About Phil Thompson

Hello my name is Phil Thompson, I’m an experienced freelance web designer / web developer.

Currently splitting my time between a number of different web agencies and clients across Manchester. Oh, and I live in Whalley Range, Manchester (UK).

I’ve been a professional web designer/developer since graduating from university in 2005, but I’ve been creating websites since the days of GeoCities – in web years that almost makes me an old man.

Specialities

I specialise in Front-end web code, that is to say: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. For those of you who don’t speak geek, this means I convert web designs (usually from Photoshop) into fully functioning website templates. I can also design websites and build them using PHP coupled with MySQL. I also know a fair bit about Search engine optimisation (SEO) and getting websites noticed.

My professional experience has enabled me to gain a very good understanding of how websites work, from how they attract people to how they convince those same people to purchase/read/subscribe and then make return visits. I have a proven record of improving the fortunes of websites, whether that means increasing profits or increasing their findability in search engines.

Examples & Work History

I am available for freelance/contract work. View my services page to see what I can offer.

For those interested in some of the projects I’ve been involved in, I have an online portfolio and for those interested in reading about what I’ve done in my career so far/my skills, I also have a CV. You can also see my Linkedin profile to see more about me work-wise.

This website

This website is called <img /> is Everything as I thought it’d be an hilarious pun.

Why is it yellow?

The short answer is because I like it; the longer answer is that it makes the website stand-out. It allows me to have a very simplistic, dare I say, minimalist design but still have it look interesting. I appreciate that it is not to everyone’s tastes.

This blog currently gets anywhere from 10-250 people a day visiting with that number rising to over 1000 on a very good day (after I’ve written a popular article).