Project Description: This was a fun and interesting project. Ed had recently worked with another group to re-design his site and the site actually looked pretty good! There were several issues however that needed to be resolved: The site was SLOW loading. Slow loading sites get penalized by Google The website database was HUGE, also impacting the website in many different ways The website was scoring low on several different website graders His main website and membership site were combined and the membership portion of the site was poised to grow so we ended up creating 2 … [Read more...]

Project Description: This site you are on - I'm so excited about this site. It is the next iteration of my business that is already opening up new doors, new opportunities and new ideas. Lots of hard work but oh so fun. This site has been a fun one to work on, I wanted to use a theme I hadn't worked with in awhile and a new toy, I mean tool, that allowed me greater flexibility in designing and using custom widget content areas on the home page. All sorts of fun that got me to the design you see here. Website: TrailGuideWebWorks.com Find Marta and Trail Guide WebWorks on: … [Read more...]

Project Description: Oh boy... where to start. I created their first website almost 8 years ago?? It was an older HTML site that worked great when it needed to but they had completely outgrown the site and so I was thrilled to step backup to the plate when they were ready for an update. AND we were thrilled with the results.  This site needed: To be mobile responsive A simple way to display an extensive menu Quickly highlight the information the restaurant customer needed to know about the menu, reservations, directions, and hours An updated, more modern design that also … [Read more...]

Project Description: This project was for Stephen Schoonmaker as he was getting ready to start his business as a leadership coach and strategic planner. His needs at this point were simple, he main needed a place to share about his professional experience, a place to send potential coaching clients, as well as a place for those clients to contact him online. Stephen already had a logo developed so the website design and colors was pulled from that. His site needed: To be mobile responsive A simple, professional feel To provide a way for potential clients to contact … [Read more...]

Project Description: This one is one of mine! In pursuing a new blogging topic and idea, I needed a new site to reflect the new topic. My goal was to go simple yet beautiful to focus on the photography. Each photo is from my personal collection - boy this is a rather self-focused portfolio update eh!? Website: SelahReflections.com/ Find Selah Reflections on: Facebook Instagram Pinterest Twitter Resources Used: WordPress Genesis Framework & Altitude Pro Child Theme Visual Content Plugin to make it easy to create pages with wide "hero" image banners across … [Read more...]