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    This maybe a long winded thought, but here me out....

    Is it fair to say that someone who designs a site using a CMS, who implements plugins to run the CMS,
    is not a developer but more of a Designer/Admin-Implementer?

    Is a developer classed more as someone who writes unique code, PHP/Javascript/Ruby for the purposes of the site its self?

    How do you categorize someone who builds a design into a CMS and uses plugins of code someone else developed to add dynamic
    content/interaction?






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      For me:

      -designer == works with Photoshop et al. using IA info to design a site
      -developer == gets that design into the CMS using what the CMS offers
      -programmer == writes code to make the CMS, plugins, addons, etc.

      one person can have more than one role...
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        I recently encountered the term of Web Architect. Not sure what it means smiley
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          Front End Developer - this can cover markup, styling, javascript/jquery, psd/graphic to browser, interface design and IA - by no means an exclusive list.

          For me this ’title’ suits really well as it’s not strictly ’development’ in the programming/database development sense, but it certainly is more than simply creating the visual/graphical aspect of a site.

          As far as I’m concerned, taking a visual, whether supplied or self-generated, transfering it into a css pixel perfect, semantic markup framework, transposing this into a cms (obv modx wink) and then integrating some cool jquery gizmos, is certainly in the realms of ’development’. Add to this analytics, client training ... a general knowledge of web protocols, cPanel/Plesk, setting up email etc ... and then keeping on top of every new development as it arises ... tongue

          That’s what i think anyway!
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            Quote from: charliez at Aug 18, 2010, 11:15 AM

            For me:

            -designer == works with Photoshop et al. using IA info to design a site
            -developer == gets that design into the CMS using what the CMS offers
            -programmer == writes code to make the CMS, plugins, addons, etc.

            one person can have more than one role...
            That’s pretty much exactly how I feel.

            A designer does not more than create an interface--maybe in Photoship then in some static HTML.

            A developer can be a programmer, but doesn’t have to be, and manages the CMS templates, chunks, etc. to make the site dynamic.
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              Mr. HAW definitions

              1. Designer -> Photoshop
              2. Front End Developer -> html/css/javascript, ftp upload to web root and publish with CMS +SEO
              3. Developer/Programmer -> PHP/Python/ruby/SQL and databases/Webserver configuraton and extending CMS functionality
              4. System Architect -> Guys who extends the programming languages or write their own

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