This was my first
website. I had to find a way to promote my own llama farm.
It totally turned around our business. Almost all of our sales
are generated by people finding our website. The rest are repeat
sales and referrals. Great pictures are what draw people in.
Content is what keeps them coming back.
www.shangrilallamas.com
Animal websites are my
favorite to do. My client has an existing sheltie website with
which I needed to stay consistent, so I matched the logo for the
Sheltie site and reversed the color scheme from blue on purple to
purple on blue. I have mimicked the effect of matting a
painting and found a real picture of an Aurora Borealis with our
color scheme. This is a work in progress as she builds her
farm. We will eventually add a shopping cart.
www.auroaalpacasllamas.com
When Aurora was ready
for me to convert her existing site I matched it to the new Alpaca &
Llama site with links back and forth between them. The key to
an animal website is great photos and I had fantastic dog show
champion photos to work with. Not to mention puppy pictures.
What more could you ask for.
Drive Line Truck
Services sent me their business card and emails outlining what they
do. I created a new logo for them based on the initials they
use and the fact they are an authorized NAPA parts supplier and own
a NAPA parts store. In about a week before we even had the
equipment for sale page completed they have made sales from being
found on the web.
www.drivelinetruckservices.com
I can't take credit for
the design on Reid's Fine Furnishings site but I have been able to
figure out how it was done to add pages and change existing pages.
We have also added links to PDF's of sales coupons and promotional
flyers that I have created for Reid's. I then created their
sister site sam&norah.
sam& norah has been such
a fun site to work on. The logo was done by the same design
firm as Reid's so I had great material to work with. And Nursery and
Children's furniture sites have great photos and logos to use on our
site. www.samnorah.com
Magic City Sprinkler has
been a consulting client of mine for many years so when they told me
they needed a website I said "no problem". I took a copy of
their stationary to create a logo and found a picture of the type of
sprinkler they install and created a home page. Then they
emailed me the info for the other pages plus about us info for the
home page. I am still waiting for pictures of their projects.
But at least the critical information is up there on the web.
www.magiccitysprinkler.com
Magic City Supply had an
existing site that just needed a little polishing and editing.
So that has now been completed and I await more edits.
This is another site I
have taken over. It was very well designed. It just
needed a little tweaking, such as changing the wall paper from
almost white to a deep blue with a light blue stripe that adds depth
and matches the existing colors. This especially enhanced the
pages of the pictures of their products that I reworked for
consistent size and content.
www.alleghenyconstruction.net
I had a brochure
to work with on this site, so I matched the color's on it. But
the graphic that was used as a watermark would not play well on the
web. So I found a photo of the Caribbean and worked with it
until it looked like a painting and created a graphic of the Company
name to put over it. The site includes everything on the
brochure so Ann can just give then her website to look at rather than
mailing out the brochure. www.resortchoices.com
Mini-World's website was
one of my favorites. All I was given was stationary with their
logo and word files of their handbook that they give the parents.
I created the wallpaper by taking a graphic of a finger painted hand
and copied it changed its color and rotated it until I had a sheet of
hands. Then I turned them into a watermark to make the
background. New Parents can print an enrollment form right off the
site. And check out the schedules.
www.mwccc.com
This is another example of a
Web Site Redesign. The original web site was created by just
inserting a .jpg on each webpage. So it was impossible for my
client to make changes. Plus it took forever for the pages to load and
the text was difficult to read. So I rebuilt all the pages and
now it loads faster and my client can add to it and make changes.
www.piedmontturf.com
I was thrilled when one
of my Microsoft Access Database clients asked me to create a website
for them because I love their logo. I enjoy creating logos but
I also appreciate good commercial art. By putting a map with
directions and photos of the different containers and services they
offer the website will cut down on phone calls and generate new
business.
www.kavkandisposal.com
It's amazing how
effective a little tweaking can be. This site was originally
created using a FrontPage theme. It was not bad but now it is
so much easier to read and is more professional. They are also now
set up with Google Analytics which will increase their ranking with
Google and provide them with analytical reports of visits to their
website.
www.railroadrisk.com
All I was given to
create this website was a huge calendar. Luckily the top part
with the logo just barely fit on my scanner bed. And I created
the buttons from the center beam of the logo. They just needed a
website and webmail through which customers could reach them.
www.structuralsteelco.com
This is a web site created from scratch with
nothing but a printed brochure and a stack full diskettes of stock
pictures that were used on the brochure. They now can receive
applications on line via email. And clients can find them
on-line to learn about the services they offer. Their employees can
also now get new job listings for each office directly from the web
site that I update for them within 24 hours for a monthly maintenance
fee. www.brightservices.net
CJ Asphalt Paving is one
of my accounting clients whose website needed a face lift. I created
a logo from there name and incorporated the logos of the products
they sell. I found a background that looked like asphalt and
used the text and pictures from their old site to showcase what they
do. We
will continue to update their site as they photograph their
completed projects.
www.cjasphaltpaving.com
Renaissance
Contract Lighting & Furnishings is an exciting new company with
gorgeous products to showcase. We're starting by putting their
catalog on line to assist designers and get the word out about their
unique furniture and lighting options. But this site will
ultimately be a place to purchase as well as learn about what they
offer. www.rclfinc.com
I was asked to act as webmaster in a
project to release a report of major study commissioned by The
Alleghany Foundation. This involved setting up a web host and
domain name and tweaking and editing the webpage before uploading it
at the time of the press conference. And arranging for statics
to be collected for analysis.
