Portfolio

Here is a sample of some of my web development work. At the moment, these are the most recent project I’ve gotten permission to share. Due to the contractual nature of some of my work, this project list may not grow :(

The TL;DR on my experience is as follows:

💻 I enjoy working with PHP, JavaScript, and Ruby.
🚠 Infrastructure and sysadmin tasks are very interesting to me. I’ve been managing Linux-based servers since 2014.
🖋️ Copyediting and copywriting are things I can do but don’t particularly enjoy (unless it’s my own projects.)
👤 Technical SEO is fun and I enjoy the challenge. SEO-based marketing isn’t.
I love WordPress. I enjoy tinkering and expanding it. I even enjoy site builders! (Though only the ones that have an API to extend their functionality.)

Ankle N Foot

The company website has been in my care since 2018. In the time since, the site has undergone a series of changes.

In 2018, The first iteration of the site (now based on WordPress) was built with a combination of WPBakery Builder, a custom theme, and Advanced Custom Fields. While I had no involvement with the development of that iteration, I did maintain it until 2020. Maintenance primarily consisted of visual changes and occasional PHP for adding features to the theme.

In 2020 the website was due for another makeover due to performance issues. I transitioned the website from BlueHost to a DigitalOcean server, implemented a CDN, and rebuilt the site using Elementor.

A site builder was requested since the staff needed to be able to make changes on demand.

A new version of the website is currently being planned. Company is still weighing its options in regards to static performance vs. the functionality that WordPress provides. A headless setup is being considered.

CAUSE Chicago

This project built in collaboration with CAUSE (a student-led organization) and NUSA (a non-profit.) I was approached the project after the organizations had met with various web developers.

The design and copy was wire-framed and written by the students. My partner and I were simply in charge of placing the infrastructure and translating the students' vision into a digital version they could maintain.

Site theme was built with Elementor, in-house Elementor widgets, and functionality/editability via Metabox custom fields.