Liam Maclachlan

Liam Maclachlan

.United Kingdom

I've been here since 2011. Since then I have uprooted my career as a personal trainer and have worked from a Junior developer to a Freelance WordPress Developer.

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Skills & Experience

  • Company

    DCC

  • Job Title

    Senior Web and Communications Officer

  • Spoken Languages

    • English

293 Achievements

  • Services in Angular
  • Using Angular's Built-in Directives
  • Controllers and Scope
  • Getting Started with Angular
  • Getting to Know PHP
  • Exploring an API
  • Finishing the User Interface
  • The Model-View-Controller Pattern
  • Intents and Multiple Activities
  • User Input
  • Laravel Getting Started
  • Introducing SharedPreferences
  • The Activity Lifecycle
  • Testing and Debugging
  • Improving Our Code
  • Basic Android Programming
  • Creating the Screen Layout
  • Getting Started with Android
  • Becoming a Problem Solver
  • Score, Enemies, and Game State
  • Pickups
  • Player Input and Cameras
  • The Unity Editor and Scene Setup
  • Introduction to Video Games
  • Logic in Python
  • Python Data Types
  • Python For Beginners
  • Harnessing the Power of Objects
  • Positioning Page Content
  • CSS Layout Project
  • Page Layout with the Float Property
  • Controlling Layout with CSS Display Modes
  • Getting Started with CSS Layout
  • Prototyping With Foundation
  • Introduction to Front-End Frameworks
  • Introduction to Node.js
  • Using a jQuery Carousel
  • Add a Sticky Navigation Bar
  • Introducing jQuery Plugins
  • Understanding Aesthetics
  • Introduction to Design
  • Quiz Practice Project
  • Prototypal Inheritance
  • Constructor Functions & Prototypes
  • Introduction to Methods
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Basics
  • AJAX and APIs
  • jQuery and AJAX
  • Programming AJAX
  • Combine and Minify Assets
  • Optimize Assets
  • Measuring Performance
  • Launching and Supporting a WordPress Plugin
  • SEO Plugins for WordPress
  • Enhancing the SEO of a WordPress Theme
  • Content Comes First
  • The Production Server
  • The Staging Server
  • The Local Development Environment
  • More Advanced PHP for WordPress
  • PHP Basics for WordPress
  • Introduction to PHP for WordPress
  • An Overview of the Genesis Framework
  • An Overview of WordPress Frameworks
  • Gradients
  • Backgrounds and Borders
  • Web Typography
  • CSS Box Model
  • Text, Fonts, and Lists
  • Values and Units
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Treehouse Club - CSS
  • Advanced Directives
  • Concepts on Advanced Functions
  • Advanced Variables, Mixins, Functions, and Placeholders
  • Getting Started with Advanced Sass
  • Responsive Patterns
  • Media Queries
  • Responsive Theory
  • What is the MailChimp API
  • DNS Basics
  • Graphic Basics
  • Website Basics
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript
  • Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • Modular Media Queries
  • Sass Grid System
  • SMACSS and Sass
  • Advanced Sass Concepts
  • Speeding up Workflow With Sass
  • Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors
  • Sass and BEM
  • Getting Modular with Mixins and Functions
  • Debugging, Best Practices, and Production
  • Refactoring with Sass
  • Meet Objects
  • Perfecting the Prototype
  • Using your New Tools
  • Getting Started with Java
  • Creating Tables and Manipulating Data with SQL
  • Reading Data from Databases with SQL
  • Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench
  • Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL
  • Workflows
  • Working With Remote Repositories
  • Merging
  • Branches
  • Getting Started With Git
  • Installing Programs
  • Environment and Redirection
  • Console Processes
  • Console Users and Permission
  • Moving Around in the Console
  • Why Version Control Matters
  • Connecting WordPress Plugins with 3rd Party APIs
  • JavaScript Objects
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • Introducing Scrum
  • What is Agile?
  • Building a WordPress Plugin Settings Page
  • Functional Programming in C
  • Fundamentals of C
  • Installing Sass and Setting up the Project
  • How WordPress Plugins Work
  • Custom WordPress Customizer Settings
  • Native WordPress Customizer Options
  • Overview of the WordPress Customizer
  • Add Bootstrap Components to WordPress Theme
  • Create Bootstrap Styled Theme Templates
