sandidge (at) gmail (dot) com

Profile

Highly experienced web and e-learning developer with twelve years of professional experience. My skill set includes extensive knowledge of the needs of web development within higher education and e-learning, including VLE usage and management. Specific technical skills that I offer include: PHP, HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, XML and RSS. I also offer seven years' IT training experience at the collegiate level.

Skills Summary

Coding

HTML, XHTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, XML, RSS

CMS and VLE

Blackboard, TopClass, Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, MediaWiki, Typo3

Web Services and Social Applications

Facebook, Twitter, Google Analytics, YouTube, Vimeo Google Apps, Flickr, Feedburner, phpBB, MyBB

Software Packages

Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, iWork, OpenOffice.org

OSes

OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix

Site Selection

HM Frigate Unicorn : http://www.frigateunicorn.org

Provided Unicorn Preservation Society with newly designed CMS-based website for their HM Frigate Unicorn attraction. Site utilises Google Analytics for visitor tracking. Also created Facebook account to expand public interaction.

Bluegrass Community & Technical College : http://bluegrass.kctcs.edu

Chose institution's CMS and set up original install with design templating. Due to recent migration to new uniform CMS for all Kentucky Community & Technical College institutions, previous CMS-based pages can only be accessed via legacy URLs (for example: http://legacy.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/students/prospective/).

Developed two large modular database driven systems: ITES (Information Technology Enterprise System) and MyBIN (My Bluegrass Information Network). As login to these systems are restricted you may see example screenshots for ITES and MyBIN.

JoeCustoms.com : http://www.joecustoms.com

Coded and designed online custom action figure repository allowing user registration and the submission of users' work. These submissions are reviewed by staff prior to being added to the public site. Each submission includes uploaded images and additional textual information. Site also includes message board, wiki resource and image generator.

Kentucky Small Business Development Center : http://www.ksbdc.org

Set up Wordpress site and templated from supplied design files.

Kentucky Center for School Safety : http://www.kysafeschools.org

Created Flash-based result display system for KYCSS's Pledge Against Bullying.

JoeCanuck.com : http://www.joecanuck.com

Created code to integrate site message board announcements into Drupal frontend.