Hello, I am Blair.
I am a freelance Web Application Developer, specialising in Drupal and PHP,
based in London, UK
Recent Work
What Hi-Fi
Provided technical leadership to the Haymarket development team on the complete rebuild of What H-iFi on Drupal 7.
FourFourTwo
Worked with the Haymarket Media development team on a ground up rebuild and content migration of the global website for the world’s biggest football magazine
TV Choice
Built website for the UK's biggest selling magazine, TV Choice.
Take a Break
Rebuilt website for UK's biggest selling women’s magazine in Drupal
Autocar
Rebuild of website for worlds oldest car magazine in Drupal/Pressflow.
NBC Universal
High profile global platform for NBC Universal. Includes Syfy, 13th Street, Universal Channel
Defaqto
Finance social network for the UK's leading financial research company
Take a Break
Rebuilt website for UK's biggest selling women’s magazine in Drupal
Freelance Drupal Services
Custom Drupal modules
Highly experienced in writing custom Drupal modules that are secure, high performance and robust.
Custom Drupal themes
Turning a design or wireframe into a Drupal theme that is clean, and complies with the latest standards.
Full site builds
Full site builds include everything from intial concept to launch and beyond.
Maintenance and Support
Maintenance and support packages including module security patches.
Code reviews
Reviewing your developers code, checking for security holes, performance issues and compliance with Drupal standards
Deployment
Building a automated deployment process for your project
Current Projects
BeFused
My technical blog, where I write about Drupal, LAMP and Front end development. Visit BeFused
Master Drupal Dev
Course teaching people how to become a Drupal module developer. Visit Master Drupal
Get Skeleton
A port of Skeleton boilerplate to Drupal 7.
Notification block
A module to add a notification block to any region.
About me
Profile
I am Senior/Lead Web Developer and Consultant who has worked mainly with Drupal for the past 5 years. I have 10 years experience in IT and Telecommunications. I am passionate about open source technology.
I have a good business head who can communicate well with both the business and techies. I have worked on both sides of the fence, as Developer, Product Manager, Operations Manager and Team Lead. I often end up translating between the developers and business owners.
Social networks
Skills
Technical skills
Drupal/Pressflow (module development, theming, deployment and configuration), PHP, MySQL, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Sass, jQuery, SOAP, Web Services, Code Igniter
Tools
Komodo IDE, Xdebug, Firebug, Phing, Selenium, PHPUnit, Subversion, Git
Non Technical skills
Product development, people management, client relationship management, team leading, SEO, online marketing, Agile, Scrum, Kanban
Get in touch
I run a Drupal focused website called BeFused.com. I'd love to hear from you and find out more about your project. Click on the link below, which will take you to the new client application form on BeFused.