Here are a few examples of websites I’ve designed over the years:
Sweet Repeats McKinney
A semi-annual consignment sale of quality children’s items in McKinney benefiting a non-profit organization, MOPS.
The site was redesigned for a cleaner look and layout, but more importantly for easy updating, editing and upgrading by the various volunteers responsible for particular parts of the website operation.
For this application, WordPress was the obvious choice as the platform, with a customized framework set up for the proper look they needed and ease of editing for non-employee interaction, along with the security, back-up and operational flexibility required for this very large operation. The site was totally conceived, built, tested and launched, with a full instruction manual in less than 30 days from our final agreement date!
If you have kids, or kids clothing, toys, furniture and other items that you’d like to sell, you should check out this big event held twice a year in McKinney, Texas!
NitroFill Texas
A nitrogen tire inflation equipment distributor company
The site includes several flash video components, a clean and easy-to-navigate layout, and is very well optimized for SEO performance, though all updating and active measures are no longer underway at this time. I launched this business myself in 2009 but returned my focus to web development and design after it proved to be a tough sell in the Texas area. The business is currently available for sale and could be a great opportunity for the right person.
By the way, I highly recommend that all my friends take advantage of nitrogen instead of compressed air in their vehicle tires! See the site for information on why it is the only way to go.
Prosperity Place
Where all things are possible!
A non-profit organization in Prosper, Texas helping families with special needs children to find and pay for the therapy they need to reach their full potential. This is a very worthwhile cause and they do a lot of good work in the Collin County area and beyond.
This entire site was redone from scratch, and most of the graphics were custom designed for the site, including the organization’s new logo. The previous site is still up for a before and after comparison.
Carmen Rives Art Gallery
A Puerto Rican artist with amazing talent in Frisco, Texas
Carmen’s paintings have been displayed in exclusive exhibits and fine collections all over the world. Working with the world-renowned Lap Ngo as her mentor, she continues to produce stunning oil and acrylic paintings — many on hand-made canvases she’s created for each individual piece of art. Many of the paintings shown on this gallery are still available for sale. My favorite now hangs in our living room!
This gallery is a 100% flash-only site, which is certainly not appropriate for all commercial websites, but it works well with Carmen’s artwork and the obvious execution needed to display her work without making it prone to copyright infringing use of her art. Music (Bolero) may be turned on or off with a click. All of the site’s graphical elements were used strategically to give a unified look and feel to the site that complements Carmen’s own artwork.
LiveWire Energy Chews
The Dallas/Ft. Worth Distributor’s regional site
LiveWire Energy Chews are sort of a cross between Red Bull or “5-Hour Energy” shots and Starburst candies. All of the pick-me-up of the leading natural boost products, but without the messy spills of a liquid.
When this site was created in 2008, the manufacturer’s own site was so poorly constructed that it was embarrassing to the distributors, so most of them had their own created rather than send people to the national site. The U.S. site is now much more attractive and doesn’t cause intense eye pain or nausea as it did at that time, but they actually wanted to use our Dallas/Ft. Worth site as the basic design template for the redesign. It has since undergone many transitions, but some of our elements remain today.
Tour Texas
A travel information portal for destinations and attractions in Texas.
I created, designed and launched this travel information website back in 1995 when most organizations didn’t even have their own websites (yet). We formed a partnership with the Texas Travel Industry Association (TTIA) and gave Texas destinations, attractions and local events an easy entry into the world of online marketing, at amazingly low costs. It leveled the playing field for the smaller towns and gave travelers access to the info they needed. Most of our marketing efforts went towards what is now known as “Search Engine Optimization” (though that term wasn’t coined yet) and it is now a major portal for the industry in the Lone Star State. We spun off the venture in 2002 but it is still up and running strong.