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  • +44 (0) 2921 257857
Hello, Welcome To My Website.

My name is Richard Chappell and I am a freelance web developer based in the UK

I am a developer of a wide variety of web applications for clients in the private, public and non-profit sectors. Skilled in the development of client and server web applications, I have worked on a contractor or freelance basis since 2004.

During this time I have mentored junior developers whilst overseeing amazing web applications that are sleek, intuitive and engaging. Web applications that turn users into evangelists and generate consistent and measurable benefits for businesses.

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  • I am a certified developer

    I am a certified ColdFusion developer at advanced level and have been a JavaScript developer for several years.

  • I have a wealth of experience

    Working with organisations large and small since 2004, I have accrued a considerable depth of experience.

  • I can meet your needs

    I'm happy working as part of a development team, or on my own. Either on-site, or working remotely.

Areas Of Expertise

Having been a freelance webs developer since 2003, I have accrued a fantastic depth of knowledge in the best practices of modern web development. During this time, I have focussed my expertise within the following areas.

JavaScript Development

I am fully versed in modern JavaScript techniques and best practices, design patterns, libraries and frameworks.

JavaScript Development
  • Vanilla JavaScript
  • Object Oriented JavaScript
  • Ajax
  • jQuery & Backbone
ColdFusion Development

I excel at ColdFusion and have been a CF develper since 2003, gaining "Advanced ColdFusion Developer" certification staus in 2004.

ColdFusion Development

I have a huge knowledge and wealth of experience in ColdFusion, including:

  • Adobe ColdFusion
  • Railo & Lucee
  • ColdBox & Fusebox
Responsive Front End Development

I have built many responsive websites using the latest technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and BootStrap.

Responsive Front End Development

I am proficient in the use of the latest front-end web development technologies, such as HTML5, CSS3, SASS, LESS and BootStrap.

Database & SQL Development

I am fully versed in the best practices of design and development of the enterprise database systems from the major vendors.

Database & SQL Development

I have excellent SQL development skills and have thorough working knowledge of:

  • MySQL
  • MSSQL
  • Oracle & PL/SQL
Code Repository Management

I have worked with the most common code repoitory management systems and have a good working knowledge of SVN and GIT.

Code Repository Management

Working as part of distributed development teams has given me a thorough understanding and working experience of the two most popular code repository management systems: SNV and GIT

Agile Web Development

I have been key player within many Agile web development teams, working both on-site and remotely.

Agile Web Development

I am happy to work as part of a development team, either on-site or remotely, and have accrued a good working knowledge of the Scrum and Agile workflow. I have commercial experience of working with Jira and Rally.

My Skills And Experience

Grouped into three sections below are highleghted a range of the skills that I have developed since my career as a freelance web developer

Stunning Recent Projects

I have been fortunate enough to have been selected to work on projects for companies and organisations of all sizes, from small family-run businesses to FTSE 100 companies and global organisations. Below is a selection of the firms that I have provided freelance web development services for.

International Baccalaureate
International Baccalaureate

ColdFusion Application

Berkeley Group plc
Berkeley Group plc

ColdFusion & JavaScript Application

Relayware
Relayware

ColdFusion Application

Hamper Gifts
Hamper Gifts

ColdFusion & Bootstrap Application

EA Dynamics UK
EA Dynamics UK

ColdFusion Application

Shop4Parts
Shop4Parts

ColdFusion & Bootstrap Application

British Geological Survey
British Geological Survey

ColdFusion Application

JS Bitesize
JS Bitesize

JavaScript Development

Contact me

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Skype
+44 (0) 2921 257857
Webtree Limited
LinkedIn

Debugging Information
Lucee (Gelert) Os 5.4.8.2-SNAPSHOT (CFML Version 2016,0,03,300357)
Template /index.cfm (/home/rmchappe/public_html/index.cfm)
Time Stamp 7 Aug 2026 03:42
Time Zone Etc/UTC
Locale English (uk)
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)
Remote IP 216.73.217.145
Host Name rmchappell.co.uk
Architecture 64bit

