A Sampling of My Work
RutherfordEvents.com
RutherfordEvents.com was built to create a site where people can see what is going on in Rutherford County, NC. It also allows visitors to submit their own events for approval.
www.RutherfordEvents.com
Design, Development
First Baptist Jensen Beach
FBJB.com gives members and visitors in the Jensen Beach FL area a place to get all of the information they want from the website, from photos, schedules, and information to blogs and podcasts.
www.fbjb.com
Design, Development
RaiseAdults.com
RaiseAdults.com is a blog built to help parents in their struggle to turn their children into real adults. The thought behind it is that you are not raising kids, you are raising adults.
www.RaiseAdults.com
Design, Development
Kids in Parks
Kids in Parks is a subsite of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. It allows kids to get online and answer questions about the various TRACK Trails that have been set up, and get prizes for how many they fill out.
www.kidsinparks.com
Development
Siemens Law Office
Asheville Family Law Attorney website built in Drupal to allow attorney or staff to edit the site as needed.
www.wnclaw.com
Design, Development
This is What I Do
I have over eight years of industry experience, and have been an integral part of web design projects for numerous companies during those years, including attorneys, real estate companies, artists, musicians, retailers and more. I am currently employed full time doing website development.
I specialize in standards-based XHTML and CSS web design, focusing on accessibility. Each site I design is built to be search engine friendly, using the latest development principles and techniques, and compatible across all browsers to make sure all users will see websites the same way. I also offer consultation to help you get the most out of your web presence. To find out more about what I can do for you, check out my work, or contact me today.
Your website is usually the first thing potential clients will see of your business. It is important to give a good first impression, and to make your site functional to keep them coming back.
I offer web design services for individual or small businesses, locally in the Asheville area as well as across the United States. I will work hard to get your site built within your individual time constraints. Whether you need a site from scratch or just a new face to your existing site, please contact me and I will provide you with a fair and reasonable quote. I design around your needs, and your clients' expectations.
Once my web design services are complete, I provide support services for your site as well. As your business grows and changes, you will need to reflect that in your website, and I will be there to make that happen. Please don't hesitate to ask me more about what I have to offer you or your business.
A Little About Who I Am
I have been designing websites for over ten years. I graduated from the School of Communication Arts in Raleigh, NC in 1997 from the Computer Art & Animation program. I decided that 3D animation was not something I really wanted to do, and fell in love with web design. For a few years it was nothing but a hobby, but eventually I decided I wanted to make a career out of it. I am 100% self taught and feel that it has made me stronger as a designer. I have put a lot of effort into figuring out what works and what doesn't work.
I currently reside in a small town just outside Asheville, with my wife, Natalie, my two kids, Livi and Alex, our three dogs and two cats. I attend church at Biltmore Baptist Church in Arden, NC.
I adhere to current css and xhtml standards. Because of that, I prefer to ignore IE 6 as it is a very outdated browser.
For those unfamiliar with website development, my current full time job entails taking a photoshop file of a design, converting all of the graphics to web usable graphic files, and writing the html and css files to turn it into a website. After I am done, the programmers take over to give it any javascript, php, etc for connecting to databases or making pages dynamic. Once they are done, I style the front end to match the site.
When I work on my own projects, I do everything from design to production, from flash to basic php and javascript programming. If I need in depth programming, I know a programmer that is experienced and very good at what he does. I just make sure the site works the way the client wants it to work.
