Manchester Web Developers site
Hello and welcome to my site. I am Mike Thornley, a Certified Web Developer from Bury, Greater Manchester. I completed the Specialist CIW certification in Web Development in 2012.
I am a programmer with a rarity; the benefit of a personality. I am also a hand coder and as this is my personal site, have been known to experiment from time to time!. I have hand coded the site and recently began converting it to HTML5. I've not used WSYWIG software as I prefer the control and love to get down to the grit with code!. I have an adapated WordPress theme, used for the blog homepage but again, this is hand coded. I can and do incidentally use the Wordpress platform to speed up development.
What it is I do..
Web Development primarily, including Semantic markup, XML, CSS, The DOM, JavaScript, Ajax, PHP and MySQL scripting.
I am also proficent in using the Adobe Creative Suite package, namely Dreamweaver, Flash & Fireworks for media creation. I try to focus quite heavily naturally on W3C usability, accessibility and standards and as a result write clean code and can build SEO compatable, lightweight web interfaces & apps. I also have an interest in Search Engine Optimisation techniques and WordPress development.
What work I want..
I'm looking for a permanent, Junior/Graduate (in house) Web Developer position. Naturally, I am open to offers. I am not currently seeking solely freelance roles although wouldn't refuse to consider collaborative opportunities and projects. I am currently, slowly working on the portfolio section of the site.
Networking..
I am also looking to network with other Developers and Designers in the Manchester area. I have a profile on 'Northern Digital Creatives' through Meet-Up, a networking user group for all things tech & web related, where digital creatives can meet regularly in Manchester at various venues. I also have a profile on forrst.com.
Feel free to IM me on any of the listed applications, contact me through my social networking profiles, or even drop me an e-mail - even just to say hello.
All the information you are likely to need, will be contained within these pages. This site is best viewed in my personal preference, Mozilla Firefox. You may also want to ensure Javascript is enabled in your browser as well as disabling any pop up blocking software in order for you to be able to view updates I intend to make in future development.
