Nick Kemp
Web Design Portfolio
My name is Nick Kemp and this is my web design portfolio. I am 27 years old, married and live in Hamilton, NZ. I currently work for a company called Interspeed Web Solutions in a senior web development role, leading a team of seven graphic designers, developers and programmers.
My strengths lie in PHPPHP
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. A server-side, cross-platform, HTML-embedded scripting language used to create dynamic web pages., backed up by a MySQLMySQL
MySQL is a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL database management system. or PostgreSQLPostreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced relational database management system with some object oriented approaches. database. This framework is expanded with JavaScriptJavaScript
JavaScript is a simple, cross-platform, scripting language, vaguely related to Java. JavaScript runs as a server-side scripting language, as an embedded language in server-parsed HTML, and as an embedded language run in web browsers where it is the most important part of DHTML., XMLXML
Short for extensible markup language. A version of SGML that allows one to design a customized markup language, used to allow for the easy interchange of documents and data on the web or between software components., CSSCSS
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. and HTMLHTML
HyperText Markup Language: a set of standards, a variety of SGML, used to tag the elements of a hypertext document, the standard for documents on the web.. I've also had exposure to various other technologies including OracleOracle
Oracle is an enterprise level database that offers performance, scalability and reliability on clustered and single-server configurations. It provides comprehensive features to support the most demanding transaction processing, business intelligence, and content management applications., Cold FusionCold Fusion
Cold Fusion is a commercial database application development tool that allows databases to have a web interface, so a database can be queried and updated using a web browser., ASPASP
ASP is a scripting environment for Microsoft Internet Information Server in which you can combine HTML, scripts and reusable ActiveX server components to create dynamic web pages. and MSSQLMSSQL
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) produced by Microsoft.. I develop primarily in a *nix based hosting environment.
Each design project also involves a lot of layout and graphical work. I have a solid understanding of the design principles required in a web environment. I focus on creating intuitive, functional and visually appealing web sites. Most design work is carried out in Adobe PhotoshopAdobe Photoshop
An image manipulation program by Adobe Systems, Inc...
Promotion and syndication of a website is equally important. I've picked up a number of techniques for optimising a site and increasing its ranking.
One of my hobbies is car audio, and I was recently involved in the development of a enthusiast e-zine called NZ ICE Magazine. The site and its user base has grown rapidly into a very active and helpful community.
