Qualifications

While working as a writer and translator for several Dutch computer publications, Branko Collin started building web sites rather than just writing about them. His in-depth knowledge of the Internet, accessibility and usability is reflected in all his projects. Branko now works as a web builder under the name Abeleto Amsterdam.

Web skills

• Has extensive knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Provides usability and accessibility advice
• Speaks fluent Dutch, and good English and German

For a more in-depth look at Branko's web skills, visit www.brankocollin.nl (Dutch).

Branko's touch

Development

• www.kenniscentrumhoreca.nl
  For: a web marketing agency in Haarlem
  Project: a static website was built wich also had to serve as a template for a later, CMS-based website. An open source ASP-plug-in was installed and adapted for pulling topical news headlines from Google News.
• www.francomondo.nl/events/
  For: a group of enthousiasts of French culture in the Netherlands
  Project: a website built on top of an open source CMS (Wordpress). A plug-in for maintaining an events database was installed. The plug-in lacked an extended calendar, which was therefore built in PHP using some of the plug-in's code.
• Clickable wireframes (no examples available)
  For: a web design agency in Amsterdam
  Project: the customer wanted to experiment with so-called wireframes, extensive navigable sketches of a website, but lacking the final graphic design and (most of) the back-end code. Abeleto delivered such wireframes.
• XML validator
  For: a web design company in Amsterdam
  Project: Abeleto wrote a tool in PHP which converted form data from a website to a valid XML document, which was then e-mailed to an offsite server for automatic entering into a database.
• www.musicmayday.org
  Organisation: a non-profit organisation in Amsterdam
  Project: Installation and customization of Mambo CMS, which now has a custom designed navigation in multiple languages.
• www.venwvacatures.nl (screenshot)
  Organisation: a web design agency in Amsterdam
  Project: Transforming the Flash-based navigation of the job website of the Ministry for Transport, Public Works and Water Management into a standards based accessible one.
• www.spaansleren.nl/cursillo.htm
  Organisation: a Spanish language school in Amsterdam
  Project: simplifying the maintenance of the web site by using modern web techniques and without compromising usability.

Consultancy

• www.openoffice.nl
  Organisation: an IT solutions provider in Amsterdam
  Project: providing an expert usability review of their new web site to determine changes that could be made.
• www.musicmayday.org
  Organisation: a non-profit organisation in Amsterdam
  Project: giving accessibility advice and suggesting improvements based on widely used technology.

Interaction design

• http://www.tekstadventure.nl
  Organisation: for Branko himself
  Project: providing a functional interaction design for Branko's Dutch text adventure site.

(text originally copywritten by Chez Natasha)

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