As of today, the new version of spellchecker.lu is online. Because of my university studies the experimental beta phase has lasted longer than planned. But after almost exactly two years after the initial release, the free spellchecker for Luxembourgish now has a new website, a nicer logo, an improved online checker as well as a thesaurus (synonym dictionary).
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After csv.lu went online (see this post), I was asked if I wanted to do the new website for the LCGB, one of the two largest confederations of labour unions in Luxembourg. The job consisted of a complete rewrite of the code and a restructuration of all the information. After several weeks of work, the new website of the LCGB is, as of today, finally online.
I did the project management as well as all the coding for the project. The design was done by 4com. The Symfony framework was used as a basis for a custom content management system (screenshot) that has some interesting features, like for example change detection (screenshot).
Most importantly, the new site is much richer in terms of content than the previous site. On top of this, user friendliness has been increased. The most important pieces of information are now always reachable from the left column, so users literally have them at their fingertips, whereas the navigation menu on top consists more of an archive.
I am interested in any feedback, particularly concerning the structure of the site.
I wrote a small application that converts UML models in the XMI format to configuration files for applications based on the symfony framework. It is licensed under the LGPL v2.
Continue reading ‘xmi2symfony 0.1: convert UML models to code skeletons for the symfony framework’
… which is why I finally decided to update and replenish it, so go check it out. If you think any significant information is missing, let me know. The portfolio currently only includes only web sites and web based software. Details about other projects like spellchecker.lu are not in there yet.
The CSV, Luxembourg’s largest political party, has a new website. I have been working on that project at a software development company called Eleven for roughly two months now.
After having created the previous website of the CSV a few years ago I was asked if I wanted to help out during my summer holidays. As the project involved Web 2.0ish stuff such as user generated content, blogs and videos (and most importantly image reflections 
) I decided to take the job. Now that the site is online I really have to say that I am quite happy with the result.
I will spend my remaining few days at work writing the documentation and applying the final touches before resuming my computer science studies in Kaiserslautern.
Version 7 of Internet Explorer has now been around for a few months, but many users still use older versions. Here are a few reasons why I think drastic measures are necessary to force users to upgrade. Continue reading ‘Webpages should no longer be developed for Internet Explorer 6′