Kim Loudon - Portfolio

ABOUT

I make beautiful websites,

and awesome Flash games!

G'day! I'm a web designer, coder, and Flash developer. I'm seeking employment as a front-end developer, Flash developer, or PHP developer!

I have just completed a Diploma of web design at Ourimbah TAFE. Prior to that, I made Flash games - such as the Jade Wolf series...

I've made several dynamic, database-driven custom sites for clients. I've built custom Content Management Systems, for both MySQL and XML powered sites. I'm enthusiastic about the latest technologies - such as HTML5/CSS3, Stage3D etc.

Have a look at what I can do, and please contact me if my skills/experience meet your needs!

Education:

Diploma IT (Web Design)
Cert. IV Small Business Management
Bachelor of Arts - History and Political Science

Skills include:

Advanced Actionscript Coding - AS2 and Object Oriented AS3
Advanced Flash Animation - Tweened, sprites, and hand-drawn
Advanced Photoshop
(X)HTML/CSS (including HTML5 and CSS3)
MySQL
PHP - Object Oriented
Javascript - including JSON/AJAX/jQuery custom scripts
XML
Adobe CS products - Dreamweaver, Illustrator,
InDesign, Fireworks, After Effects etc.
Sound editing - Audacity
Content Management Systems – I have custom built several systems, and am familiar with others, such as Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla etc.
Experience with online monetisation -
Google AdSense, CPMStar Ads, MochiAds etc.
Experience working to deadlines, in
fast-paced environments
Teamwork experience
Customer service experience

Referees can be provided upon request

PORTFOLIO

Highly customised, functional,

Search Engine Optimised websites

Extreme Martial Arts and Fitness Centres Website

View Extreme Martial Arts & Fitness Centre Website

For my diploma project, I built the Extreme Martial Arts & Fitness Centre (XMAFC) website. It's a W3C standards validated HTML/CSS site, with an OO PHP/MySQL backend.

The site is built in a manner which allows the gym employees to:

Add/Edit/Delete information about the gym's fighters
Update the gym's timetable
Write news/blog articles about the gym & marital arts industry
Upload images to be used onsite - in articles, or to replace existing images

Skills demonstrated:

HTML/CSS
Photoshop
Custom Javascript/jQuery/AJAX, written in Object Notation (JSON)
PHP
MySQL

View Extreme Martial Arts & Fitness Centre Website

PHP/MySQL Content Management System

Simple to use add/edit/delete functionality

WYSIWYG article editor - with live image/video insert

For the Extreme Martial Arts & Fitness Centre (XMAFC) website, I designed a custom CMS. The staff at XMAFC gym aren't very computer-savvy - their web use is restricted primarily to facebook, and a few core sites. I felt that the staff who would update the XMAFC website might be overwhelmed by Wordpress or other, existing content management systems.

With that in mind, my CMS includes the following features:

straightforward, un-cluttered layout, mimicking familiar (to the client) iPhone app appearance
WYSIWYG text editor, which allows for AJAX image upload to the site's database, and instant youtube video embed (without refreshing the page)
Add/Edit/Delete user database
click-and-change timetable editor
intuitive layout, which staff can understand without any training

Skills demonstrated:

XHTML/CSS
Custom Javascript/jQuery/AJAX, written in Object Notation (JSON)
- Customised AJAX image uploader
- Custom WYSIWYG text editor, with video embedder and image add/edit/delete, linked to site's database
- Custom validation scripts
PHP
MySQL

Posters

I have designed print posters for local kickboxing shows. Ususally, I use Adobe InDesign for layout, and Adobe Photoshop for image manipulation/editing.

However, for a couple of posters I've just used Photoshop.