Welcome

Hi, and welcome to my blog and portfolio. My name is Ben Griffiths - I am a freelance PHP developer and web designer, based in Rotherham, UK. You can learn more about me below.

I am available to work remotely, and if the location is not to far away (Usually within South Yorkshire), I may be able to work on site. If you would like to contact me for a free quote, or for more information, please go to the contact me page to send me a message, or alternatively you can download my vcard.

Skillset

My skillset includes:

Web Application Development
Website Design
Logo Design and Corporate Identity
PHP Development, including with Frameworks
MySQL Development
Xhtml Compliant Code
Javascript and JS Libraries Experience
Searh Engine Optimization (SEO)
Email & Hosting Support

Portfolio

Heres a few of my past and present projects:

Armed Forces Network

The Armed Forces Network is a social network, but designed to be used only by current and ex members of the British Armed Forces.

The site was custom built from scratch. Based on PHP and MySQL, and with a little Javascript thrown in, it performs quickly and efficiently.

http://www.armed-forces-network.co.uk

Simply Loora

Simply Loora is the official website for the UK model Laura Campbell. The design is fresh, warm and welcoming.

Mainly focused around a paying member system, featuring gallery's, a custom forum, a blog and more.

No Link Yet - Still under development.

Linear Perspective

This is an online photography magazine. Aimed at the amature and the semi-professional, covering the latest news and reviews.

There is a large gallery system allowing members to share the best of their shots, and create online portfolios.

http://www.linear-perspective.com - Still under development.

IT Sector

IT Sector is a IT related Job site. Listing jobs nationwide, with advanced mapping features and AJAX.

Although still very much in development, the site looks very promising, and is built on the cakephp framework.

http://www.it-sector.co.uk - Still under development.

Ben-Griffiths.com

This is my own personal site, with my portfolio, blog and contact information. You can also see some of my Flickr photos too!

The site is custom built from scratch using my own framework, and the style has taken inspiration from Redoable.

http://www.ben-griffiths.com

ePHOTOzine

Myself and another developer worked on ePHOTOzine whilst I worked at Magezine Publishing Ltd.

The site is currently the leading UK online photography magazine, and was custom built from scratch, using PHP and MySQL.

http://www.ephotozine.com

Nikon Competition

This was again done whilst working at Mag Pub Ltd. In collaboration Nikon and the Canadian Tourist board and DSLR Photography Magazine.

This was a competition site, where users would upload their photos. The main aspect was to be visually appealing, yet functional.

http://www.ephotozine.com/d40-comp/

About Me

Hi, my name is Ben griffiths

I am a 26 year old PHP developer, living in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. I love anything to do with web development, and this has naturally led me to doing this as much as possible.

I have a fiancee called Jenni, and a son called Daniel.

Other than web development, my interests include anything Tech related, Red Dwarf (Best show ever), Tattoos (Yup, I have quite a few now!), reading, and lot’s of other things too.

I have lived in many different places, all within Germany and England. This is mainly because my Father was in the Army, so as you can imagine, we moved around a lot when I was younger. Currently I’m in Rotherham, it’s not a bad little place. Small, but it’s nicer that way I think.

I have worked in an office doing web development - specifically for a site called ephotozine - but I ended up leaving there due to lack of creative direction from the company as a whole, but especially from the Boss - you see when someone asks you for your professional opinion, and then always throws it out of the window for their own (non developer and unreasoned) opinion, it kind of gets to you! This has led me to create my own projects. The Armed Forces Network is currently my latest beast.

I prefer to build site’s from scratch, using my own PHP framework. Having the flexibility of building this way allows you to do and style anything pretty much any way you want. It gives total control of the final product.

I also have an interest in photography, as you can see from my Flickr feed below. I wouldn’t call myself a pro or anything like that, but I know enough to get me by!

I’m pretty much always available to take on work, and if you would like a quote, simply go to the contact me page.