Welcome to the Portfolio of Michael Kirkbright,
a web developer with a passion for exceptional quality right down to the tiniest detail. Michael has had the pleasure of working with a range of clients, including Nikki Hair Extensions, Dickson Reid, Music Tutti and also worked with the employers Superglass, Dundee College and Evolution Online.

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About Michael

Hello, I'm Michael and I'm a web developer living in Edinburgh. I've been building websites commercially for over 4 years and have spent the majority of the past year working as a senior developer for Evolution Online. During this time I have developed a large number of websites that involved a wide variety of CMS and eCom solutions as well as significantly upgrading the company's base solution. I have also worked on a freelance basis, taking clients through their project form start to finish.

To relax I take photographs (got a Fujifilm FinePix S5600) now and again but mainly play my guitar or go for a drive in my car.

About the site
This site has been created with standards-rich HTML5, CSS3, JS, PHP, AJAX, website scrapes and Google API's. Images were created in Photoshop but some are also being resized on the fly. Text is set in Papyrus and Georgia.

Skills

Language Level
AJAX
ASP Classic
Coldfusion
CSS
JavaScript
MySQL
Python
PHP
SSH
(X)HTML(5)
XML
Software/Other Level
cPanel & Plesk
Cubecart CMS
Concrete5 CMS
Domain Management
Flash
GIT Version Control
Magento CMS
ModX CMS
Photoshop
Wordpress CMS

Qualifications

Year Qualification Institute
2005-2009 BSc Honours Degree: Web Design & Development Abertay University
2006-2007 Cisco Networking CCNA1 Abertay University
2004-2005 HNC Multimedia: Web Design & Development Falkirk College
2003-2004 HNC Computer Programming Falkirk College

Case Studies

  • Nikki Hair Extensions
  • Dickson Reid
  • African Strings
  • Musical Tutti
  • Ultra Seksy
  • Inkster Tea
  • Animite Media

  • Nikki Hair Extensions

    Freelance - CMS - Infomediary
    nikkihairextensions.co.uk

    Nikki is a hair extensions specialist based in Edinburgh. The site written in php, xhtml, css and includes Concrete5 content manager, jQuery gallery and scrollbar.

  • Dickson Reid

    Freelance - CMS - Infomediary
    dicksonreid.co.uk

    Dickson Reid is a up-market hair and beauty salon based in the centre of Edinburgh. This site uses the PHP based content manager Concrete5, jQuery lightbox, accordion and innerfade which were used in part to build an image & video company poftfolio, price list and testimonials section.

  • African Strings

    Team Work - eCom - Merchant
    africanstrings.com

    African Strings is an online store for decorative crafts ethically sourced from African. The site is run on a combination of a beskoke version of CubeCart and Wordpress and features a customised product and category area.

  • Musical Tutti

    Team Work - eCom - Advertising
    musicaltutti.com

    Musical Tutti is a public advertsing space for various musical related topics. The site runs on a combination of a bespoke CubeCart CMS and PHPBB Forum. The site has a heavily customised cart process, product manager and advert section.

  • Ultra Seksy

    Team Work - eCom - Merchant
    ultraseksy.com

    ULtra Seksy is a online retailer of womens clothing and accessories. The site has jQuery Cloud Zoom, Superfish and Select Menu Intergrated into a bespoke CubeCart content manager.

  • Inkster Tea

    Team Work - eCom - Merchant
    inkstertea.com

    Inkster Tea is a specialist mechant of Japanese tea and tea accessories. The site has a customised product and category area that includes jQuery tabs and a PHP based atribute map. The site is based on a Bespoke version of CubeCart and Wordpress

  • Animite Media

    Personal - CMS - Infomediary
    animitemedia.com

    Animite Media is the comapny name that I operate as a freelance web designer. The site is currently in offline mode but had many custom built php and javascript based features built for the content manager Contrete5.

Snapshots

All of the projects here were constructed by my colleges and I as a team however these are a selection of projects where I have played a large part in the development, functionality, and project management.

Get in Touch

If you need a new website or would like your existing site to be redesigned, just give me a shout — I'd love to work with you. Fill in the fields below and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

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