Application Developer at Media General
Richmond, Virginia Area
Application Developer at Media General
Richmond, Virginia Area
Web developer with experience predominantly in PHP / MySQL / Apache (WAMP/LAMP) environments. Special experience with online media, particularly in content management systems development. Focus on tableless and web standards design and implementation. Experienced in Agile / Scrum project management.
HTML/XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python, Django, ExpressionEngine, .htaccess configuration, Agile/Scrum development
(Public Company; MEG; Newspapers industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Web development dealing primarily with Content Management System development, namely EllisLabs' ExpressionEngine. Maintain and develop 30+ broadcast and publishing web sites based on Yahoo!'s taxonomy. Designed way for site admins in the field to manage standardized template set.
Responsible for CMS integration with vendors such as Newsgator, Mochila, and the Associated Press. Aided in Media General's implementation of Yahoo's Newspaper Consortium's technical aspects.
Switched to primarily Python and Django-based work in the beginning of 2009 but continued with PHP and ExpressionEngine as well.
Technologies: XHTML/HTML, XML, CSS (table-less design), JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Django (.91 and 1.0+) PostgreSQL, Python, and ExpressionEngine.