Founding Members
The User Group Administrator
Mr Hinxman is best described as a strategist who has found Joomla through his long IT journey. Being impressed by the internal design and system build he converts each and every site he runs over into Joomla.
Mr Hinxman has a extensive technical background both as an employee and as a contractor. He has now branched into the world of Search Engine Optimisation and Internet Marketing and affiliate marketing.
Lately, he has developed databases and uses PHP to construct new and additional Joomla Plug-Ins to enhance the search engine behaviour of Joomla and his websites. Mr Hinxman also acts as a drop shipper for the supply of Wooden Blinds.
You are welcome to view my Google Profile
New and under development websites in Joomla!
Contract Mobile Phones - Still much to do on this site and the website has to settle after being parked with some old mobile phone content.
Technologies
Mainly technical skills but, where needed, creative skills as well:
- Analytics and UK market niche research including competitive appraisal
- Online marketing and branding
- PHP 5.1 as an OOD/MVC template technology
- Affiliate data manipulations XML/CSV
- MySQL, Java 1.4 (Certified), XML, HTML, CSS
- Joomla 1.5+
- CodeCharge 2.x … 4.1
- Commercial VoIP (Timico and SipGate)
- CAT5e and PoE + PoS configuration
- FoxPro 2.6 … Visual FoxPro 3,5,6,8
- Linux, Windows XP,2000
General range of IT skills to help the local business community including some assistance with SBS installs.
Education
- Open University - continuous 2008-2010
- TT280 Web applications: design, development and management
- TT380 Databases within website design
- TT381 Open Source Development Tools
- TT281 The Client Side of Application Development
Aims: Certificate in Web Applications Development - just about to panic into its completion.
- Vocational Qualifications
- Sun Certified Programmer Java 2 Platform 1.4
- City & Guilds, Certificate in Applications Programming (COBOL)
- NCC, Basic Certificate in Systems Analysis
- City & Guilds, 2377/002, Inspection & Testing of Electrical Equipment
- City & Guilds, 2377/001, Electrical Equipment Maintenance
- City & Guilds, 2381, Certificate ‘16th Edition’ regulations
The Deputy User Group Administrator
Mr Teale is an independent, Bedfordshire Police Approved, locksmith contractor based in Milton Keynes. He already understands the power of the internet because of his rental of an existing website called www.Locksmith247.co.uk - the #1 locksmith website in Milton Keynes for many years.
Mr Teale represents the views of traders situated in a town/regional population of 250,000 residents. He is a long established local locksmith with good local trade connections and an understanding of the business challenges for any website owner. He will be converting into Joomla and will offer his views concerning the decisions and challenges from the perspective of a business owner.
