I just sent off my CV to another company a few minutes ago. I have to say this one I actually feel pretty good about. After looking at there website and after seeing what they do I can safely say I would love to be part of there team. I’m not just saying this because I hope that they are reading this, but I have sent off my CV to many company’s in the last few days but I have a funny feeling about this one. Can’t explain it.
I actually found the job advertised on Saturday but decided to wait till today to apply. I spent some of the weekend reading through their website, and searching for anything else I could find about the company. It would be great if I got the job as its only 1 bus away from me. Most of the other jobs I get agencies asking me about are around London or Bristol. not only is it close to me but I think it would be a great start to my career that so far hasn’t even began.
I ‘d like to think if I got this job I would be able to start to move on with my life (find a place to live etc). So wish me luck, i’ll be crossing my fingers till I get a response.
This week I am going to be creating the last few themes for my Christmas project, I am hoping they will all be done in time. If not then tough, I will just have to change my project ever so slightly. If any interviews are arranged they will take priority.
Sorry for the lack of updates the last few days but I have been busy job hunting, so far so good. Tomorrow morning I will be sending my CV off to a few company’s along with some extra’s they have asked for, like list’s of websites I have worked on and what my role was etc etc…
I am hoping this time I will a job, if not at least some good feedback. Former company’s I have applied for and gotten interviews I haven’t been that impressed with either 1. The interviewer, or 2. The bloody weather.
The last interview I went to had to be on a day it snowed, so I went to get the train to get to the interview and ended up with delay after delay. I got there in the end and I don’t think they were to pleased even with the weather. Then I was told to create a design for one of there clients, I was given certain instructions and completed the task and sent it off. I even got the receipt back saying it had been received. Then 2 – 3 weeks later get the job agency on the phone asking why I hadn’t sent the design to them. Wasn’t very impressed, sent it again and didn’t even get a peep out of them.
All I am asking for this time is either a job or some feedback, letting me know why I didn’t get the job, what I need to improve on etc. Is that so much to ask?
OK rant over, hopefully in the next day or two you will be seeing some screenshot’s of some upcoming e107 themes I will be releasing. If all goes well, if I don’t make a post I might be busy with interviews. *Fingers Crossed*
Feel free to share you job interview stories in comment section of this post.
Carrying on from yesterdays post explaining what e107 is, I have decided to carry on writing about e107 to create a series of posts taking you through parts of e107. This post will focus on the admin area.
The admin area is the main hub of an e107 site, this is where you add content, change settings and well quite alot of neat stuff really. Too much to explain here.
At the bottom of this post you will see a selection of thumbnails, click on them to view bigger images. They are all screenshots taken of e107 just after installation.
Screenshot 1 : This screenshot shows you what the Admin Frontpage looks like. This is the hub of your site, from here you can change every aspect of your site including adding plugins in the Plugin Manager, and changing themes in the Theme manager. Once you install e107 most users then go into the preferences to change things like site name etc…
Screenshot 2 : This screenshot shows you e107’s Preferences, here you start changing how your site works, whether people can register, what questions are asked on signup, enable flood protection and a lot more.
Screenshot 3 : This screenshot shows how easy it is to create pages for your site, simple type what you want your page to say and then change the settings to what you want and simply click Create Page.
Hopefully this has given you some idea of what e107’s backend looks like and how easy it is to use.
The following post was written due to many email questions asking ‘What is e107?’.
e107 is a Open Source Content Management System, developed using PHP and MySQL. It is developed by a handful of developers who proudly give up there spare time to keep the CMS up to date and moving up in the world of CMS’s.
Not only is e107 free to download, but it includes all you need to set up a website in minutes as long as you have the correct hosting to do so. It includes several packaged features as well as a whole community dedicated to creating new plugins and themes. Some of the packaged features include, a forum, calender, downloads, news submission, news and many many more. To get an idea of all the features you get with e107 you’d have to see for yourself. To do this go here and view the demo installations.
e107 can easily be expanded to suit your needs, plugins can easily be created and if your lucky a suitable plugin has already been created. Styling your site is just as easy with many themes available to download, or if you know how to code/design then you can create your own. It’s easy!
Not only is e107 easy to develop and expand it also offers a great support base, with a documentation wiki, and a forum where members, the support team and developers all help you sort out any problems that may arise.
An official plugins has also been created meaning you don’t have to search the internet for any add-on’s you may want. An official themes site will be up and running in the near future.
Update November 2009: For those people hitting my site looking for Pudsey’s Paypal address it is the following ‘paypalpudsey@bbc.co.uk.’. You can find other ways of sending your donations in on the following page.
These are the following services I will be offering for today’s Children in Need. Payment will need to be made via paypal to Pudsey’s paypal. Once this is done and proof of the money been sent you will receive the finished files. So 100% of the money will go to Children in Need!
Work will be carried out on a first come first serve basis, as stated on my earlier blog post I want to complete all requests to make sure as much money is raised as possible. If demand is high then please be patient, you will be kept up to date with progress.
If you require more examples contact me via email or MSN.
Prices XHTML: $60 per main page; $25 per subpage. XHTML to Wordpress: $50 PSD to Wordpress: $125 XHTML to e107 CMS: $80, which includes e107 installation service and support. PSD to e107 CMS: $150, which includes e107 installation service and support.
How to contact me. MSN:acy_37@hotmail.com Email: contact [at] mach2designs [dot] co [dot] uk
Any questions feel free to contact me.
Thanks in advance to anyone who hires me to raise money for this great cause.
if you visited this blog before you might just notice the new design that has just been uploaded and activated. This new design was designed by James of Eat Fruit Please, if you need a designer for anything I can safely say James is your man. I have brought several designs of him and each time it has been a pleasure doing business with him.
Once I saw this design in a thread at TalkFreelance I immediately wanted it, the reason I wanted it as I wanted it to be the base of a new beginning for me as a blogger. Not only that, I wanted to give the link to this blog to potential employers as my job hunt continues. Over the next few days I will be adding pages to this blog, these pages will be mainly for the purpose of helping me get a job. A services page will also be written outlining what I can currently offer and at what price.
Also as it gets closer and closer to December I will have an announcement or two about a project I have been working on for about 3-4 months. All the work involved in the project isn’t quite finished but I have my fingers crossed it will all be done ready for the start of December. A few things I can say is that is for e107 and it will hopefully be a nice little present to everyone who uses and contributes to e107.
Tomorrow is also Children in Need here in the UK. This means I will be offering my services tomorrow for as many people as I can and ALL money raised will be sent into Children in need once all work has been complete and money received via Paypal. Work will be done as fast as I can but if demand is high it may take a few more days to complete. I want to complete all requests, so as much money can be raised as possible. This is also a good way for me to get more work in my portfolio for this fresh start. More information will be posted tomorrow here and on TalkFreelance.
I think that just about wraps this extra long blog post up. Feel free to let me know what you think of the new design via the contact form or comment form.
I am pleased to tell you that a new version of this blog will be coming soon. Quite a few new features will appear too, like a aggregator menu for any blogs I think readers of this blog will like.
Another feature that will also be finally making an appearance is comments. I left it out last time I updated this site as I didn’t think anyone would use it. But as it has been requested quite a few times I though i’d get it up and running.
This new update will also make this site alot more about the services I offer, it will include posts about promotions, previews of projects I am working on, and a updated portfolio.
I look forward to getting this site updated and alot more professional.
