My name is Meggan and I'm a web developer based in Sandpoint, Idaho. Building websites is my passion, and I'd love to help you with your project!
Availability: I am available for freelance work! Contact me for more details.
Strengths: I specialize in beautiful, fully-functioning websites that are easy to update, and I enjoy helping clients become empowered to run their own websites.
work
Penscrappers (view site)
- Features: WordPress, child theme, custom plugins
- Created a child theme based on WordPress's Twenty-Ten theme
- Made use of custom taxonomies and custom post types to separate different types of information
- Wrote specifications for a custom contest plugin
Loffles
- Features: prototyping, css framework, blueprint, polypage
- Simultaneous design and development phases meant I worked closely with the designer to implement his ideas on the fly
- Made use of the Blueprint CSS framework to speed up the prototyping process
- Made use of Polypage to handle page states (logged in vs logged out views, etc.)
Campaign for Oregon's Seniors and People with Disabilities (view site)
- Features: WordPress, accessibility, custom widget
- Made use of WordPress as a CMS to handle multiple types of content
- Created a text-resizing tool as well as a text-only layout to aid those with visual impairment. Also made use of keyboard shortcuts for site navigation and adhered to accessibility best-practices to help ensure the site is usable for everyone
- Wrote a "Breaking News" widget to display urgent calls to action on the site
ViaTraining
- Features: forms
- Coded a complex form layout with as few extra elements as possible
- Made extensive use of the label tag to accurately define the form elements
Travel Oregon Kids (view site)
- Features: WordPress, custom quiz tool
- Handwrote a PHP-based quiz tool as a sidebar activity for kids to test their knowledge of Oregon trivia
- Used WordPress as a CMS to make updating the site easier for the client
- Implemented tabbed navigation and an on-hover text change map on the homepage
Oregon 150 (view archived site)
- Features: WordPress
- Used WordPress as a CMS to make updating the site easier for the client
- Enabled users to submit their own "Oregon Stories" complete with photos, music, and other media
skills
- Proficient in XHTML, HTML5, and CSS, with emphasis on semantic and valid coding
- Extremely comfortable with the WordPress publishing platform, specifically using WordPress as a content management system
- Familiar with PHP and MySQL, including writing simple plugins for WordPress
- Competent with jQuery and common jQuery plugins
- Skilled in Microsoft Office software and Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Illustrator
contact
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