Web Development Portfolio

Alan Wake is a videogame billed as a "psychological action thriller". I designed the website based on this premise, giving it an appropriate dark and grungy look, improving on its previous lighter theme. The website started out in late 2005 and is now one of the most popular fan sites for the upcoming game from Remedy Entertainment.

I have also coded PHP scipts for the website, there purposes include some of the following.

Features

• Meaningful URL's and page titles
• Integration with Invision Power Board for posting news articles
• "Random Screenshot", as evident in the title, can show a thumbnail of a random screenshot in the database and link to its full image.
• User activity script to show how many people are currently viewing the website (time period can be changed)
• An RSS feed is available for anyone to get instant updates when a news article is posted
• A screenshot uploader where a thumbnail is automatically generated and resized to the correct proportions, saving a lot of time and eliminating the need for a graphics editor. The screenshots page is automatically updated as it grabs the latest screenshots from the database.
• Poll script allows for asking closed questions to users, a method of getting users to interact and/or provide feedback
• The layout is fully CSS controlled, meaning colours and other properties of the information on the site and be easily changed site-wide.

The layout is table-less and uses standard compliant xHTML and CSS. The website is fully functional across all modern browsers.