About Me
My name is Andrew Gatenby, and I build websites for a living - I know, it rocks!
I’m currently enjoying life living near the sea in the North-East of England, working in Newcastle for the nice people at PointOV and for various clients via my freelance business Flow.
In A Nutshell…
- Married, 27 years old, Leo
- Based in North East England
- Freelance Web Designer & owner of Flow
- Working as professional web developer since 2004
- Uses PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, AJAX, Photoshop & Illustrator
- Likes: Web standards, open source software and 1980s films
- Dislikes: Clowns, Mac OSX (controversial I know, but I have my reasons!) and seafood
The Hard Sell…
I’ve been involved in professional website development since 2004, and have a proven track record in providing successful results for websites and e-commerce portals. If you’re after a full redesign, simpler website updates, or an improvement to your website then I can help!
My strong experience in both the design and programming involved in building any website, allows me to bridge the gaps between the artistic design phase and the techy development that makes the cogs of the website tick and whirr into action!
I’m skilled and experienced in PHP, XHTML, CSS, AJAX, MySQL and Javascript (I know all the buzz-words!), as well as applications such as Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Fireworks. The important thing is that I can use these skills to build usable websites that will give you a return on your investment.
On top of that, I know how to get the best out of any website with usability and accessibility improvements, as well as SEO improvements to enhance search engine rankings.
If you’re interested in speaking with my about contract or freelance work, then I’d suggest visiting Flow which is my business website.
“What about the site?!” I hear you cry!
This website is built in Wordpress using a Flickr and del.icio.us plugin for the footer. I’ve tried to ensure that this site sticks to web standards as much as possible, and as such the content is served up as XHTML 1.0 compliant. The CSS used to make things look pretty also validates.
I have made efforts to test the website on as many modern browsers as possible, and have covered the browsers that account for 99% of web traffic, but if you are having any problems please let me know.
