties with Rightmove and Zoopla, and facilities to manage their stock of properties.
In collaboration with minkidesign.
This WordPress site for The Cake Pavilion was intended primarily as an more modern improvement on the old site. It also includes some custom WooCommerce functionality to streamline the booking of classes and their management in WordPress.
In collaboration with minkidesign.
Cakes by Krishanthi was a project with the aim of increasing the cake design studio’s online conversions. The beautiful new website features contact forms on every page to help convert visitors into customers.
In collaboration with minkidesign.
Restaurants Brighton features restaurant listings, reviews and recommendations from Brighton’s vibrant food scene.
Together with minkidesign, we have set up and styled the site to match Restaurants Brighton’s brand, as well as developed features to make it easier for them to manage content on their site.
Since launching the new site, I continue to provide Restaurants Brighton with the design & development of new features and speed optimisations to help them reach ever-higher in search rankings.
Vixen Digital’s site originally started as a Squarespace site, with the aim of the project being to convert it to a WordPress site, for easier SEO, improved speed, and more flexibility.
In collaboration with minkidesign.
Restaurants Brighton Jobs is Restaurants Brighton’s sister site aimed at the hospitality industry in Brighton and Sussex.
Together with minkidesign, we developed the site with custom functionality which allows employers to post job ads, and allows candidates to browse and apply for them directly on the site.
For the first two years of my professional career, I worked for WPlook Studio, a developer of WordPress themes and plugins.
My work included developing themes and plugins, working with external plugins like WooCommerce, and designing new products, like the recent WPlook Shortcodes plugin.
Atlantis Installations is a luxury bathrooms installations service based in the South West.
This project involved the setting up WordPress, adding content to the site and customising the theme to the client’s liking.
Projects
The Fancy Text Generator is a web app which turns text into fancier looking Unicode symbols for use on social media.
As a pet project, I created this to explore writing modern JavaScript apps, service workers, and CSS grid.
Infinity Squared is a public page theme for YOURLS, a link shortener. It can be used to give the public access to your short domain, not just registered users.
It features a responsive design, anti-spam protection, social sharing, configurable options, and more.
List Network Site is a WordPress theme designed for displaying a list of sites in a network installation of WordPress.
It features search, filtering and sorting options, as well as a customisable, responsive interface.
Experience
Education
I have a degree in Computer Science with Design from Lancaster University. Modules completed include Human-Computer Interaction, Software Design, and Internet Applications Engineering from the School of Computing and Communications, and Innovation and Design and Design Thinking from the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts.
I have also completed a dissertation entitled "Investigating the use & implications of smart speakers", an ethnographic study exploring users' views on smart speakers, how privacy figures into this and how smart speakers alter the use of other digital devices. The report makes a series of recommendations for users, devevelopers and policy makers based on the study's findings.
Other projects
I also work with digital marketing agencies on bigger WordPress projects, such as:
- developing a bespoke WooCommerce store with the ability to book trips across multiple dates, add extras to the booking, and gather information about attendees;
- developing a bespoke WooCommerce plugin to simplify accounting;
- developing a custom WordPress plugin to synchronise documentation from an external system.