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Hi! Welcome to my personal site. I'm a web designer / developer, based in Hook, Hampshire, UK. Here you can keep up to date with my various web projects. I've also included some other projects I'm involved in to get an idea of my interests, for example, read about this one:
1927 Sunbeam 20.9hp restoration progress. This picture dates from about 1975. (Some work has been done since then!)
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February 2008: I now have a fax number
I had a problem the other day. I wanted my insurance company to email me a document. They didn't do emails, but they could fax it. That's so retro! The insurance market is getting so competitive they have to make economies somewhere, so I imagine their expensive 1970's fax machines are still working fine - so why upgrade? Meanwhile I have organised a fax number. (Quciker than waiting for them to move over to email). Here it is:0871 528 4811
I'm looking forward to receiving your requirements by fax...
January 2008: I'm a permie again...!
My employment status has just changed... I'm now a permanent employeee working for a local company on some very interesting websites... I'm working with up-to-the-minute kit on projects that will revolutionise the future lifestyle experience of carbon-based bipedal life-forms of this planet. It's that exciting! Obviously I can't say much about it right now but I'll keep you posted when I'm able.
December 2007: display centre website completed
www.displaycentre.co.uk has now been completed. The Display Centre is at Fareham, Hampshire, and specialises in shop fittings. The catalogue can be viewed on line, with full shopping basket and checkout facilities. The client is able to manipulate the online catalog via a custom PC application. Other features include vouchers (discount code management) and email order tracking.
Both the website and the client PC management application has been written using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 using VB.NET.
November 2007: ACCON UK website completed
www.accon-uk.com has now been completed. The website has been written for a team of environmental consultants that measure air quality, noise and other environmental factors. It is also able to gauge the environmental impact of new developments, including the impact on existing ecological systems and archaeological remains.
I have used a bit of Flash for the main banner while I have used .NET for the navigation and content management angles.
October 2007: New Pistons!
The Sunbeam project has benefited greatly from receiving some brand new pistons. No, they're not brand new Sunbeam 20.9hp pistons, but Toyota Corolla pistons. Apparently they fit - and I've just confirmed that tonight. This is a great day in the Sunbeam Saga...
August 2007: Nearing completion of a new online shop system
For the past six months I have been building a generic online shop for a customer. It allows the shops' contents to be maintained at the customers' home PC. The website is updated by web services. The system interfaces with Sage Line 50 accounts, and has the capability of being configured for a specific customers' needs. It will be appearing soon...
January 2007: More sites using the ContentEngine
The ContentEngine system is now being used by 5 sites. ContentEngine is a content management system that allows the customer to maintain copy in web pages without requiring IT experience.
August 2006: Exam #70-310 now passed!
I have passed my second Microsoft exam. This exam is entitled "Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Framework".
June 2006: Now Officially MCP!
I have successfully sat my first Microsoft exam (#070-305) entitled Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. I am now able to call myself an MCP! (Microsoft Certified Professional), though I still have two more exams to pass before I attain full Microsoft Certified Analyst Developer status. But that's one out the way....