  • Setup a Bootstrap Theme
  • WordPress User Roles
  • Owning a WordPress Site Long Term
  • WordPress Community Management
  • Working with Media in WordPress
  • Adding and Editing Content
  • Getting a WordPress Site
  • WordPress Admin Settings
  • Moving from WordPress.com to Self-Hosted WordPress.org
  • Hooking Into WordPress Plugins
  • Action Functions in WordPress
  • Filter Functions in WordPress
  • WordPress.com Social Features
  • Building a WordPress.com Site
  • Getting Started with WordPress.com
  • Custom Dashboard Widgets
  • Controlling Admin Navigation
  • Customizing the Login Screen
  • Admin Color Schemes
  • An Overview of Hooks in WordPress
  • JavaScript Functions
  • JavaScript Conditional Statements
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Planning for Performance
  • Moving Forward with UX
  • Tools UXers Use
  • How UXers Think
  • What Do User Experience Designers Do?
  • Launching a WordPress Site
  • WordPress and Forms
  • Extending WordPress Template Functionality
  • Converting Static HTML into WordPress Templates
  • Preparing to Code WordPress Templates
  • WordPress Theme Functions
  • WordPress Theme Templates
  • Content Strategy with WordPress
  • Finishing Your WordPress Theme
  • Custom Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • Adding a Blog to a WordPress Theme
  • Custom Post Type Templates
  • Building Out WordPress Navigation
  • JavaScript Loops
  • Creating a Simple Drawing Application
  • Creating a Password Confirmation Form
  • Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu
  • Autoloading and Composer
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Creating an SVG
  • Introduction to SVG
  • Finding Good WordPress Plugins and Themes
  • Managing Comments on a WordPress Blog
  • Working with Media in WordPress Blogs
  • Posts and Pages in WordPress
  • Blogging with WordPress Overview
  • Custom Media Players
  • Captioning Video
  • Media Basics
  • Grid Layout
  • Flexbox Layout
  • Positioning Schemes
  • Float Layout
  • Display Modes
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Basic Layout
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Basic Selectors
  • Building Page Templates in WordPress
  • The WordPress Loop
  • WordPress Header and Footer Templates
  • Working with CSS and JS in WordPress Themes
  • Starting a WordPress Theme
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Databases and International Concerns
  • Starting Right with PHP Best Practices
  • How To Test Our Code
  • PHP Loops
  • PHP Conditionals
  • PHP Datatypes
  • PHP Data & Structure
  • PHP Getting Started
  • PHP Internal Functions
  • PHP Returns & Closures
  • PHP Functions Basics
  • PHP Inheritance & Interfaces
  • PHP Properties & Methods
  • PHP Objects and Classes
  • Simple PHP Application: Wrapping Up The Project
  • Working with PHP Functions
  • Integrating With Paypal
  • The Box Model
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Forms
  • Tables
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Lists
  • Text
  • Introduction
  • Web Apps
  • Websites
  • Introduction
  • Welcome to the Treehouse Club
  • WordPress Plugin Best Practices
  • Widgets and Custom Menus
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Sharing a Website
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Creating HTML Content
  • HTML First
  • Getting Started with WordPress
  • Custom Post Types and Fields
  • WordPress Themes
  • Installing Wordpress
  • Local WordPress Development
  • A Template Hierarchy Review
  • Media Templates in WordPress
  • Custom Post Type Templates
  • The WordPress Codex
  • Archive Templates in WordPress
  • Page and Post Templates in WordPress
  • Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • Core WordPress Theme Files
  • What is User Experience (UX)?
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Controllers
  • Routes and Templates
  • Getting Started with Ember.js
  • AJAX Concepts
  • Customizing WordPress Themes
  • How WordPress Templates Work
  • Ins & Outs
  • Say Hello to Python
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Creating a Simple Lightbox
  • Beginning HTML and CSS
  • Creating a Spoiler Revealer
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Listing Inventory Items
  • Adding a Contact Form
  • Creating the Menu and Footer
  • Getting Started with PHP
  • Functions
  • Objects and Arrays
  • Control Structures
  • Basics
  • Newbie