About
Welcome to my web site. I write about modern web development techniques with a focus on (x)HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP. I'm also very interested in Internationalisation, Localisation and web site performance.
Who am I?
I work at Yahoo! Europe where I lead the Frontend Standards and Strategy Team (FSSG). I previously led the Marketplace web development team working on Yahoo!'s Shopping, Travel and Cars properties. Prior to that I worked as a web developer in the Network Services team where I developed and launched the latest version of the Yahoo! home pages and associated content tools for Europe.
Before joining Yahoo! in 2005 I worked as a web developer in a number of ISPs, web development agencies and a financial service company. In total I have nearly 9 years of commercial experience developing web sites.
Away from work I'm a keen runner. In the distant past I raced a lot over cross country, road and track competing at county and national level. I won a fair number of races and narrowly missed out on running internationally at junior level.
In all cases that opinions expressed on this site are my own and are not necessarily shared by my employer.
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The code behind this site was thrown together very quickly back in 2005 and hasn't been updated much since. It uses PHP and MySql. I won't talk about how I administer the site - it's embarrassing. Needless to say it's badly in need of a rewrite which I hope I'll find time for sometime soon. I'm considering using Django next time round.
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This site is hosted by DreamHost, a US based company with great prices and and a comprehensive feature set. They provide support for all the usual technologies and many others such as Ruby on Rails, mod rewrite via .htaccess files and the ability to compile and install software - build and use your own custom version of PHP if you feel like it! If you're interested in signing up be sure to use promo code "ejeliot" for a one off saving of $49.95.
Contact Me
You can email me at me@ejeliot.com. If you want to speak to me by phone/Skype or chat via messenger please first drop me an email with a request for contact details.
For work/job related enquires consider contacting me through LinkedIn.
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