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Kickball.com: 2008 - Present: Telecommuting, Drupal and its modules, APIs, themes and user interface. PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Linux, SVN, Trac, PayflowPro Integration. Site Development, design, functional improvements and company-wide tech support. WAKA Kickball serves over 150,000 players in 200+ leagues. I began at WAKA with two days Drupal experience. The new Drupal site launched on Feb. 15, 2009 with over 100,000 users ported from their old system. I was the only full-time programmer until April 2009. I currently share duties with one other full-time programmer.
Kaiodee.com: 2010 - Present: Drupal-based blog for a local college student. She is looking forward to expanding the site quickly with Drupal. This is part of a multi-site Drupal install setup that makes updates a snap.
EvansCeramics.com: 2010 - Present: Drupal-based site for a pottery supply warehouse.
FredoniaPublicLibrary.org: 2008 - Present: Simple Drupal site for my local public library. Contributed modules only but allows the librarians to update content and provides a handy homepage for the library's public computers. This is setup as part of a multi-site Drupal install with a variety of clients and personal sites.
CredibleArtsTherapies.org: 2008 - Present: Static HTML brochure-style site. Effective and elegant.
TedWatts.org: 2005 - Present: PHP, dHTML. Site implementation and maintenance. Developed to showcase the work of arguably the most prolific and well-known sports artist in America, this site is currently an extensive gallery with recent press releases and media coverage featured. The back-end directory structure is carefully organized to aid in updates and additions. E-Commerce functionality is in the planning stages at this time.
Center Creek Records and Publishing: 2007 - Present PHP, dHTML. Simple site that utilizes flatfiles instead of a database.
SME-PortalsOfTime.com: 2002 - Present: PHP, dHTML. Site design, graphics, implementation and maintenance. A very interesting topic made this project exciting. It features many behind-the-scenes custom functions to make updates and expansion simple and quick.
CutestPetContest.com: 2005 - 2010: PHP, MySQL. Site upgrade, design, development and maintenance with a legacy MySQL database. This high-traffic contest site handled hundreds of user uploads and form submissions daily with a simple interface that suited a wide demographic audience of international pet-lovers. Javascript was used for all form validation. A simple, secure administration area was included for handling entries and tracking some basic statistics.
JocksNitch.com: 2007 - 2009: PHP, MySQL, OSCommerce. Handled server administration, client support, OSCommerce functionality and site maintenance for this client. With four physical store locations in two states and the on-line store all utilizing and updating the OSCommerce inventory system constantly, server stability was imperative for this well-established retailer. A recent server migration and OSCommerce updates for the entire system were completed with only sporadic downtime over a couple of days for the on-line store.
Statepayments.com: 2005 - 2008: PHP, MySQL, PayFlowPro. PHP, MySQL. Site maintenance and support. Provided government agencies such as county treasurers with a credit card payment option. Server-side SaaS used the client browser and an inexpensive card swiper at the client end to provide a simple solution for a complicated problem.
ArtsCoffee.com: 2002 - 2008: Ruby on Rails, MySQL. Database and site development, implementation and maintenance as well as server and email administration. This boutique roasting house required a distinctive shopping experience combined with an exhaustively function-rich back-end that did everything except measure the coffee, roast it and package it for shipment. This left the client free to focus on customer service, their strongest attribute besides roasting coffee! The e-Commerce front end included customized credit card processing with the LinkPoint API, customer accounts, gifting options, multiple ship-to functions, periodic charges and pausing and canceling of recurring orders, and a dash of AJAX and Javascript for ease of use and an efficient user interface. It used SOAP and WSDL to interact with the US Postal Service API and the State of Kansas API for shipping and tax calculations. The back-end of the site handled, among other things, customer accounts, inventory, logistics, shipping, and promotional sales. Before the business closed its doors, future functionality was scheduled to include shipping label generation, automatic inventory control, financial forecasting, extensive reporting options and marketing promotions. I was the technical team for ArtsCoffee.com from 2002 except for 2006 when they chose to go with a different programmer. Please note that they dropped that programmer and re-hired me within a year.