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Development Portfolio

Google site to Gatsby conversion

Jan, 2019

Responsive Layout Responsive Netlify-CMS UI Netlify-CMS patient reviews Netlify-CMS patient review editor

Converted a 10 year old Google Site to React/Gatsby.js while retaining all of the original meta data, tags, and page routes for search engine ratings. It uses Netlify-CMS for managing patient reviews.


  • Gatbsy
  • React
  • Netlify CMS
  • Responsive Design
  • Static Site Generator
Russell advised using Gatsby instead and Netlify CMS for a SSG project. Fantastic experience working with Russell and look forward to future projects.

CrowdOx SEM Optimizations

Dec, 2018

CrowdOx CrowdOx Blog CrowdOx Help

Implemented SEO fixes based on a SEMRUSH Audit Report on several subdomains that include a static Jekyll based marketing site, a Ruby on Rails site, and a blog based on the Ghost publishing platform. Refactored and simplified all Sass and JavaScript assets for future-proofing. Updated meta tags, remove duplicates, fix dead and non https links, enabled GZIP compression, and minified assets.


  • Jekyll
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Ghost-Blog
  • JavaScript
  • Handlebars
  • Sass
  • SEO

Magnafire Media

Nov, 2018

Nuxt site for Magnafire Media

Developed site using Nuxt.js and Netlify-CMS based on a Sketch/Webflow design. This mostly involved setting up Nuxt layouts to display JSON based content, modifying the theme to work with Bootstrap-Vue, and integrating Netlify for editing content.


  • Nuxt.js
  • Vue.js
  • Netlify CMS
  • Bootstrap-Vue
  • Responsive Design
  • Static Site Generator
Russell did an excellent job. His work was passed on to a larger team who had nothing but great things to say about his work. Will hire again.

Jekyll Portfolio Site

Oct, 2018

www.paulhershey.com Persona Element Quote Element

Improved page speed scores, implemented lazy loading, background videos, and CSS/Design updates on a Jekyll based site.


  • Jekyll
  • Sass
  • CSS
  • Bootstrap 4
  • Cloudinary
  • Responsive Design
  • Static Site Generator
Russell is excellent to work with. He always had a positive attitude and was a great communicator. I would highly suggest working with him, he will certainly be one of my go-to people for development needs.

WordPress to Jekyll Conversion

Oct, 2018

G-Widgets

Converted an existing WordPress/PHP site to a Jekyll static site. Makes use of the Jekyll Archives plugin.


  • Jekyll
  • WordPress
  • Static Site Generator

Multithreaded Downloader

Jul, 2018

Multithreaded Downloader Backblaze B2 Multithreaded Downloader Google Drive

A browser based multithreaded downloader implemented in Javascript. Uses HTTP range requests, HTML5 Filesystem API, and Web Streams API to download multiple chunks of a file in parallel. Works with Backblaze-B2 and Google Drive.


  • JavaScript
  • HTML5 Filesystem
  • Web Streams API
  • Google Drive
  • Backblaze B2
  • RxJS
Russell did an incredible job of taking a very lightly defined project and building it exactly to my expectations. It was a challenging project where it wasn't obvious whether it was even possible. Russell did tons of research and experimented with many different technical approaches. In the end, he solved the problem and did a great job with the solution.

Taboola/Outbrain recommended content clone

Jun, 2018

Taboola/Outbrain Clone Showcase Taboola/Outbrain Clone Desktop

Lightweight Taboola/Outbrain recommended content clone for embedding in several sites. Uses CSS Grid and vanilla JavaScript for responsive layout, small file size, and compatibility.


  • Responsive Design
  • Javascript
  • Ajax
  • CSS
Excellent professional. Exceeded my expectations for quality of work and adherence to the deadlines.

Identity Jekyll Theme

Apr, 2018

Identity Jekyll Theme

Updated Font-Awesome from v4 to v5 and added more social links to _config.yml


  • Jekyll
  • Liquid
  • Sass
  • CSS
  • Static Site Generator
Absolutely fantastic experience. Went above and beyond when I forgot to include a request in original statement of work and happily completed the request. Will certainly shortlist for future efforts!

Membership Directory Plugin

Jun, 2013

MCRA Home MCRA Public Directory

WordPress plug-in to replace the default user system. Member accounts, profile management, public member directory.


  • PHP
  • SQL
  • WordPress
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • CSS

Joomla Extension

Mar, 2013

Joomla Extension

Joomla extension development, UI


  • PHP
  • Joomla
  • Javascript
  • MooTools
  • HTML5
  • CSS3

HoneyStinger

Nov, 2012

Honey Stinger Hive Honey Stinger Honey Stinger Logo

Tables to HTML5 layout conversion.


  • HTML5
  • CSS3

RevClaims

Oct, 2012

Wizzard Form Rev Claims

Long patient form conversion to semantic HTML5, multi-page, wizard-type form. E-Mail notifications on submission, monthly CSV reports, client-side form validation, image captcha.


  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
Russell is knowledgeable, friendly, gives updates on progress, and meets deadlines. Highly recommended!!!

Star Mazy Games

Oct, 2012

StarMazy StarMazy Games StarMazy 2

Adobe Flash to HTML5/JavaScript user interface conversion.


  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
Russell was the perfect person for this job. He was very responsive to my queries, completed the project in record time, and the code was also very clean.