Web Development Portfolio

PS3-Insider was a project of mine that I first started at 2005 to develop my coding skills. I learnt a lot from the project but desolately I was put off by the amount of school work which was lying on my desk for awhile. But in early 2007, the website was opened by me again and optimistically the website would stat online. The new version of the site is more advanced including high detailed php coding and sophisticated database backend which was not including in the 2005 version. I spent a great deal of time forcing on the database detail making sure it was 110% safe but let alone that wasn’t 110% safe so I had to go over the php coding over and over again, once again making sure there isn’t any invites for hackers. This project started off helping me to develop my coding but now it has also helped me to develop the amount of security that I include in all my websites.

As well as designing the website, I also coded for the entire site in PHP, adding an advanced database back end which easily intergrates into the site. The following lists provide information on what sort of scripts are in place and the features of the site as a whole.
Features

• Meaningful URL's and page titles
• Integration with third-party based admin area to provide a strong foundation
• The Tips system which I created in 2005 for a blog I was running at the time allows readers to email the writers of the site if they have found new articles.
• An RSS feed is available for anyone to get instant updates when a news article is posted
• Archive section so if the readers have missed a article they find important can find it skimpily
• Screenshot uploader for each game, a thumbnail is automatically generated, saving both time and effort. Screenshots page is automatically updated as it grabs the latest screenshots from the database.
• Affiliate script allows for editing and deleting affiliates and uploading an 88x31 pixel image for the affiliating website. Order is randomised for fairness.
• Poll script allows for asking closed questions to users, a method of getting users to interact and/or provide feedback
• The layout is fully CSS controlled, meaning the colour scheme of the page can be completely changed from one section of the site to another
• The logo for each section can be changed
• A user system that I have used on my mainly of my sites allow members to register so they can use the full features of the site such as commenting and emailing the writers.
• A easy to use, search feature which searches every aspect of the site, making sure the user gets accurate results.
• An Category section in the sidebar, allows the user to go to a certain topic they are interested; Making the site more user friendly.
• A staff section in the sidebar is added to make the staff feel more involved with the site. This is connected to an database so the list would automatically update when new staff is hired.
• Also a latest post segment in the sidebar connected to the main database, making sure it is updated instantly upon new article.
• A Top commentors system was added to make the users and members feel more involved in the website.

There are many other miscellaneous scripts running which are not as notable as the aforementioned ones. Additionally, the layout is table-less and uses standard compliant xHTML and CSS. The website is fully functional across all modern browsers.