John Harman

About Me

Websites

• The Fine Art Company
• ClickCars
• UKBike
• Holtractors

Skills

• C# 2.0 / 1.1
• ASP.Net 2.0 / 1.1
• VB.Net 2.0 / 1.1
• SQL Server 2000 and 2005
• IIS Administration
• Visual Studio .NET
• ASP / VB6
• HTML
• CSS

Employment

• John Harman Ltd 2007 - Present
  I founded John Harman Ltd in February 2007 to start contracting. I thought contracting would suit the fast pace that I learn at and my keenness to work with people. I have found this to be true and relished working on different projects to date.
  • My first project was to create a new dynamically driven website for The Fine Art Company, which has been launched with great success and the number of visitors keeps growing.
    • Using a SQL Server 2005 database and C# .NET 2.0 as the programming language this dynamically driven website was custom built to the client’s needs.
    • Presentational layout is pure HTML and CSS (no tables); this is so the website can offer the best accessibility for all possible browsers/ users.
    • JavaScript is used for extra functionality on some pages however the website will function as normal even if the browser does not support JavaScript.
    • I wrote a CMS so that all aspects of the website can be changed by the client. This CMS includes the ability to change any pages SEO attributes as well as the page’s content.
    • I manage the website using IIS6 on a Windows 2003 Server.
  • In addition to this I have done various other small projects. One of the larger was working on a new automotive website www.clickcars.co.uk. I worked on this website mostly alongside another contractor. Both of us were hired for a short period by Friday-Ad and we worked very well together to get the project completed to the satisfaction of Friday-Ad.
    • www.ClickCars.co.uk was built using SQL Server 2000 and C# .NET 2.0
    • Unobtrusive JavaScript was used on many pages and because of this the website can be used without JavaScript being enabled.
    • An advanced SEO backend was written to enable the client to change the SEO attributes of multiple pages with minimal effort.
• Friday-Ad 2004-2007
  I started at Friday-Ad as a junior designer and progressed into being a full website developer. I worked closely with various members of staff, from fellow developers, to marketing.
  • I worked on most of Friday-Ad’s websites, which were created using ASP and SQL Server 2000, as well as JavaScript from time to time.
  • I have migrated a SQL Server 2000 database to a SQL Server 2005.
  • I was heavily involved in SEO changes for the Friday-Ad websites and the work done helped the websites in some cases more than double their traffic. The process was overlooked and guided by spannerworks , from whom I gained a detailed knowledge-base about SEO techniques.
  • Some of the newer websites were created using VB.NET 1.14, C# .NET 2.0, VB .NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2000.
  • As part of the team I helped configure and manage the websites using IIS6.
  • Legacy VB6 applications required maintenance from time to time
  • I used Photoshop for designing and creating websites
• Private work 2002-2007
  I have been creating websites for private companies and friends since 2002, all of these websites have been created from home where I have always found myself dedicated and motivated. It is often these sorts of jobs that help me learn newer techniques and technologies because of the amount of time and effort I put into them.
  • Much of my older private work included PHP and MySql
  • I have also used Flash Actionscript and PHP with MySql to create dynamically driven Flash websites.