Colin Burn-Murdoch

Please view my CV in MS Word or in PDF format.

Alastair Burn-Murdoch Photography - Edinburgh Wedding Photographer

Recently updated, this site has a simple purpose - to show people sample photographs and provide contact details. Note how the rollover effect on the images actually effects the transparency, so unselected images whilst being visible, blend into the background. (see the actual site for this - not visible in screenshots)

Screenshots are viewable through the above link, or the site itself can be viewed at www.abmphotography.com.

ƒ2 Photo

This site is the web arm of Icon Publications Ltd. The site offers downloadable versions of PDF versions of magazine articles, as well as a growing supply of other content exclusive to the website. Users can register, entitling them to full participation on the site, as well as download rights to older articles, and selected content. Subscriptions are automatically handled through PayPal which entitles the user to the latest PDF articles and all site content.

Additionally there is a backend content management system allowing the content to be managed easily. Screenshots of this section are not available in the interest of security, however a demonstration can be arranged.

Screenshots are viewable through the above link, or the site itself can be viewed at www.f2photo.co.uk.

Accounting System (unnamed)

I have recently developed this accounting system, using PHP and MySQL, whilst looking into the possibility of running my own business. Any accountancy packages seem incredibly complicated, and I wanted something that did what I need it to, and nothing else.

This is very much a work in progress but so far it has a product database, order management system, purchasing system, bank statement reconciliation, and reporting, with a view to auto-generating VAT returns. It also generates PDF format invoices and receipts.

This is not currently browsable online, but can be demomstrated on enquiry.

phpBB Email Digests

This is a pair of scripts, one PHP script that drops in to the phpBB system and allows selection of forums, and a Perl script that reads the selected forums, and sends out emails based on the selections. If you want to see this in action, sign up at this forum and subscribe through the Digests link at the top. Then post a message to one of the forums. At midnight every night, the digests are sent out if there's any new posts.