
Hello!
My name is Sean. I love pixel-perfect design, and live & breathe the net.
Please take a look at my portfolio and specialties.
I can take your website from concept to completion - elegant and standards compliant. You're welcome to have a chat with me.
Thanks for dropping by
I'm currently working fulltime for Kintek in Brisbane. Here is my full resumé
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Web Design Skills
Fundamentals
- Layout: XHTML and CSS - to the latest W3C standards.
- Interactivity: Javascript and Flash
- Design: Photoshop and Illustrator
- Server-side: PHP / MySQL / Apache
Development
I usually develop on both Windows and Ubuntu using Notepad++ as an editor of choice.
Standard tools/techniques in the arsenal include Firebug, Navicat, MVC frameworks, Google Analytics, SEO, front-end optimisation and compatibility testing in the major browsers:
Frameworks of Choice
Wordpress: a free blogging tool/content management system. Tweaked to perfection and great as a CMS, with many add-on features.
CakePHP: a rapid development PHP framework for building, maintaining, and deploying database-driven web applications.
bbPress: a lightweight, secure bulletin board from the creators of Wordpress. Great for building community forums.
960 Grid System: an elegant CSS grid framework that removes many of the cross-browser box model and float bug headaches in design.
Magento: a very powerful ecommerce platform that makes selling online easy.
Dabbling with...
- Zend Framework: used for development of all our apps at Kintek, though I do prefer the elegance of CakePHP
- Orbited Comet server: HTTP-push server model.
- ModX CMS: a very SEO-friendly, quality CMS.
- Joomla: I refuse to spell it with an exclamation mark.
Website Designs
(in no particular order)
KarelCAD - update of the CAD online store and training courses
Bangalow Land and Rivercare - Website for a local Landcare group to post events
The Hungry Heart Cafe - CMS, catered ordering & credit card payment.
Zzipit Sheet Systems - content managed site built in Zend using KintekCMS
Sancuary Cove Boat Show Application Form - jQuery spreadsheet calculations for multiple sections and autosaving. Live application form several million dollars in bookings.
Baby Rhino Photography - content managed site built in Zend using KintekCMS
Dragonfly Cooking - a Wordpress theme for a cooking school.
Mediherb - initial css/html mockup
Count Past Two - built in CakePHP with admin backend
Xenia Events Management - a Wordpress theme
Catalyticat - my home page
Brisbane Web Design - theme moulded into Wordpress and bbPress
Acme Jordan Furniture - a custom Wordpress theme with product listings
Echo Events - AJAX form validation and submission among other things...
Laughtr - a multimedia/javascript experiment
Single Point Assist Custom Maps Application - a highly customised Google Maps with an admin backend for drag-drop location and region defining.
Landscaping Connections Forum - a highly customised bbPress forum
Munkey Web Design - fancy javascript navigation
MySME Site - Initial mockup but didn't end up being used.
Hydrexia - a simple html/css upgrade of my company's old website
Other Designs
Contact Me
You can write to me at seanockert@gmail.com or call any time on 0431 654 334.
You'll find me in Southside Brisbane, Qld., but a change of scenery never hurts.
Ciao!
Thanks for reading.
Look forward to hearing from you soon.






