Mark Burgess

Designer-friendly web developer. PHP, CSS, Drupal, Backdrop, UX, typography. Mountaineering instructor.

Contact

Drupal.org: markabur
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markabur
E-mail: mark at zymosis.com

Projects

Here are some of the websites I’ve built. On all of these I was either the sole or lead developer. I have a design background myself but am happy to work with other designers for the graphic aspects of a project. These partnerships are indicated where applicable.

AGB Search

Drupal, Solr • A graphically exciting site for a company that provides executive-search and related services. Partnership with Flying Crow Creative. Visit site »

International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Backdrop CMS • This annual festival in New Haven, Connecticut features hundreds of events spread over a two-week period. Originally migrated from a custom PHP content management system to Drupal, then from Drupal to Backdrop. Flexible page building system gives editors creative control. Visit site »

Margaret Thatcher Foundation

Drupal, Solr • This is a 90,000-item (and growing!) database of documents by the former Prime Minister and members of her administration. I migrated it from classic ASP and SQL Server to Drupal and Apache Solr. The site appears simple but has extensive customization to support various content types with lots of metadata, automatic linking between related items, specialized editorial workflows, integration with an OCR service, etc.. Visit site »

Cucina Fresca

Backdrop CMS • Backdrop makes it easy for chef Bradley to add new recipes and associate them with Cucina Fresca ingredients. Partnership with Lookatlao Studio. Visit site »

University Prep (intranet)

Drupal, LDAP • I developed an internal application for keeping encrypted notes about each student. Custom integration with the school’s roster and class assignments. Sophisticated permissions depending on the student's grade level, their current teachers, their assigned advisor, etc.. Custom entities for students and notes.