Nic Ford
Frontend Engineer at Alter Domus
Boise, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolNic Ford is a Frontend Engineer with 11 years of experience building user-focused web applications and design systems for enterprises, agencies, and higher-education institutions from Boise, Idaho. He specializes in React and TypeScript and currently contributes to analytics tooling at Alter Domus while maintaining open-source work improving UI, styling, and SCSS structure for the Pods WordPress framework. Nic has led front-end modernization projects—migrating mapping interfaces to Mapbox GL JS, designing heatmaps and polygon tools, and authoring component libraries that speed product development. He pairs hands-on implementation with UX-led process: prototyping in Figma, establishing coding standards, and converting design systems into reusable React components. His background includes building the WSU Web Design System for Gutenberg and managing large portfolios of WordPress sites, demonstrating strengths in both bespoke apps and CMS-driven experiences. Beyond code, he’s driven team growth and practical tooling choices that improve cross-browser compatibility and maintainability.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Graphic Design, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Graphic Design at Lewis-Clark State College
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css10
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ui-design9
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wordpress9
responsive-design9
web-framework9
user-interface8
interface-design8
html6
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pods-framework/pods
Aug 2015 - Feb 2022
The Pods Framework is a Content Development Framework for WordPress - It lets you create and extend content types that can be used for any project. Add fields of various types we've built in, or add your own with custom inputs, you have total control.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 126 commits, 26 PRs in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Nic's commits primarily focus on UI improvements and styling adjustments within the Pods Framework. They made changes to the CSS for the form, file upload field, and progress bar, enhancing the visual appearance and usability of these elements. Several commits address cross-browser compatibility and small screen display issues with UI elements, like checkbox inputs. Furthermore, they set up a new SCSS structure, suggesting a shift toward modern CSS practices for easier theming and maintenance.
custom-fieldstotalpjaxcontent-typeswordpress
wsuwebteam/wsu-build-tools
Oct 2019 - Dec 2020
A repo for all the things build tool related.
Contributions:5 releases, 2 PRs, 183 pushes in 1 year 1 month
build-toolall-the-things
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