I'm Steve Ralston, a web developer with decades of experience building, maintaining and troubleshooting websites and web applications. I work comfortably in WordPress, PHP, JavaScript and the less glamorous parts of web development that make everything actually work.
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I've worked in marketing agencies, software companies and as a self-employed developer. That variety means I'm comfortable taking on a polished WordPress site, a database-driven application, an integration, or an unfamiliar codebase that needs somebody to figure out what's going on.
My work has included everything from custom WordPress plugins and agency websites to PHP/Symfony applications, Angular front ends, C#/.NET back ends and even an embedded Lua application.
Some representative projects from software development, WordPress and agency work.
Joined an established application team to build new features, improve application behavior and fix customer-reported bugs. Worked across practice and lab workflows.
Worked primarily on the Angular front end of a web application that turns office phone-system data into useful reports for managers, with additional work on the C#/.NET back end.
Hired to build an application in Lua despite having no previous Lua experience. Learned the language and built the embedded app that lets phone users configure features through a browser.
Created the WordPress plugin behind a pop-up webchat feature and built the accompanying website from an artist's Figma designs.
Built a custom WordPress plugin allowing LearnDash courses to be organized into collapsible groups and subsections, including the JavaScript and CSS controlling the interface.
Built and maintained websites for marketing agencies and their clients, working across WordPress, custom code, hosting, SEO and day-to-day site administration.
From multimedia and database applications to today's WordPress and web development work.
WordPress and from-scratch web development, plus hosting, databases, SEO, API integration and website administration.
PHP/Symfony, JavaScript/jQuery, CSS, HTML and SQL. New features, maintenance and customer-reported bugs.
Telephony and unified-communications software using Lua, C#/.NET and AngularJS.
Richly database-driven web applications using VB.NET, C#, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS and SQL.
Interactive websites for financial institutions, with a focus on SEO and search rankings.
Web, desktop and server applications for law-enforcement records management.
Multimedia and web programming across PHP, ASP, Visual Basic, JavaScript, Perl, HTML and SQL.
I'm always interested in good web development work, especially projects where experience and problem-solving actually matter.