"Chris" Vincent's Portfolio

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A select few items that
show my style

The PHP Benchmark

Currently in development this website will show users live proof as to what php programming methods are the most appropriate to use when speed is an issue. It will be modelled on the ideology that the original PHP Benchmark had, but will have a simplistic design with many more coding examples collected, credited and inspired from blog articles around the internet.

My task was to...

- Make a simplistic website design
- Build a custom benchmarking cms
- Advertise to as many major blogs as possible

Brisbane is Home

Brisbane is Home is a blog that Chris has chosen to purchase and re-theme into a spectacular mix of great content and even better design. The aim of this blog was to both increase Chris's skills of advanced blog design and his SEO and writing skills.

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My task was to...

- Re-theme an existing design
- Create interesting blog articles directed to those living in Brisbane

Genuine Style

Genuine Style is a personal project constructed to stand apart from other website galleries on the internet. To do this it utilises little ideas such as a well thought out design, no advertisements, regular 12 hour updates and only quality website designs. This website was a hand coded to withstand even the greatest amount of traffic, without slowing the server down. Genuine Style receives around 150 visitors per day.

My task was to...

- Design the website
- Create an automatic PHP website program
- Create a cache program with PHP

Outsource1

This website was designed and developed for the new construction outsourcing company, Outsource1. It was constructed to meet the requirements of this industry by using a specially developed Excel Spreadsheet Engine. Using this program many other companies are able to efficiently and quickly submit products to the online catalogue.

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My task was to...

- Design the website
- Make an administration program
- Create a spreadsheet application

Here's some little nifty things that may provide an
idea of my programming knowledge

The Readings of Chris Vincent

What this does...

The simple page is my showcase of RSS Feeds. By the way of a nifty PHP script this page is automatically generated from an OPML file from my ThunderBird email program. All I have ever needed to update this page is to upload my current OPML file.

Why I made this...

Because I am constantly interacting with people in the internet, one of the common questions for designers and programmers alike is "What are your favorite websites?". By providing this single page to someone, it both explains the question and gives them an idea of where my design inspiration comes from.

A few little facts about this...

Lines of code: 405
Time to construct: 6 hours
Usefulness: Hourless

Forum Statistics: A Vanilla Addon

What this does...

This is by far my most popular contribution to the open source community. This little application is an add-on to the forum software package, Vanilla. Depending on what statistics the administrator of the forum allows, it examines the live forum and then shows off trivial little details about the forum.

Why I made this...

Before I left school and when I was addicted to a few different forums on the internet I found this new type of forum and found myself addicted to learning how to customise it. In order for me to make my mark on this community it seem to me that I needed to contribute by making something that would later on be considered an essential add-on to the community. Statistics to me was the perfect idea and true to my idea, is now one of the most downloaded addon.

This add-on is currently being reconstructed by popular demand by the forum community at lussumo.com