About

I’m a Senior Interface Engineer with iStudio High Road Communications Ottawa. I am part of both the technical and creative teams; responsible for the development of applications and X/HTML mockup and CSS styling for Web page templates. I have more than 13 years of experience in Web site development and am consistently upgrading my skills as the technologies change.

I take pride in the development philosophy that there should be a separation of content – X/HTML from style – CSS. I believe that the markup of a Web document should be as semantically correct as possible and not cluttered with unrelated elements. I approach each project with this mindset and enjoys the challenges that it brings.

Before joining iStudio, I was involved in a privately-owned Web Development business, A+ Web Creations. During my two-year tenure there, I was immersed in a number of Web-based projects for a variety of small business owners. My passion then, as it is now, was putting customer satisfaction first.

I graduated from Algonquin College with a computer systems technology diploma. I am proficient in a wide range of Web development and design tools, including X/HTML, CSS (1, 2), Javascript, PHP, and MySQL. I’m also skilled in a number of design tools, such as Adobe and Macromedia product suites.

2 Responses to About

  1. dave says:

    Hi – Happy Thanksgiving!
    I read your post on WPML and Flutter to display a bilingual web site. Thanks for providing that!

    I have installed the WPML plugin for my bilingual web site.
    For the sidebar – I created 2 files. sidebar_en and sidebar_fr.
    I check the language paramter, then server the correct file.
    However, this does not seem to work with the widgets. Specifically, then Links / Categories widget.

    Can you offer any insight on how I can use the WPML plugin to apply it to my Links widget ?

    Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

    david

    • Mike says:

      Would you be able to send me a copy of your sidebar files? It’ll help to see the issue that you’re having.

      Thanks,
      Mike