Will Skora

About Will Skora

Will is the website administrator at the Cleveland Public Library and is responsible for…

Experience

1. Web Administrator

   Cleveland Public Library

   Dec 2016 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US

   lead developer of the Cleveland Public Library\'s website - https://cpl.org Developed web standards, components, and policies to ensure consistency and accessibility in design, quality, and structure of our website\'s code, markup, and content.(https://cpl.org/web-standards) https://github.com/skora-cplBuild custom components to ingest and display content using 3rd party APIs. Created, oversee, and implemented web accessibility remediation plan; Created, implemented, and maintain backup procedures for website and digital assets; Directly responsible for a server migration that resulted in decreasing our site\'s TTFB by an entire second; Lead technical liaison of the organization\'s website redesign with contracting web agency (2024) Advise the library on procurement of technical products;Manage technical aspects of space reservation and public event calendar with events across 30 locations annually. Oversee and train staff on web accessibilityMaintained VPS (apache + cpanel)(Dec. 2016-Oct. 2020)Member of the WordPress Gutenberg team on Github (primarily triaging issues, testing pull requests) Using:HTML - proper, semantic HTML should not be underestimated and is the foundation of every website. CSS (BEM)Javascript (Mostly Vanilla, some React)PHP (OOP)WP-CLI

Skills

• Yak Shaving
• Public Policy
• Cartography
• Openstreetmap
• Postgresql
• Nonprofits
• Tilemill
• Javascript
• Latex
• Event Planning
• Git
• Web Mapping
• Social Media
• Josm
• Cross-Cultural Teams
• Postgis
• Blogging
• French