About « a.k.a Elpie »

Welcome to a.k.a Elpie, a blog about web design and development.

Why is the blog called "a.k.a Elpie"? Well, my name is Lynne Pope and for many years my nickname on the wonderful world of the Web has been "Elpie" (LP - say this out loud). "a.k.a" is an abbreviation for "also known as", hence, this is the blog of Lynne Pope, who is also known as Elpie. Elpie has become my personal branding after over a decade of use on the Net, with Elp being used as my trading name. Chances are, if you see "Elpie" or "Elp" anywhere on the Net, it's referring to me.

Why this site?

a.k.a Elpie is dedicated to sharing knowledge about web design and web development, with a focus on using open source software. I am a multifaceted web technologist with over 15 years experience in web design and development, who has also worked as a lecturer in Information Technology.

I just love to write and to share knowledge and I hope that a.k.a Elpie will help others to learn new skills, share their experiences, and promote the use of open source software.

Mambo

My involvement with Mambo (one of the world's most popular open source CMS's) dates back to 2002. I have been a core developer for Mambo since 2006 and am currently president of the Mambo Foundation, Inc.

I created the Mambo Manual wiki in 2005 and continue to add documentation to it. The wiki was donated to the Mambo project in late 2007 and forms part of the official project documentation. However, there is always a need to more advanced tips and tutorials and in 2008 I launched Mambo Tutorials. As part of the rationalisation of my workload, the mambo-tutorials.com site has been incorporated into this blog. You will find all these tutorials here.

WordPress

I have been using and hacking WordPress since it started, having previously used cafelog/b2, and later contributing to b2evolution. I am a regular contributor to wp-hackers and, as you can see by this blog, I use WordPress for sites that require a blog rather than a fully-fledged CMS.