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Drupal is CMS - Content Management System. It means you somehow "manage content" with it. So, what kind of content can you manage with Drupal? Any kind!
Basically, there are no limits with Drupal.
I am equipped to work on Drupal projects of almost any scale. My work covers the full life cycle of projects - from planning and design to back-end development to training and post-launch expert support. I can work with you directly as a full-service shop or can collaborate with your internal development staff or design team.
I also specialize in support, if you have a drupal site and the last time you talked to your developer he could not remember your name.... Know that there is help. See support service to learn more!
I am working out of State College PA. I can work directly with people or organizations in the Central PA region or by phone and email with people anywhere in the world.
With Drupal you can create:
* Simple n-number-of-pages static website
* Simple Personal Homepage
* Company Website
* Community Websites
* Reservation System
* Blogs
* Myspace-like website
* (insert your favorite type of website here)
Support Service
Adding eCommerce or ADDs to a site so that it can start generating income or moving a site to a new server can be daunting for someone with little experience in Drupal development. I would be happy to work with your hosting company to make this happen.
You could also be perfectly happy with your Drupal site and would just like to learn to do these things on your own. Training sessions can be conducted at your place of business, via a quick call "how do I?" or using online tools like webMeeting. I can also teach basic html skills allowing you to make the most of the content areas on your site.
I offer many different types of drupal support:
- *Adding an eCommerce section to your site.
- *New look and feel to your site.
- *Adding new pages or types of pages.
- *Changing information that can only be changed in the Administrative mode:
- *footer information
- -adding views
- -adding a blog to your site
- -delivering functions such as job listings, podcasts, new menu items, insert your wish list here.
- *Teaching you or your organization how to update and/or support your drupal installation
- *Doing backups and cleaning out old data.
- *Migrating to a new server
- *Many additional things. If you have a drupal site and you need help contact me. No job is too small, no job is too large!
My Portfolio
1977 Park Forest Ave., State College PA 16803
717.348.4365
Gina@wupal.com
Web Developer/Designer
Developing a graphic design that effectively communicates the ideas being promoted by the Web site.
Initial planning of a Web site, meeting with the client to discuss ideas for the layout, function and organization of the site, the types of colors or images to use (photos, illustrations, videos, etc.), and other matters concerning overall graphic design.
Writing PHP code on a professional level.
Create a design that matches the customer's ideas.
Create code that brings design and functionality to the website.
Once the basic concept is agreed upon, I collect the text documents and images that will appear on the page and convert them into a form in which they can be viewed. This requires a mastery of HTML (hypertext markup language), the computer language used to create web pages. I also have knowledge of the most current HTML extensions—programs that make it possible to add special features to web pages such as animations and interactive surveys. Because a Web site may incorporate a variety of different functions, including clickable e-mail contacts or the ability to download files to a computer, I have a mastery of FTP (file transfer protocol) and other programs that enable these functions to work.
I have an understanding of software functionality as well as graphic design skills to create successful Web pages. I am specialised in PHP and Drupal implementation. Drupal is built using the programming language PHP.
Part of the web designer's task is to create pages that can be used on any type of server (a central computer in a network that stores files and provides these files to individual computers) and viewed with any type of browser (the software that enables people to access the World Wide Web). To do this, I am an expert with issues of browser compatibility. In addition, I know computer languages such as Javascript, PHP, JQuery and others which can be used to create web pages that are compatible with a wide range of hardware and software.
I have strong verbal and visual communications skills. I listen closely to the client and create pages that reflect what the client is looking for. I am flexible because I may be called upon to change the designs. Web sites are constantly updated to remain current, I work well under the pressure of tight deadlines and changing demands.
I have training in computer graphics packages such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Flash, XML-based web applications and programming, XHTML programming, and other web development languages and technologies. I am comfortable working with a variety of operating systems such as Windows, Macintosh, and Unix. I constantly stay abreast of new developments in graphics software packages as well as those in the World Wide Web and related technologies.
Production Designer
Ware Shoals School District
LumbertonSchool District
Santa Rosa School District
Web Developer/Owner Proprietor
Developed and supported Drupal Installs/Maintained a Lamp Server environment using Layeredtech
This Site
Support Services to:
The Zeleza Post
Sacred Heart
Office Diggs
Web Developer
Developed and supported Drupal Installs
Wrote eCommunity Notices module.
Landscape Architecture Penn State University
Office Diggs
Sacred Heart
System Services Integration Corporation, Harrisburg, PA 2003-2007
Project Manager
Coordinated development, training, and support services of Equipment Management Solution System for Document Automation & Production Service a DOD institution.
Insured compliance with all federal guidelines and customer requirements.
Train, supervise and evaluate staff and coach development skills.
Designed and implemented a full training program for 12 office groups.
Implemented Agile Programming Method with Web Development Team.
Hired, evaluated, created teams for development, training, maintenance(help desk).
Won the Working Outside the Box award summer 2006.
Designed, Developed and Documented PHP code for several large scale object oriented web applications.
Created specifications based on site visits and paper based evaluations of work flow.
Designed all commercial and internal sites using a combination of CSS and Templating systems (SMARTY).
Worked in a LAMP development environment using SVN for coordination of code.
Wrote several training manuals for custom applications.
Security and programmatic documentation including but not limited to security analysis, flow charts, gannt charts, class diagrams, use cases, user statements, specifications, outstanding verbal and written communication skills, well versed in TCP/IP protocols and implementation, http, CSS, PHP, AJAX, MySql, SVN, JavaScript, Multi browser compatibility, Agile Programming methodology and practice, Waterfall Programming methodology and practice, Open Office, Microsoft Word, Excel, Gimp, Adobe Photoshop, PowerPoint, Visio SVN, CVS, Adobe Acrobat, Drupal Installation, Configuration, Templating, custom programming
Education
Associates in Computer Information Systems South Hills School of Business and Technology State College, PA