Any wed developer/wordpress freelancers out there?

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Hi, I was a java web developer/programmer/analyst for 11 years, the last 7 for an investment bank. I'm keen to get back working after a few years home with the kids and was looking at retraining into wordpress/php/css etc and hoping to grab some freelance work at home and build that up. Does anyone have tips and hints on the best way to find work/which websites to use to find work etc and how to price up etc? It would be really appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

Gah, typo in the title...sorry! web developer obviously...

bump just in case.....

I'm a designer/developer. I got a great ongoing freelance contract from powertofly.com

HI Mugslife, that sounds really interesting, could you tell me a bit more about how it all works? Thanks

DH is an Ap developer, I dunno what he writes in. Not Java, not perl, um.... some php. Wordpress is below him, I suppose, but he tells me how to do wordpress.

Honestly, you'll hate this, he gets work mostly via word of mouth, friend of a friend. One job was advertised on MN, actually. Another job he got from chatting to someone during our children's swim lessons. He has own website but that's just a token thing. DH only wants to work PT, spends most his days on crazy-long cycle rides.

To learn CSS;s you could do worse than volunteer for 6 months to help a load of charities with their websites; they are all different CSSs, some custom-written, and will give you good feel for what's out there.

We are outside London & I think typical per day rates here in the sticks are £200-£300. We know a local (computer) graphics designer charging £400/day & has too much work on, mind, that's a better gig if you can.

thanks lljkk, maybe I should stick to the more hardcore programming! It would probably be more enjoyable for me anyway. That's all really helpful and giving me some good motivation. Thanks again

I just applied to a job advertised on there. I think you might have to sign-up to see the jobs. It's for women in tech.

Lljkk -I think you might mean CMS not CSS.

I don't actually know what CSS stands for, DH speaks in TLAs & then moans about them.

thanks mugslife, I'll give it a whirl, do I need my cv up to date first?

(And CSS makes sense, cascading style sheets, it's pretty big in web development at the moment :-))