My name is Jordan Buermann, and this is my online portfolio.

I currently live and work in Fargo North Dakota, but I am willing to relocate if need be to the twin cities area of Minnesota, or Chicago. I am seeking part-time, contract, or full-time work.

List of Skills: Click skill to expand

• I code by hand
  • Despite the plethora of WYSIWYG options out there (such as Dream Weaver), I choose to code by hand. The code these programs generate is quite often a mess, I've had to clean the code up several times over the years when taking over projects from other people. I currently use Edit Plus, and have also used Notepad++. It colors the code for easier syntax error spotting, has features to help navigate the document, and has spell check. It also means I am more intimately familiar with the code and can generally fix it faster than someone who doesn't actually know what the code looks like.
• Drupal
  • I have worked with Drupal since 2008. I have done module work as well as theming. I am also very familiar with CCK/Views.
• PHP/Mysql
  • PHP is my programming language of choice. I have been working with it since 2004, and I'm still learning new things. I am new to OOP with PHP, but I am actively trying to convert.
    Virtually everything I work on involves MYSQL in some way. On my end it's mostly the putting data in and pulling data out aspect, moreso than the database design.
• CSS/HTML
  • CSS/HTML is the bread and butter of web design. You can't do much without knowing how to code HTML and CSS.
• Jquery/Ajax
  • JQuery is a Javascript library that takes alot of the tedium out of coding Javascript. The Menu of this page is a very simple bit of Jquery used to achieve the drop down effect, and of course this list is done with Jquery. If someone has Javascript turned off this menu will display expanded, because it's the Jquery that does the hiding. Also fun, is that all I have to do to enable this functionality to any list on my site is give the top most ul tag the class 'list' and the Jquery code takes care of the rest.
    Ajax is a method of driving data to a page from a server, or from a page to a server, without refreshing the entire page.
• Image Magick
  • Image Magick is a language that allows for manipulating images dynamically. It's extremely useful for resizing images, but you can do far more with it.
• Adobe Photoshop
  • My strength is programming, and I'm certainly not an artist by any means. However, I have done design work on occasion. For the most part I can re-size, optimize, and clean up images. I can also cut layouts to build themes based on a designers layout design when given the layered psd file.