Execution Time

Total Time Avg Time Count Template
14.1 ms 14.1 ms 1 /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/modules/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc$testDB
1.65 ms 1.65 ms 1 /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/navigation/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc$getNavigation
2.23 ms 1.11 ms 2 /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/pages/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc$getPages
0.246 ms 0.246 ms 1 /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc$onSessionStart
0.081 ms 0.081 ms 1 /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/pages/model/page.cfm
0.057 ms 0.057 ms 1 /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc
0.042 ms 0.042 ms 1 /home/rmchappe/public_html/index.cfm
0.013 ms 0.013 ms 1 /home/rmchappe/public_html/WEB-INF/lucee/context/Component.cfc
0.003 ms 0.003 ms 1 /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/pages/view/page.cfm
0 ms 0 ms 1 /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/pages/index.cfm
0 ms 0 ms 1 /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc$onRequestStart
0.074 ms  STARTUP, PARSING, COMPILING, LOADING, & SHUTDOWN
18.4 ms  APPLICATION EXECUTION TIME
0.121 ms  QUERY EXECUTION TIME
18.6 ms  TOTAL EXECUTION TIME
red = over 250 ms average execution time

Implicit variable Access

Scope Template Line Var Count
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 127 cflock 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 201 testDBRet 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 262 moduleDirectory 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 265 MODULEDIRECTORY 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 266 MODULEDIRECTORY 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 268 MODULE 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 269 MODULEDIRECTORY 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 269 THISPATH 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 269 MODULE 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 275 MODULE 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 276 cfquery 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 278 THISPATH 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 282 MODULEPATH 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 282 MODULE 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 282 MODULEDIRECTORY 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 283 MODULEPATH 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 291 defaultText 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc 293 DEFAULTTEXT 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/modules/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc 31 rsTestDB 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/modules/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc 31 cfquery 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/navigation/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc 24 cfquery 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/navigation/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc 24 rsGetNavigation 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/navigation/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc 30 RSGETNAVIGATION 1
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/pages/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc 41 cfquery 2
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/pages/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc 41 rsGetPages 2
variables /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/pages/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc 46 RSGETPAGES 2

SQL Queries

rsTestDB (Datasource=rmcrmchappell, Time=0.875 ms, Records=1) in /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/modules/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc:28
the following colum(s) are never read within the request:dbTest
SELECT 	MAX(admin_user_id) AS dbTest
			FROM	tbl_admin_users
rsGetNavigation (Datasource=rmcrmchappell, Time=1.07 ms, Records=6) in /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/navigation/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc:10
the following colum(s) are never read within the request:content_url_name,navigation_sort_order,navigation_id,navigation_url,navigation_name,content_page_name
SELECT	n.navigation_id, n.navigation_name, n.navigation_url, n.navigation_sort_order
			
					,p.content_page_name, p.content_url_name
			FROM	tbl_navigation n LEFT OUTER JOIN tbl_content p ON n.navigation_id = p.content_navigation_id 
					AND p.content_active = 1
			
			WHERE	0=0
			
			ORDER BY navigation_sort_order, content_page_name
request.getModuleRet (Datasource=, Time=0.121 ms, Records=1) in /home/rmchappe/public_html/Application.cfc:272
the following colum(s) are never read within the request:module_User_Role_ID,module_Title,module_URL_Title,moduleID,module_Default,module_Admin_Only
SELECT 	*
			FROM 	application.modules.moduleData
			WHERE	module_URL_Title = 'pages'
rsGetPages (Datasource=rmcrmchappell, Time=0.554 ms, Records=1) in /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/pages/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc:14
the following colum(s) are never read within the request:content_active,content_id,navigation_name,content_page_name,content_home_page
SELECT	c.content_id, c.content_page_name, c.content_active, c.content_home_page,
					n.navigation_name, c.content_url_name
					
			FROM	tbl_content c LEFT OUTER JOIN tbl_navigation n ON c.content_navigation_id = n.navigation_id
			WHERE	0=0
			
