North West PHP Web Developer with several years commercial experience in Freelance Web Development and Freelance Website Design. My clients range from start-up businesses to national scale, covering many sectors.

With PHP Programming and MySQL Database Design, I have created numerous web-based systems including booking calendars, management systems, full-scale forums and bespoke e-commerce sites. They have proven successful on websites receiving upto 10,000 visitors per day. I place great importance on building accessible, functional and standards compliant websites with strong Search Engine Optimization.

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PinPoint GPS Blackberry Golf Application - Tuesday, 11th November 2008

I'm delighted to announce that I have successfully bid against a number of other local companies for the development of the PinPointGPS website.

PinPoint GPS, developed by PCR Systems, is a golf application for mobile phones that allows golfers to calculate the distance to the green.

Work on the project has already begun, with the website due to launch at the end of the month.

PHP North West Conference 2008 - Friday, 7th November 2008

Later this month I'll be attending the PHP North West Conference 2008 which is being held at Manchester Central (formerly GMEX).

I'm particularly looking forward to the presentations on the Zend Framework and HTML 5.

If you're a developer interested in attending the conference, check out the PHPNW08 website which has a wealth of information.

October Round Up - Wednesday, 29th October 2008

• Earlier this month I created a news and featured harbour system for Harbour Guides. Along with an RSS feed this helps the site provide visitors with regularly updated content.
  
• I've made various upgrades to the Gun Dog Kit shopping system recently - offering the company powerful customisation options and allowing them to better deal with their expanding product line and international customer base.
  
  Gun Dog Kit is to be featured in a forthcoming airing of Trinny and Susannah on ITV. The show will be remodelling a number of women based on their dogs - so the producers will be using products from Gun Dog Kit for the lady who has a gun dog! It's great to see a client receiving exposure like this; the site is becoming extremely well known in its industry and its revenues continue to increase accordingly.
  
• I've created a number of basic sites for John Whiteside this month, they are designed to help catch specific search engine queries and ultimately promote his Granada Holiday Apartments. The two sites are Golf Granada Spain and Ski Sierra Nevada Spain. If you fancy a quick escape from the horrible British weather, be sure to take a look!

  

• I've added a new gallery page to the website of Lisa Jane Forrester, which shows off her fantastic new Silversmith Jewellery range.
  
• Various updates have taken place throughout the month at Last Minute Coach Holidays, which has just been featured in an industry publication and is continuing to establish itself before beginning a national advertising campaign.

A number of new projects are due to start imminently which I will mention in the coming weeks - it promises to be a very busy run-up to Christmas!

Introducing Lastminute Coach Holidays - Wednesday, 8th October 2008

My main project over the last five months has now gone live after the client received their ABTA Bond (a very lengthy process for anyone thinking of starting a travel company!).

The name of the website is Lastminute Coach Holidays and it acts as a reseller for all British coach touring companies.

The site includes numerous advanced features such as heavy SMS integration, distance calculations and more - all allowing users to find local, suitable holidays as easily as possible.

On the technical front, the work included significant PHP/MySQL coding, a custom Javascript and AJAX framework, Search Engine Optimisation and command line Linux administration. For more information about the client's brief and how I helped realise it, please view the client page.

If you want to jump straight to the website, head to www.lastminutecoachholidays.com. The site will be filling up with holiday data over the coming weeks which will help make all the location based features really useful.

I really enjoyed this project and the challenge of combining so many different features and technologies (i.e. allowing the client to text all members within 10 miles of a certain area). I will be working closely with Lastminute Coach Holidays in the future to help continue to develop and promote the website.

Change of Trading Status - Wednesday, 8th October 2008

As of October 3rd 2008 I am now trading as a limited company - Devto Limited, Company Number 6673666.

I will be charging VAT from the 1st of November 2008.