How Can I Help You?

Over the past few years, I’ve worked with individuals, small businesses and organizations all over the world to create high quality Web sites that work right from the start. I’ve also worked with other Web professionals who needed expert advice and a helping hand to make their Web sites more accessible, easier to use and of course to work properly across all modern browsers and mobile devices using nothing but the latest in industry standards. So, with that in mind, what can I do for you?

Accessibility and Usability Consulting

Your Web site needs more than a great design to be successful online. It also needs to be accessible and easy to use - not only to those with disabilities, but also those who use your Web site on mobile phones, PDAs or other devices, and even without a mouse. I can assist in ensuring your websites reach the widest possible audience by:

  • Conducting an accessibility and usability review
  • Determining your users’s needs
  • Finding the right level of accessibility standards to meet your users’s needs.
  • Helping determine policy choices for implementation of accessibility guidelines
  • Redeveloping your Web site using the latest in industry best practices to comply with Section 508 requirements and WCAG recommendations
  • Providing accessibility and usability testing

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

All of the Web sites I create are search-engine friendly by default. However, having a search engine friendly Web site is not the same as having it optimized for the search engines. Whether you need a new Web site, or have an existing one that could use some improvement, optimizing your Web site will enable it to rank better in the search engines so it can deliver far more naturally targeted traffic straight to your Web site.

I start with a detailed search engine optimization analysis of your Web site to determine how well optimized your site is for the major search engines, and what needs to be done to ensure optimal rankings and results. I’ll also determine what your top competitors are doing with regard to their SEO efforts by looking at their internal architecture and structure, the number, relevance and type of links they have, and the keywords they are optimizing their Web sites for. Once I know how and your competitors are doing, I will be well-positioned to improve upon your search engine optimization strategy so your site can rank well for your keywords and deliver the targeted traffic that can convert well straight to your Web site instead of the competition.

Custom WordPress Theme Development

WordPress has become the content management system of choice for bloggers and companies alike who are looking to save time and money by maintaining their Web sites themselves. However, not everyone has the necessary knowledge and skill to properly install, optimize and secure a content management system (such as WordPress). I do. (If you do not believe me, this Web site is powered by WordPress). I’ll install only the Plugins that are essential to the health and success of your WordPress-powered blog or Web site, and also use my hand-written Semantic WordPress Theme framework rather than an off-the-shelf WordPress Theme that could contain malicious code that can harm your bottom line.

Subcontracting Services for Web Designers

I understand that it can be difficult to keep up with evolving standards and trends, and that Web development may not be your specialty. Especially when it comes to accessibility, cross-browser compatibility and writing clean, minimal, semantic and valid markup. If you’re a Web designer who loves to create stunning and visually compelling award-winning designs who needs help turning your vision into a reality or is looking to partner with a front-end Web developer so you can focus on what you do best, then stop what you’re doing (right this instant) and drop me a line. Together we can use our respective skills and expertise to make a difference - and a profit. (Just so you know, I’m available for one-time and long-term jobs.)

If you’re a Web designer who also develops Web sites but need help trouble-shooting your code to make it work cross-browser, I can help you find and fix the problems you are encountering. In fact, I have been helping others since 2006 on the SitePoint Forums, where I have been acknowledged as a Web design guru (I even have the award to prove it) par excellence. I can not only help you move away from table layouts and frames, but I can also help you debug your template so that it works properly cross-browser as well. Send me an email with a description of your problem if you’re interested in consulting with or hiring me to provide you with a custom solution. I am even available to help integrate the back-end of a content management system into a front-end design. Simply provide the CMS and the design as a properly layered Photoshop Document (PSD) or Fireworks .PNG file, and I’ll take it from there.

So, are you Interested? Don’t see a service you want listed here?

If you’re interested in learning more, or want to hire me, please contact me today. If you need something done but don’t see it listed here, send me a message and I’ll let you know if I can take care of it for you.