Alexandre Alves

• Created an online store for Montellano, a supplier for dental clinics in Portugal.
• Built a Joomla/VirtueMart store featuring over 24,000 products and 11,000 users.
• Created/customized modules for exporting orders in CSV files (a specific format), discounts by manufacturer and categories, and also ordering again with previously made orders.
• Customized the back office to suit the client’s needs.

Technologies: Joomla, VirtueMart, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL

• Created a website for Premium Tours, a company which organizes and sells tours for prime locations in Portugal.
• Developed a WordPress project with multiple language support (Portuguese, English, Spanish, and Russian).
• Created custom modules for dealing with newsletter and budget request forms, with a back office display of the results.
• Customized a back office to suit the client’s needs.

Technologies: WordPress, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL

• Created a website for Traver, a construction company specializing in vertical work.
• Developed a WordPress project with multiple language support (Portuguese and English).
• Customized the back office to suit the client’s needs.

Technologies: WordPress, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL

• Created an online store for Vert Equip, a supplier of an innovative method for maintenance of buildings, wind towers, and other high structures.
• Developed a Joomla 2.0/VirtueMart store featuring 40 products.
• Added multiple language contents, fully dynamic.
• Created a back office module for handling specific information regarding statistics of sales.
• Customized a back office to suit the client’s needs.

Technologies: Joomla 2.5.6, VirtueMart 2.0.2, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL

• Created a micro-website for the Motorrad Group (a BMW dealer in Portugal) to advertise their promotions.
• Programmed using the CodeIgniter Framework with an OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) basis and MVC (Module View Controller) structure.
• Built an area to display the promotions separated by categories with a form submitted by AJAX to add your email to the group’s mailing list.
• Developed various applications using JavaScript and jQuery coding. (an Ajax form submission with email validation, tab controls, and user agreement interaction).
• Built a private admin area to manage the key areas of the website (promotions, mailing list, image gallery). Also when a new promotion is added, it sends out an email to all the registered users on the mailing list.

Technologies: CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax

• Created a gaming web app (find the matching pairs) to promote Nespresso in the 2013 Portugal Open (Tennis).
• Programmed using the CodeIgniter Framework, with OOP (object-oriented programming) basis and an MVC (module view controller) structure.
• Created a form for submitting your personal information, gaming area to find the matching pairs, recording of the game results, and display of the daily rankings.
• Built various applications using JavaScript and jQuery coding. (Ajax was used for all of the web app pages so that the user does not see any page refreshment. This is used in order to make the experience as most similar as possible when comparing with a native iOS app).
• Implemented an SMS service (BulkSMS) that would send to the daily winner a message on how to claim the prize via a Cron Job. (This feature was later deprecated.)
• Developed a private admin area to manage the key areas of the website (daily rankings).

Technologies: CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, BulkSMS

• Created a website for an art gallery/exhibit called “ARTE com H” in Lisbon, Portugal.
• Programmed using the CodeIgniter Framework with an OOP (object-oriented programming) basis and an MVC (module view controller) structure.
• Built a website to display information about the mentor “Palma de Melo" with information regarding its biography and life work, also with detailed pages of the artists and pieces; created for this limited edition exhibit and a contact page.
• Developed a private admin area to manage the key areas of the website (About Us, Gallery, Artists, Pieces, and more).

Technologies: CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax

• Created a website for a nonprofit ad agency called “ALICE For Good” in Lisbon, the first of its kind in Portugal.
• Used Bootstrap to create a responsive layout to suit most of the devices available on the market.
• Programmed using the CodeIgniter Framework with an OOP (object-oriented programming) basis and an MVC (module view controller) structure.
• Created a fully responsive website to display information about the agency with various AJAX forms to submit applications for collaboration with ALICE.

Technologies: CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Bootstrap

• Won bronze at the 2013 Sapo awards in Portugal, Automotive Sector.
• Created a website for the MINI Not Normal Challenge campaign in Portugal, where the user can win the final prize through the use of a QR code scanner for gathering points from various places (a gamification app).
• Programmed using the CodeIgniter Framework with an OOP (object-oriented programming) basis and an MVC (module view controller) structure.
• Used Bootstrap to create a responsive layout to suit most of the devices available on the market.
• Created the main page where a user can log in via a Facebook profile.
• Developed a dashboard where the user can see personal information, rankings, badges collected, a Facebook feed, and other relevant information.
• Used asynchronous requests to multiple areas of the website to improve the user experience and avoided long loading times (Ex. rankings area, profile edit, updating badges, and user information).
• Created a scan area in order to visualize the points collected by the QR code scan with the possibility of sharing it to a Facebook user's wall.
• Used a URL shortener to manage the QR code URLs.

Technologies: CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Bootstrap, Facebook API

• Created a website for a Portuguese ecologic movement called Greenday. The name of this movement/company is in its logo on the website.
• The website features an "About Us" area, a "News" area where it can fetch Facebook posts on the official page (a back-office option), an "Articles" area (both Articles and News can accept a photo gallery or video posting), a “Contact Us” page and a microsite area for the “Greenday” event which happens every year in Lisbon.
• All of the above-mentioned areas are controlled through a dedicated back office, built specifically for the website.
• The home page features a counter which displays the number of watts. Hours of work were saved because of the use of a white screen background color on this website. This counter displays in real-time (the number of users connected to the website at any given moment) and incremental (fetches the accumulated value) count of watts. These hours are saved at any given moment.
• This “live counter” is possible through the use of Node.js; it also features a fall-back individual counter for when the Node.js server is not running.

Technologies: CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Node.js, Bootstrap

• Created a one-to-one betting platform called SimpleBet with a responsive layout built with Bootstrap. In this app, you can challenge a friend of your choice of bet—setting the challenge and the prize for the winner. You can also comment on other ongoing challenges and see their outcome.
• Used AngularJS for the application itself, with full use of its MVC structure and fantastic modular code that it offers.
• Used Bootstrap to create a responsive layout to suit most of the devices available on the market.

Technologies: CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, Bootstrap

• Created a website for the launch event of the new MINI F56 in Portugal (an event in Lisbon).
• Used Bootstrap to create a responsive layout to suit most of the devices available on the market.
• Programmed using the CodeIgniter Framework with an OOP (object-oriented programming) basis and an MVC (module view controller) structure.
• Created a login system using the Facebook SDK and invitation number which enables the user to confirm its presence on the event.
• Developed a chat area with a limited character box, a like/dislike button on posts all of which are AJAX loaded events for a seamless user experience.
• Created MINIacs area which displayed the users that have confirmed their invitation along with the number of shared interests and common friends that are also going to the event.
• Built a feed area that displays the Facebook and Twitter feed of MINI’s official pages.

Technologies: CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Bootstrap

• Implemented multiple interface redesigns in the Muzzley app.
• Developed a number of interfaces to control multiple devices such as lights, locks, switches, irrigation systems, car metrics (automatic devices), sensors, and cameras.

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Canvas (KonvaJS).

• Implemented Muzzley’s new company website, featuring a back-office built using KeystoneJS.
• Updated and maintained the company’s website.

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Bootstrap, Stylus, KeystoneJS, Express.js, Node.js

• Implemented Muzzley’s advertising platform, consuming an API.

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, React, Babel, Gulp, Browserify

• Created multiple newsletters for the Muzzley’s ecosystem.

Technologies: HTML, CSS, Email Marketing

• Implemented Muzzley’s interactive table which showcases the company’s use cases for a real-life application of the IoT devices that it integrates.
• The Interactive Table was showcased at CES 2016 and WORTEN’S Colombo Store.

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, TweenMax