David has for the past eight+ years designed and developed a number of websites, for both charitable corporations and commercial websites employing a conservative approach to design and implementation of websites, allowing for relatively easy maintenance by their owners. Skills developed include HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Perl, CGI, MySQL, SQL and Javascript. Depending upon the requirements, some or most of the technologies mentioned were employed in the various websites created and listed below.
Online Portfolio
The following selection of websites were designed and implemented by David, providing an overview of the various styles and purposes of websites created, presented in no particular order. For your interest, the thumbnails of the websites will exhibit different methods of jumping to the linked website, whereas, the text links invokes a new page.
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Description: The Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts, a non-profit historical fencing school focused on the resurrection and reconstruction of medieval fighting arts. This was the first website ever created by David, and has continued to evolve since its initial inception and implementation. Initially designed and created in 1998.
Technnologies Employed: HTML, XHTML, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Perl, CGI Technical Specifications: Home page created with XHTML and Javascript. It is the initial landing page, and re-directs the browser to the contents of the main website when a link is selected. The horizontal drop-down menus were created with Javascript subtoutines, providing navigation to an extremely large amount of content and material. A membership/student database created using MySQL, resides in the back-end, accessible with user ID and password accessible by the AEMMA instructors only built using PHP, and a number of standard reports generated created with PHP. The image strip along the top of the contents pages gracefully cycles through a random array of images. |
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Description: The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada, established in 1966 is a charitable corporation whose mission is to encourage the interest and practice of heraldry amongst Canadians. Designed and implemented in 2005.
Technnologies Employed: HTML, XHTML, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Perl, CGI Technical Specifications: The horizontal drop-down menus were created with Javascript subtoutines, providing navigation to the Society's content and material. A membership/student database created using MySQL, resides in the back-end, accessible with user ID and password accessible by the Executive Board only built using PHP, and a number of standard reports generated created with PHP. |
 | Description: The Slovenija Branch, a proposed branch of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada, oriented towards heraldry of Slovenia for individuals of Slovenian heritage living in Canada. Designed and implemented in 2008.
Technnologies Employed: HTML, XHTML, Javascript, PHP Technical Specifications: The horizontal drop-down menus were created with Javascript subtoutines, providing navigation to the Branch's content and material. Switching between English and Slovenian presentation done with PHP programming. |
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Description: The Canadian UAO-USO Network, an network of individuals who research and examine archived and current unidentified aerial objects and unidentified submerged objects within Canada only. Designed and implemented in 2007.
Technnologies Employed: HTML, XHTML, Javascript, PHP, MySQL Technical Specifications: The horizontal drop-down menus were created with Javascript subtoutines, providing navigation to CUUN's content and material. The database in the back-end captures online sightings reports submitted via the website. |
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Description: The Solar Wind Canada is focused on designing and deploying intelligent, right-sized and practical renewable energy technology solutions. Designed and implemented in 2006.
Technnologies Employed: HTML, XHTML, Javascript, PHP, Perl, CGI Technical Specifications: The horizontal drop-down menus were created with Javascript subtoutines, providing navigation to SWC's content and material. The image strip gently and randomly depicts photos relevant to the subject matter. |
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Description: The Artes Martiales Occidentales currently under development, is to become an online peer-review journal of papers on the subject covering historical to contemporary Western martial arts. Designed and developed in 2009/2010.
Technnologies Employed: HTML, XHTML, Javascript, PHP, CSS Technical Specifications: The horizontal tabs were created with Javascript subtoutines, providing navigation to AMO's content and material. The images on the main page cycle through a random set of images. Not all functions are available at this time. |
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Particulars:
Compensation and/or rates are negotiable but consistent with the going market rates. No gigs too small to consider, depending upon personal availability. Rates for new development higher as compared to maintenance/updates on existing content. Fix-priced gigs also considered, pricing determined after preliminary analysis of gig.
Preference is for remote development, fixes, updates, enhancements, migrations and design, as opposed to on-site. Requirements by email, followed up with telephone conversation or skype for clarifications and refinements to requirements. Residence is split between Toronto, ON and Digby, NS.
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