			
			
			
			
			AND		c.content_active = 1
			
			
			AND		c.content_home_page = 1
			
			ORDER BY content_page_name
rsGetPages (Datasource=rmcrmchappell, Time=0.618 ms, Records=1) in /home/rmchappe/public_html/cf/modules/pages/crud/retrieve/retrieve.cfc:14
the following colum(s) are never read within the request:content_url_name,content_active,content_id,content_image_id,navigation_name,content_page_name,content_navigation_id
SELECT	c.content_id, c.content_page_name, c.content_active, c.content_home_page,
					n.navigation_name, c.content_url_name
					
					,c.content_text, c.content_image_id, c.content_navigation_id
					
			FROM	tbl_content c LEFT OUTER JOIN tbl_navigation n ON c.content_navigation_id = n.navigation_id
			WHERE	0=0
			
			AND		c.content_url_name = 'Home'
			
			
			
			
			
			AND		c.content_active = 1
			
			
			ORDER BY content_page_name

Scope Variables

Application Variables:
Admin_Users=Struct (4)
ADMINROOT=/ssl/siteAdmin/
app_support=Struct (4)
applicationname=rmc_Productionrmchappell
APPROOT=/
blog=Struct (4)
COMPANYNAME=Richard Chappell
contact=Struct (4)
DOTROOT=
dsn=rmcrmchappell
dsnPass=v,d4NMfYMF~*
dsnUser=rmchappe_cfapp
EXPANDED=Struct (4)
gallery=Struct (4)
IMAGEFOLDER=/cf/assets/images/www/
images=Struct (4)
LARGEFOLDER=/cf/assets/images/www/large/
MAILPASS=um4RS2b!l~sN
MAILSERVER=mail.rmchappell.co.uk
MAILTO=rmchappell@gmail.com
MAILUSER=no-reply@rmchappell.co.uk
meta_info=Struct (4)
MIDIMGFOLDER=/cf/assets/images/www/mid/
MODULES=Struct (6)
navigation=Struct (4)
pages=Struct (4)
THUMBFOLDER=/cf/assets/images/www/thumbs/
USERCOUNT=74
video=Struct (4)
WEBDEV=http://webtree.co.uk/
WEBDEVEMAIL=rmchappell@gmail.com
WEBDEVNAME=Webtree Limited
WEBSITESSL=http://rmchappell.co.uk
WEBSITETITLE=Richard Chappell
WEBSITEURL=http://rmchappell.co.uk

CGI Variables:
auth_password=
auth_type=
auth_user=
cert_cookie=
cert_flags=
cert_issuer=
cert_keysize=
cert_secretkeysize=
cert_serialnumber=
cert_server_issuer=
cert_server_subject=
cert_subject=
cf_template_path=/home/rmchappe/public_html/index.cfm
content_length=
content_type=
context_path=
gateway_interface=
http_accept=*/*
http_accept_encoding=gzip, br, zstd, deflate
http_accept_language=
http_connection=close
http_cookie=
http_host=rmchappell.co.uk
http_referer=
http_user_agent=Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)
https=on
https_keysize=
https_secretkeysize=
https_server_issuer=
https_server_subject=
local_addr=178.159.5.243
local_host=greyhound.dnshostnetwork.com
path_info=
path_translated=/home/rmchappe/public_html/index.cfm
query_string=
remote_addr=216.73.217.145
remote_host=216.73.217.145
remote_user=
request_method=GET
request_url=https://rmchappell.co.uk/index.cfm
script_name=/index.cfm
server_name=rmchappell.co.uk
server_port=443
server_port_secure=1
server_protocol=HTTP/1.1
server_software=
web_server_api=

Client Variables:
cfid=d9d7cecb-063c-45ab-bdd3-8443498aca72
cftoken=0
hitcount=1
lastvisit={ts '2026-08-07 03:42:08'}
timecreated={ts '2026-08-07 03:42:08'}
urltoken=CFID=d9d7cecb-063c-45ab-bdd3-8443498aca72&CFTOKEN=0