www.alleghanyfoundation.org
This redesign involved
just a few changes that made a huge difference. I removed the
frames which improved the look and ease of navigation. I added
pictures and built new pages based on published articles of my
client. This has increased traffic to his site as they come back
to look for new articles.
www.llamasbythellakes.com
Beef Products Venture is
my first website using GoDaddy.com and it's shopping cart. The
first step was to find a shopping cart template that would
compliment my clients logo and color scheme and then design a home
page around it. This is still a work in process but once we
have the products finished in the shopping cart we will link to it
from the home page.
www.beefproductsventure.com
It's always
fun for me to create a llama website especially if some of the llamas
are from my farm. Darlene Awarski worked with me to create her
new logo and home page. We went through a pile of photos and
CD's of digital photos to pick the best for the site. As her
mini llama farm grows the site will grow. For now we have the
home page and a For Sale page to get her farm out there on the web.
www.breezyacresminillamas.com
This site was created from RAM's brochure but can
reach many more people. Plus the cost is so much less.
It also gave them webmail capabilities so each staff person could have
their own email address and check mail from any computer.
www.roanokeareaministries.org
From a piece of
stationary, a cd of photos and a publisher file showing what
pictures went with what text. DSR's website was created. The
logo was scanned from the stationary and reworked until it looked good
on the web. The photos were optimized and added to the text.
www.dredgingsupplyrental.com
This was my first
site with ecommerce. I worked with my client to create a
wallpaper that looked like threads in the colors that worked. We
used Comic Sans for the font for an easy going artsy look and feel.
I taught her how to take digital photos and update her pages.
And we set up her shopping cart.
www.quiltingconnect.com
Rick Kiser of
Briggs and I worked together to design their website. I scanned
in their logo and optimized it for the web and scanned photos from
product brochures. Rick copied down logos from his vendors
websites to create a catalog of links for customers to find out about
the products that Briggs offers. The website will be a great resource
for them and their customers.
www.briggsofficesolutions.com
Rocky Dale Quarries
originally came to me to just edit existing information but after a
meeting we decided to update the look and rearrange some content.
By adding a color to the background instead of just white we draw
more attention to the content and intend on keeping the content
updated on a more current basis. www.rockydalequarries.com
BRILC's site had been
designed by a volunteer in Publisher. So it was not as
accessible to the handicapped as it should be. By redesigning it
in FrontPage I was able to keep true to the original design but make
it functional. The ultimate goal was for a staff person to
update the website. This is now possible. With in an hour
she was making the changes to the calendar and publishing them.
www.brilc.org
Mona Sams has done
an incredible job helping special needs children with her Animal
Assisted/Occupational Therapy. We are developing this website to
get more exposure for her work. It is just in the beginning
stages as far as content, but I didn't want to wait any longer to at
least get her contact information out there on the web. www.monasark.org
The
new manager of Bowers Holiday Village came to me with plans to revise
their brochure and advertising. We incorporated those ideas into
their new website. And the two will mirror each other for a
consistent image. We worked together with the owners to create a
new look. And now the application can be printed from the website for
prospective out of town tenants.
www.bowersholidayvillage.com
This site is one I did
not design but had to take over to make updates to rates and add
pages as needed. I will soon be creating a new website for
them of their sister company.
www.sturbridgesquare.com
I was faxed a copy
of Austin-Miller's letterhead and brochure and told that their colors
were red and black. They already had registered their domain
name with register.com and hired them to create a website. But
they were not happy with what had been created. It was too
commercial and did not convey what they were about. It had no
heart. I created the graphics to match their letterhead and created
pages with the text from their brochures.
www.austinmillerservices.com
This was a really fun
site to create. What a theme, Dolphins and Shooting Stars and
beautiful custom made jewelry. I visited the artist and took
these digital pictures of some of her pieces. Then created a
home page to showcase them. This will be expanded to multiple
pages organized by type of piece. And then an ecommerce
program will be added to order directly from the site. www.dolphinshootingstar.com
Lea sent me the graphic
file of her logo, a CD with photos and a write up of her farm for her
website. For now I just created a home page with the material
she sent me. And we can add pages as her farm needs grow.
So Sam and Lea now have a web presence with a place to show what
llamas they have for sale.
www.peaceofedenfarms.com
All I had to work with
for this website is the picture in the middle of the page and the
accompanying text. So I created the logo using their name which
they have used in creating a brochure. This is just a one page
website, but it has produced results.
www.smithriverbiologicals.com
Ursula Foster brought me
some printed pictures of digital photos and a list of websites she
wanted to link to. I scanned and optimized the pictures, created
a logo from her farm name and links using the same style as the logo.
She picked out her color scheme. I set up her host and
uploaded her pages. By the
time she left she had a website.
www.shambalallamas.com
This was a badly needed
redesign. The original website was actually two websites that
linked back and forth to each other. I restructured the
navigation to one site and scanned project photos to illustrate what
services and products they offered. I inverted their logo from
black to white and added pages.
www.sircorubber.com
APICS is the Association
for Operation Management. They require their chapters to use a
template for their own website that's link is available from the
main website. So this was my first template. I usually
create from scratch. It was challenging to keep within their
structure. But luckily it is a beautifully designed website
and should be easy to maintain. www.apicsroanoke.org
One of my dear friends
needed publicize the Retirement Sale of her llamas. So we
worked together to create a sale page of all her llamas that are for
sale. The two llamas at the top of the page were out of our
herd sires.
www.llamasofmeadowview.com
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