I’m a front end developer at Equinox OLI, working on open source library software. I was previously a freelance WordPress developer in higher education. You can get in touch here or on LinkedIn.
Previously: WordPress Consulting
I worked with clients, mostly in higher education, who need custom search interfaces for multiple data types. I helped them set up automated data imports from external sources or APIs, remediate the incoming metadata, and create customized WordPress authoring interfaces tailored to their data models. Whether we needed to create a new theme or design the site to match institutional branding, I designed a custom search interface to take full advantage of the available metadata.
Prior to striking out on my own in 2012, I worked for the Texas A&M University Writing Center, the Texas A&M System Offices, and the Texas A&M Health Science Center. For several years, I also had a sideline in building websites for authors.
In addition to WordPress, I specialized in responsive CSS design, web standards and accessibility compliance, website governance and content strategy, and teaching in-house staff to write for the web. For projects not based in WordPress, I have worked as a user interface designer and user experience advocate in conjunction with in-house software development teams.
WordPress Books
I’ve written a book for web professionals who are new to WordPress, Beginning WordPress 3, published in June 2010 by Apress. The second edition, titled WordPress for Web Developers, came out in 2013, with significant changes and additions.
My third book, Content Strategy for WordPress (2015), is for site owners of all backgrounds, not just web developers. It describes how to implement specific content strategy tactics, like content inventories and editorial calendars, using WordPress features and plugins.