Ben  Doherty Web Developer

Ben Doherty

Ben has a long history of developing programs for the web as well as mobile clients and desktop computers. After getting his start at a small internet service provider in his home town, Ben went on to earn his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Since then, Ben spent several years honing his technical and business skills freelancing with a wide variety of clients, developing custom software solutions and websites to suit their needs.

Ben is passionate about open-source software and has developed many websites using free CMS platforms like Drupal and WordPress. He has used his expertise to develop attractive and effective custom themes and modules for both platforms.

Work with Ben

Recent Thinking

Ruminations on the WordPress Taxonomy System

One of our most recent projects was to create a WordPress theme that offered versions in six different languages (two of which were UK vs. US English dialects.) The main feature of this theme was to be easily able to switch between languages, translating not only static screen elements, but also dynamic elements that come [...]

Make Large WordPress Import Files Manageable

WordPress Import files can often be ungainly and hard to work with due to the various limitations that are necessarily attached to the WordPress import tool, like the PHP max_upload_size, max_post_size or max_memory_limit variables, or a limit built into the web server itself. Sometimes it’s easier to work with smaller files, whether it be for [...]

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    Christopher  Murray

    President

  • Robert Aubin

    Robert  Aubin

    Senior Web Developer

  • John Cionci

    John  Cionci

    Web Developer

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    Ben  Doherty

    Web Developer

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    Andrew  Herlihy

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    Erick  Hitter

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    Patrick  Richardson

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    Allen  Waldrop

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