lucidlogic | web developer | web development | PHP | Joomla | Ajax | Web2.0

Breco is a site built on the Joomla framework with extensive javascript and ajax front-end functionality.  It is an online product and recipe listing and suggestion engine. It has a customised , intuitive back-end for creating items and their relationships

Have a look here: www.breco.co.za

Skandivis is an e-commerce portal I built on the Opencart framework with extensive javascript and ajax front-end functionality.

Very nifty, intuitive and powerful system, will using it more in the future.

Have a look here: www.skandivis.co.uk

SMAC art gallery is a site built on the Joomla framework with extensive javascript and ajax front-end functionality.  It essentially deals with artists, their works, collections and exhibitions and the many2many relationships that exists between them.

The main challenge was the uploading, resizing, compressing and displaying of the works of art. I modified an existing resize/compression Joomla component and allowed the client to choose whether an image can be displayed portrait or landscape.

Have a look here: www.smacgallery.com and visit the gallery, very cool space.

My first Government project.

This is a complex Joomla component for the department of health. It was all coded strictly using the joomla mvc framework which incidentally is amazingly sturdy and rapid.

The main selling point of the system is its SMS integration, allowing admin to notify users of new opportunities and bursaries. Furthermore, users had the ability to confirm interviews via SMS which the system processed.

Skommerce is essentially a multi-vendor e commerce component for Joomla with SMS integration. The concept was to allow users the ability to preregister with credit card details and be able to purchase items with a simple SMS.

Working in a team, it used virtuemart, an existing single vendor e commerce component as a base and added a hybrid component onto Joomla.

A data-driven application for an overlanding tour company.
This is a complex, SEO heavy site with 2000+ pages. The premise was to allow users the ability to add interesting locations or tours to their backpack and then requesting them to checkout, much like a shopping cart. Insane amount of ajax , google maps integration and Jquery magic made this an awesome end product that I am proud to be apart of.
I worked in a fairly large team and my specialty was the more complex PHP, all AJAX and some of the google maps integration.
overlandingafrica.com

While on a contract with Discover Africa, I was involved in the development of their flickr portal. This is basically an ajax powered flickr search that returned various images of Africa. It used an ajax interface with the flickr API and returned particular results relevant to Africa.

Many a nifty jquery plugin was used here.

discoverafrica.com

Elefint is a digg clone that deals with South African social news and networking. It runs off PHP5, ajax and Javascript with a minimalist design.

It works pretty much the same as digg.com, with registered users able to post links and news and let them vote on links and stories. Also has the functionality of joining groups and making friends with other users.

Thus people with similar interests can network. Check it out here.

While working at BlueSouth in Cape Town, I was part of the team responsible for the Development of the GMNI members portal and website.

The portal was a relatively complex document management system that served as a meeting point for members all over the globe to access and contribute information and all sorts of document file types.

My responsibility was all back-end development, front-end integration, implementation and maintenance.

gmni.co.za

The PE Hotel Group required a cluster of 8 different websites all managed with one MySQL database and one back-end portal.

The back-end included several modules, managing a range of data and file types as well as every page’s content.

My responsibility was to design, develop and implement the back-end and database as well as integrating the front-end design with the required functionality.

pehotels.co.za

While working at AMORPHOUS in Johannesburg, I was part of the team responsible for the launch of Nedbank’s 2007 website.

My responsibility was all back-end implementation and MS SQLSERVER connectivity.

After the project was successfully launched I developed several Nedbank modules from the ground up as a solo developer. I was also involved in maintaining the site.