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Key Skills: CMS – Drupal, Web development - LAMP, PHP, Linux/Unix system administration, Oracle, PL/SQL, Oracle database design, Consulting, Customer facing skills, Project Management, Software Testing. i-Chaumiere (Freelancer - My company name) 2004 – present Developed content management based web sites using LAMP, an open source CMS – Drupal and Oracle Pl/Sql. Liaising with customers to elicit requirements, then designed the solution and deployed it using a mixture of custom modules and “Out of the box” functionality. Installation and administration of Drupal based sites on Linux servers. Developed backup scripts and xml export/import scripts. CLIENTS: France24 Working on existing set of web sites: [login to view URL], [login to view URL] , [login to view URL] etc.. on sites improvements, bug fixing etc. Migrating data from legacy Drupal 5 site to [login to view URL] the exsisting Drupal 6 multy site set up. Creating new content types to match old Drupal 5 nodes. The Open University Developing new Drupal site to replace current [login to view URL] site (beta version of the new site can be previewed here: [login to view URL] . Analysed requirements and designed the new site using Drupal 6. Developed 8 custom modules to meet specific client requirements. Also wrote custom module that migrates data from [login to view URL] to the new system. The data is exported from old system in to xml file. The module reads file and inserts data in to the Drupal CCK content types using drupal_execute function and Drupal Forms API. This is preferred method over node_save function because it provides data validation. Le Seronais Local community site sponsored by local government body. [login to view URL] Left hand navigation is based on taxonomy and achieved by custom module. The purpose of the site is to allow the non technical administrator to add and edit content. (Currently adding video streaming capabilities to the site). Overseas Property World Ltd Development of web site using Open Source Content Management System – Drupal. ( [login to view URL] ). Installed and administered web site on a Linux server. Created PHP based template site for sites that display a subset of properties from the main site [login to view URL] etc..) Created XML feed to automatically export properties from the main site and import them to the small sites. Chillidigital – Digital Agency Developed web sites using Drupal CMS for LITKO LTD ([login to view URL] , [login to view URL] etc). Developed site for Bizzenergy ([login to view URL]) using Drupal CMS. Integrated Drupal with legacy Oracle database to produce energy price quotes based on customer input. Installed and configured Oracle OCI8 to allow PHP / Oracle connectivity. Simply British Shop Developed an e-commerce web site using Drupal and an e-commerce module ([login to view URL]). Configured the Taxonomy module to allow product filtering based on product categories. Imported products from the existing products spreadsheet. Personal Well Being Centre Developed sites for psychology organisation: [login to view URL] and an on-line book: [login to view URL]