EDWARD McHAM

TECHNICAL WRITER ◇ WEB DEVELOPER

Web technology is constantly evolving at rapid-fire pace.

For example, learning how to build a website might require YouTube tutorials or expensive certifications. Furthermore, you should document how you enhance your website.

Or, you can contact me, because I’ve worked in technical writing and web development for over 20 years.

NEWS

New Tech Writer Role!!!

16Feb

New Tech Writer Role!!!

EDWARD McHAM TECHNICAL WRITER ◇ WEB DEVELOPER NEW TECH WRITER ROLE!!! ◇ Today, I began a new role as Technical Writer for SteelCloud, LLC. SteelCloud is the recognized leader in STIG/CIS/CMMC compliance automation for…

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Revisiting SharePoint

05Dec

Revisiting SharePoint

EDWARD McHAM TECHNICAL WRITER ◇ WEB DEVELOPER REVISITING SHAREPOINT ◇ There’s a lot of overlap in my nearly 30-year career path, beginning with technical writing in 1995 and transitioning to web development in 2006.…

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18Oct

Learning DITA XML with Oxygen

EDWARD McHAM TECHNICAL WRITER ◇ WEB DEVELOPER LEARNING DITA WITH OXYGEN XML ◇ I recently completed a Udemy course titled Technical Writing: How to Write Using DITA XML. According to the Learning DITA website,…

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22Jun

New Consultant Tech Writer Role!

EDWARD McHAM TECHNICAL WRITER ◇ WEB DEVELOPER NEW CONSULTANT TECHNICAL WRITER ROLE! ◇ I am happy to announce I’ve begun a new role this week as Consultant Technical Writer with Baxter International. I join…

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20May

STC Summit 2022

EDWARD McHAM TECHNICAL WRITER ◇ WEB DEVELOPER STC SUMMIT 2022 ◇ I just got back from STC Summit 2022, a week-long conference in Chicago. While there, I met a number of wonderful fellow tech…

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TECHNICAL WRITING
WEB DEVELOPMENT
CMS
GRAPHIC DESIGN
MULTIMEDIA

About the Wildfire Infrastructure

About the Wildfire Infrastructure

This document explains the platform architecture on which the Internet Publishing Service (IPS) team developed Wildfire.

Building a Fresh Wildfire Localhost

Building a Fresh Wildfire Localhost

This document outlines the steps for installing the latest Wildfire build on your local workstation.

Integrating Color Settings and Previews with Custom Drupal 8/9 Themes

Integrating Color Settings and Previews with Custom Drupal 8 & 9 Themes

This document describes how to create color schemes and previews for your custom Drupal 8 or 9 theme.

Sample Wildfire Claro Admin Theme page

Wildfire Claro Admin Theme

I am currently building the next admin theme for Wildfire 5, which is a child of Claro with additional features.

Wildfire 5 Admin Theme (mobile view)

Wildfire 5 Admin Theme

I ported Wildfire 4’s admin theme over to version 5. Both iterations are based on Drupal core’s Seven theme.

Wildfire 5 Tide Theme

Wildfire 5 Front-End Theme

Stone and Tide are modern responsive themes for Wildfire 5, a Drupal 9 distribution. Tide is a child theme of Stone.

Product Websites

Product Websites

I managed a set of product websites running on a multi-site WordPress platform for proprietary font packages and a wide range of software for an international non-profit organization.

WordPress Short Code to Generate CSS for Arabic Calligraphy

WordPress Short Code to Generate CSS for Arabic Calligraphy

I created a WordPress short code that makes it possible to render Arabic calligraphy natively within a product website.

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