Zuavra: freelance web developer

zuavra web development

What is this about?
I'm a freelance web developer with 10-odd years of experience, living in Bucharest, Romania. I build websites, especially "smart" websites, the kind that do more than just give the visitor something to read (shopping carts, blogs, social networking, CMS). I also build business websites, convert legacy and outdated solutions and do hosting, SEO, domain name and design consulting.

What do you use?
On the server-side, I mainly use "LAMP", which means PHP and MySQL on Apache, under Linux. I can also recommend PostgreSQL as an alternative database and I can make all these work under Windows or other operating systems. On the browser-side I am well acquainted with CSS, XHTML and JavaScript and the expected bells and whistles (AJAX, web services, the Web 2.0 experience and technologies).

How do you work?
I keep track of my projects using source control and project management tools. I follow standards and will make sure your websites can be accessed and used properly across a range of browsers. My code is clean, well organized and fully documented. I make efforts to ensure that the solution you receive is secure and fast. I make use of established frameworks when appropriate for your project.

Contact me
Always come to this page for my current means of contact. They change sometimes as I relocate or try to avoid spam. My resumé is available upon request.

Phone: +40-722-638-419
Email: dev zuavra net
Instant Messenger: Send me your network and identifier and I'll get back to you. Feel free to use Skype, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, ICQ/AOL or AIM.

Recent project examples

[Jan-Apr 2008] Content-providing solution, including web services, flexible personalized user experience, opt-in subscriptions, image manipulations and integration with an existing website.

[Apr 2008] Created full website from scratch around WordPress 2.5: a storytelling repository with a unique and inovating navigation system.

[Apr 2008] A series of WordPress 2.x upgrades to the latest version (2.5). Many of them were heavily customized WP installations, some as old as 2.0.

[Mar 2008] Optimized legacy dynamic website, reducing redundancy and improving control and flexibility by rewriting functionality around a custom PHP library.

[Dec 2007] Created a WordPress plugin that automagically adds photo galleries to posts with almost zero maintenance.

[Dec 2007] Made a database installation wizard for non-technical users.

[Dec 2007] Wrote a PHP script that gathers data from HDD flatfiles and generates dynamic content for a website.

[Nov 2007] Prepared a WordPress installation (plugins and custom theme) as a full solution for a women's website.

[Oct 2007] Used Bash and JavaScript to write a CGI interface that controls a RRDtool graph generator (also written in Bash).

[Oct 2007] Invoice generation and management application for a web hosting service.

[Sep 2007] Several WordPress upgrades from 1.5.x and 2.0.x to 2.2.x. Ensured that plugins and themes pass upgrade well.

[Sep 2007] WordPress plugin. Embedding XML/XHTML content from a remote service.

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