Cookie Variables:
cfid=d9d7cecb-063c-45ab-bdd3-8443498aca72
cftoken=0

Request Variables:
content=
<h2>Sorry, we cannot find what you are looking for</h2>
<p>Please select from the navigation menu to find what you are looking for.</p>

footer=/cf/includes/footer.cfm
getmoduleret=Query (1)
getpagesret=Query (1)
header=/cf/includes/header.cfm
modules=.svn,Admin_Users,app_support,blog,contact,gallery,images,meta_info,modules,navigation,pages,video
nav=Query (6)
org.apache.catalina.AccessLog.Protocol=HTTP/1.1
org.apache.catalina.AccessLog.RemoteAddr=216.73.217.145
org.apache.catalina.AccessLog.RemoteHost=216.73.217.145
org.apache.catalina.AccessLog.ServerName=rmchappell.co.uk
org.apache.catalina.AccessLog.ServerPort=443
org.apache.tomcat.remoteAddr=216.73.217.145
org.apache.tomcat.request.forwarded=true
title=

Server Variables:
A0608BEC-0AEB-B46A-0E1E1EC5F3CE7C9C.0.6=Complex type
A0608BEC-0AEB-B46A-0E1E1EC5F3CE7C9C.1.1=Complex type
A0608BEC-0AEB-B46A-0E1E1EC5F3CE7C9C.1.2=Complex type
CACHE=Struct (188)
CACHE_TIMESTAMPS=Struct (188)
cbox-javaloader-1B50254DE719A76B2ADC708B9F6D56EE=Component (modules.str.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
cbox-javaloader-52B877CA0494DF462AFAE4B19932AA27=Component (modules.contentbox.modules.contentbox-deps.modules.cbmarkdown.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
cbox-javaloader-554E0B2DF76810BDA83FB33DA8A8ABE9=Component (modules.contentbox.modules.contentbox-deps.modules.cbmarkdown.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
cbox-javaloader-757114FCCFB5C490D952526BFDF3987E=Component (modules.str.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
cbox-javaloader-7C624209BA64FDFA88C5C8208DA20E5C=Component (modules.quick.modules.str.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
cbox-javaloader-8E03551109DB0559698D811C86B103EB=Component (modules.contentbox.modules.contentbox-deps.modules.cbmarkdown.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
cbox-javaloader-AEAAE1EF90B4BB57161501BD525097AE=Component (modules.BCrypt.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
cbox-javaloader-D3D5EEDE3F35A4658B10897E5F82E29A=Component (modules.relax.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
cbox-javaloader-D98F90619134ECE764EC062DCA91FCE0=Component (modules.quick.modules.str.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
cbox-javaloader-DDCEE58D59F22F146C90D6E97C07CA45=Component (modules.relax.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
cbox-javaloader-F4E336252BF14F02E265FDC3C6BA95E1=Component (modules.quick.modules.str.modules.cbjavaloader.models.javaloader.JavaLoader)
coldfusion=Struct (9)
java=Struct (8)
LOGIN_BRIDGE=Struct (0)
lucee=Struct (8)
os=Struct (8)
PRODSTRUCT=Struct (1)
RECENT_ORDERS=Array (16)
separator=Struct (3)
servlet=Struct (1)
system=Struct (2)
ZONESTR=Struct (0)

Session Variables:
cfid=d9d7cecb-063c-45ab-bdd3-8443498aca72
cftoken=0
CSRFTOKEN=lfiruht0644nlfqthdas3j05upjcm9eil7w0d36f
lastvisit={ts '2026-08-07 03:42:08'}
sessionid=rmc_Productionrmchappell_d9d7cecb-063c-45ab-bdd3-8443498aca72_0
timecreated={ts '2026-08-07 03:42:08'}
urltoken=CFID=d9d7cecb-063c-45ab-bdd3-8443498aca72&CFTOKEN=0

URL Variables:
name=pages
op=
PAGE=Home
Debug Rendering Time: 0 ms