welcome to my online portfolio
- Alistair Jackman - multimedia designer & developer
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Welcome to my online portfolio. On this site you will find examples of my work in multimedia design & development and detailed information on what services I provide as a freelancer working in the multimedia and web technologies arena.
My contact details and a downloadable electronic version of my CV can be found can be found on the About page here
- MODx Having finally found the time to do a proper update of my site I took the opportunity to get familiar with MODx, an attractive looking Opensource PHP Application Framework. It's always best to test a new framework with as real a test, so converting my old static portfolio into a CMS was ideal.
- 26 June 2007
- PHP Frameworks on test - CodeIgniter
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I was recently introduced to CodeIgniter, an open source PHP Web Application framework. The number of open source frameworks out there seems to be growing, and I find it can lead to some confusion about which, if any, one should adopt. Well as I write this I've already used CodeIgniter on the administration side of a web site, and also on a CMS.
CodeIgniter is a doddle to pick up if you're fluent in PHP, and many of its pre-written function libraries are incredibly useful. I found a function for almost all of the really annoying tasks that come up again and again. It has a small footprint, is well documented, very easily configured and was a pleasure to work with. - 20 May 2007
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I can fully recommend MODx.
The documentation is good, the user base is growing, and most importantly I believe it achieves a very good balance between power and simplicity. There's always more than one way to achieve the results you desire, so you can adapt it to your own style. I hope it continues to grow and I am looking forward to utilising it to deliver good results for my clients in the future.
