Lemonberry Page Protect

Page protect is a free, open source plugin for WordPress to provide a simple method of restricting access to a group of (non-Wordpress) users.

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Secure Data Exchange Platform

My most recent project was for a major international organisation in Rijswijk (Netherlands).  My primary role was the development of a secure data exchange platform replacing traditional high volume mail based paper and CD exchange. 

Details

Built using Bash, PHP and some Java the system managed the scheduled exchange of data in various formats with approximately 20 remote offices world-wide over a secure network, converting it to and from required standards (mainly XML based) as required.  Data was transferred from and to the various systems using Rsync, SFTP, Samba or Stonebranch and had a web based dashboard giving users statistics and scheduling information written in PHP/MySQL/jQuery.

As the system expanded over the years I enjoyed the challenge of finding technical solutions to acquisition and conversion of data where other departments had declared it “wasn’t possible”.  The entire process was extensively peer-reviewed and vetted by the security and QA teams, and now plays a core function in production system.

I am proud that the system I built is being used to save a substantial sum of money in printing, scanning and mail costs, and in turn saved many trees.

wp:Manage

At Lemonberry, we needed a administration system for managing our clients and their (mainly WordPress) hosting account. (more…)

Document Management with automatic OCR and translation

One of the problems with living in a foreign country and not speaking the local language very well is that it can be a pain to deal with bills, tax documentation, government correspondence and other post that comes through your door. My solution is an automated document management system that will translate anything that is scanned on our network scanner. (more…)