Portfolio (All my evil science experiments)

These are some examples of my past projects and work. Click on a project's title to see more information and find links to sample code and screenshots.

+ User Access Validation (Drupal Module)

The FSU College of Social Sciences' Masters in Applied American Politics program wanted a way to reconnect with Alumni and share information. We wanted to make registration as painless as possible, while still ensuring the validity and authenticity of each registration. This module uses a "whitelist" of authenticated records, thus allowing each registering user to verify their identity by simply supplying their pertinent scholastic information.

+ User Thumbnail (Drupal Module)

Stock Drupal provides functionality for the User to upload a Profile Picture, but it does not, however, provide the capability to include a "thumbnail" to be used in its place in instances where layout or other factors prevent the use of a full-scale profile picture. This module provides the capacity for each user to upload a Profile Thumbnail along with their Profile Picture.

+ Forum Age Restriction (vBulletin Modification)

Many forums provide areas for users to exchange goods between one another. As a measure of security, the Forum Age Restriction modification was designed to permit/disallow entry to any number of sensitive areas on a forum, based on the Date of Birth provided by the User upon their registration.

+ FQuick Garage Plugin (vBulletin Modification)

The guys at FQuick.com run an automotive enthusiasts forum and, in an effort to increase the number of linkbacks to their board (increasing their Adsense revenues), they hired me to create a program which would facilitate the installation of a lightweight linkback utility on top of any existing board. The FQuick Garage Plugin utilizes advanced replacement protocols, making it possible to install on any number of existing forum installations, requiring no physical modification on the user's end -- just install and forget.

+ Moderator Checkpoint System (vBulletin Modification)

Moderating even a small forum can often be a hassle, however, imagine the immense amounts of work involved in keeping order on a board with a member-base in excess of 500,000 users! The Moderator Checkpoint System aims at maximizing productivity in minimizing the amount of work that often gets repeated by several moderators at a time.

+ Private Message Spam Checker (vBulletin Modification)

Any marginally-sized bulletin board owner knows all to well the annoyance of spam, directed at both they and their member-base. Private Message spam is especially hard to combat, as it often goes unseen. This modification aims at stopping spammers in their tracks by stopping this. It operates on an Admin-defined ratio of Board Posts to Sent Private Messages, so newly registered users will not be able to send spam messages.

+ Public Censure Notice (vBulletin Modification)

There are always those users who choose to disobey the rules and run-a-muck on a board. The end-goal of this modification is to make an example of these users, pointing out each and every mistake they made and why they were punished for it. Point being, to show users what is and is not considered acceptable behavior.