Work
Some of my freelance work over the years...
The Handbag Exchange
An e-commerce website offering visitors the opportunity to sell their old handbags and buy nearly-new ones. The Handbag Exchange is featured regularly on Irish TV, Radio and the written press. It has received widespread acclaim for its unique business plan, as well as its generosity in donating 5% of all sales to Action Breast Cancer, Ireland.
I was hired to design and develop the website in late 2006. As the target audience is primarily female, I paid careful attention in the design phase to achieving the correct balance of aesthetics and functionality.
I developed the site using the Ruby on Rails development framework, with secure online payment processing implemented with Realex's XML-RPC web service. I also provided hosting, configuring the site's Linux based server specifically for running a Ruby on Rails application.
RedCafe.net
My first website, created in 1997, and now the most popular online Manchester United community in the world, serving over 15 million pages and 500,000 worldwide visitors a month.
Originally created as a content driven website with news, match reports, editorials and audio/video content, I have evolved the site over the years into a thriving community driven by user generated content.
In 1999, RedCafe.net was a double nominee at Ireland's top web awards, the Golden Spiders. The site was put forward for Best Young Person's Website and Best Personal Website awards, winning the latter.
ToyBarn.ie
Toy Barn is an entirely online based merchant selling children's toys. Based on the target audience and theme of the site, I created a very colourful, cartoon style logo and design. This presented some unique challenges from a frontend coding perspective, but it was implemented without sacrificing accessibility or standards compliance.
The backend development of the website involved the creation of a bespoke content-management system enabling the client to manage their product catalogue.
The shopping cart processes transactions with PayPal's secure payment system.
About Me
I'm Niall Mullally, a Web Developer based in London, UK. I specialise in the creation of modern, standards compliant websites using agile development methodologies.
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What I've Been Reading
- So you want to be a video game programmer? – part 3 – Getting Started All Things Andy Gavin
- So you want to be a video game programmer? – part 1 – Why All Things Andy Gavin
- So you want to be a video game programmer? – part 2 – Specs All Things Andy Gavin
- Your Code is My Hell Virtuous Code
- Rails 3 Asset Pipeline & Google Closure igvita.com
My Twitter Feed
- The Dark Knight Rises trailer we needed. http://t.co/jEbkZCjO (via @God_Damn_Batman)
- RT @andyroberts_uk Just look how great @Jellybooks looks on different mobile devices http://t.co/jahktQuF Clever isn't it?! #ff @madebysplen
- @sandyliushengli Thanks! Getting old...
- @sandyliushengli That's how Batman was born! Your destiny awaits you Batgirl....! :-)
- @bernardonicolau Nice meeting you yesterday at @UXLondon. Enjoy the rest of your stay in London!
Open Source Projects
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