About

About me

I've had an interest in web site design and construction for a number of years. I built my first website using HTML when I was around 12. Since then I've continued to develop my skills and have applied them to a number of projects, the main ones are listed on this site.

Name:: Ashley Faulkner
Age:: 19
Studying:: Computer Science at The University of Bath

About this website

This website is the personal homepage of me, Ashley Faulkner. It is my web 'playground' from which I can continue to add to and learn from. The site contains some projects I have worked on as well as some templates and graphics I have created.

Web languages used

HTML- HTML was the first tool I learned. I got into using HTML after getting a free program called FirstPage 2000. This sparked my interest and I began to learn more about it online. I eventually bought a book which helped me learn it inside out.
JavaScript- After getting to grips with HTML I suddenly wanted to do more. So I began to learn JavaScript. At first I got into the basics and learned how to create some useful things but it didn't seem to really add much, and was tricky to work with. Later I looked into JavaScript again and got a better grasp of it, and also understanding of its uses. Today I use JavaScript to add extra features to sites, mainly with the aim to make objects more interactive and processes smoother.
CSS- CSS really helped with how I designed for the web. It allowed me to make a change to one simple stylesheet document and then all the pages that work off it change. All of my sites now use CSS as standard.
XHTML- I switched to using XHTML around about the same time as CSS. It was easy for me to pick up as it's just a stricter version of HTML. The strictness of it is very useful for me as I aim to create sites that work with as many browsers as possible.
PHP- I've used PHP for quite a while now and have gained a lot of experience in using it. I used PHP to create my main college project, the grooming parlour database. I have also used PHP for this very website as well as faulklea.co.uk which includes a PHP based pedigree builder.