I like to create nice things for fun & moneys.
As you probably already guessed my name is Abban Dunne.
I’m a web designer and front end developer based in Dublin, Ireland. I grew up in beautiful (and boring) Wexford and moved here about 10 years ago. I studied Computing in Multimedia Programming in IADT Dún Laoghaire which is a pretty good design college and stuff. That is where I learned the beginnings of what I do. I graduated in 2008 and spent a year working for a local newspaper called the Dublin Metro (Now called the Metro Herald). The last couple of years have been spent learning lots of new things and working for lots of different clients. I like to learn something new every day.
Design
Website Design (HTML5 & CSS3)
I design in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash. I then chop it into a template for whatever CMS you need. I’ve done WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and DotNetNuke themes as well as standard HTML/CSS sites.
Typography
I’m currently learning web-typography.
Graphic Design
I do a little bit of graphic design including flyers, business cards and headed paper.
Interface Design/Usability
I’ve recently done 2 major UI jobs as well as an iPhone application UI.
Photography
I take photos just for fun.
Development
Website Development (PHP/MySQL, Javascript, Ajax)
I build all my sites using PHP/MySQL. I implement any dynamic features I need using Javascript, mainly jQuery but I have worked with other languages. I usually build any full featured web apps on CodeIgniter.
Customising WordPress
I have been working with WordPress for the last 3 years & am extremely adept at building themes & plugins for it. I sell premium themes on Superhug & am currently working on a plugin to make it easier for theme designers to add custom options pages.
Accessibility
All my sites are fully accessible.
Search Engine Optimisation
All the sites I build are optimised for search engines & I can provide advice on the best way to get picked up by Google.