I'm a freelance web developer living and working in Manchester, UK. I have worked in conjunction with other Manchester web firms, as well as independently with my own clients on a range of projects - both commercial and also purely self-indulgent - often to expand my skill base.
I currently work in PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, jQuery Javascript and AJAX, and have experience of e-Commerce solutions such as Cubecart, osCommerce and Paypal integration, I have used PHP frameworks such as CodeIgniter, and I use Google Analytics and Campaign Monitor regularly.
I also have a great deal of experience in running and maintaining websites on a daily basis, writing and editing content and tweaking performance.
I'm available for freelance work - from static HTML pages to fully-fledged dynamic PHP sites. Please get in touch to discuss your requirements!
Contact me at contact@jamesgalley.com
A small sample of projects I have worked on can be seen below.
No Relation. Ok ok, yeah she's my sister and an incredible jewellery designer. Rachel wanted a new site that made viewing all her collections and pieces clear and easy. So I built a database to hold all the product infomation which can be searched by collection or item type, all run by a bespoke content management system. Special attention was given to creating clean and search-engine friendly URLs, useful meta data, page titles and content on each page. We monitor the site traffic using Google Analytics, and use PayPal as the payment gateway.
From a just a basic holding page, the client 'Innovation Manchester' wanted to add a database-driven online poll system that opened in a new window. Working on behalf of Orchard Internet, I built the poll using the Greybox Javascript plugin, with a PHP and MySQL database system to hold the results. I displayed the results using some PHP maths to manipulate the CSS and create the bar chart, while an automated PHP script also sends data to Innovation Manchester via email. Not sure what they're doing with this site from now on, but hey!
Again working on behalf of Orchard Internet who were working with Frank Design, this is an example of many jobs I undertake where a whole new website needs building from a one-page design. At the request of Frank Design, this particular site was built using the codeigniter framework. The sites' content comes from a MySQL database powered by a Content Management System so that the brewery can update the site themselves.
Working directly with the client I assisted them in choosing a design to use as a framework for the site. Then using my own graphics I built the site in PHP with a MySQL database holding the page content. While still a basic site, I added small tweaks to improve the user experience such as a modified .htaccess file to clean up the URLs and Javascript to present page content.