Rik Lomas - Web Developer
This is the portfolio site of Rik Lomas, a web developer from London, UK.
I have worked on many high profile sites for multinational companies, including Orange, The Times, Barclaycard, Freeview and Sony BMG. A selection of my work, in chronological order, can be viewed on this page.
My main skills are XHTML, CSS and JavaScript. In layman terms, the structure, visual styling and user interactions of a site. Using my accessibility- and usability-focused expertise, I can make you compelling and functional sites.
My skillset also includes PHP, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Apache, Actionscript, XML/XSLT and knowledge of using web services. I also have a very strong grasp of the processes behind of web design and print design.
I am also a freelance technical writer for .net magazine, the UK's largest web design publication. I have written several articles and tutorials, stretching up to four pages long. I also enjoy blogging on my technology blog, rikrikrik.
Hire me
I am available for some freelance work at the moment - mainly small projects, or working with others on larger projects.
If you would like to contact me regarding any projects you may have, even a basic idea you would like taking forward, please email me at [enable JavaScript to view email] with your proposals.
A disclaimer
Obviously, over the course of time, sites degrade so if you find my links to my work is different than claimed on the images here (especially on older work), then it is more than likely due to changes by other people.
Orange Whilst at Framfab
A web-based style guide for employees of Orange. As the project needed to be client-side only, the pages update with Ajax, and use a Windows Explorer-style navigation for allowing the site to explored without leaving your page.
Peroni Whilst at Mook
An online shop for point of sale items for Peroni Beer, for buying t-shirts, glasses and even Peroni leather jackets. I made both the front and back ends for this shop.
Eminence Club Nites Freelance
Site for promoting the R'n'B club nights based in the city of London. Worked in a team of a designer and another coder so that the site could be live as quickly as possible.
Freeview Whilst at Mook
The center for Freeview, the digital terrestrial television service. The site was built on a custom content management service, built by me, along with all the front end. There is also a postcode checker containing a massive 1.7 million lines of database code.
The Times Whilst at Mook
A prototype for the Times website, showing how modern techniques using Javascript and the Google Maps API. The example focused mainly on the travel section of the site and included an application of Google Maps to show where airports are and what airlines run from them.
London Film Festival Whilst at Mook
An unobtrusive Javascript-based site for a hook-up which involved THe Times giving away free tickets for the festival. The site used then-cutting-edge Ajax for easy navigation and searching. I made both front and back ends for the site, and it was so popular that all the tickets sold out in a day.
CSS Zen Garden Self promotional
This is a style for the influential site, CSS Zen Garden, which showcases how powerful CSS can be in styling sites. My style, called Marenghi, was designed and developed by me, and works in most modern browsers.
Charlotte Church Whilst at Mook
The official site for the mouthy - but quite sexy - Welsh songstress following her conversation from opera to pop stardom with her album 'Tissues and Issues'. I made both the front and back end of the site. And sadly, I didn't get to meet her...
VM Website Whilst at Van Mildert
I was in charge of this site for two years, taking the hit count from 1,000 to 80,000 in that time. Features on the site included news, an integrated gallery and message board, and sign up systems. I also formed the VM Web Committee to help with maintainence, updates and promotion.
VM Yearbook Whilst at Van Mildert
I was lead designer and producer on this printed project. A 120 page yearbook for leaving students of Van Mildert College, I helped collate information, then finally produced the final copy of the book.
