About the Author

Richard Carter started as a freelance web designer in Leicestershire, England. He founded his current business, Peacock Carter, in 2006. Currently, he is the senior frontend web developer and a managing director of Peacock Carter Ltd—a web design agency based in the North East of England with specialist knowledge in open source software for business and organizations across the world.

He has worked for clients including Directgov, NHS Choices, and BusinessLink.gov.uk. He tweets from twitter.com/RichardCarter and blogs at earlgreyandbattenburg.co.uk.

Richard is the author of MediaWiki Skins Design and Magento 1.3 Theme Design, and has also reviewed MediaWiki 1.1 Beginner’s Guide.

I’d like to thank Michael, my business partner, for keeping the business running while I was busy writing and researching the book. A brief "hello" and thanks is also due to Alex, EJ, and Joy.