Lyon Publishing Services
http://lyonpublishingservices.com/
Rachel is a professional indexer who needed a professional web site. We designed a site that shows off Rachel’s experience and accomplishments with style, making her first point of contact with clients a positive one.
- The sidebar features random cover images of books Rachel has indexed. They are linked to Amazon using Rachel’s affiliate ID, giving her a commission off any items purchased through the links.
- The clients page features the logos of her customers, which helps break up the text, making the page more appealing and easy to read.
- A contact form makes it easy for new clients to email Rachel about job opportunities.
- A plug-in makes it easy for Rachel to add new titles as she completes them.
As Rachel says, “The site looks and works great! I’ve gotten nothing but positive feedback. I’m so excited for potential clients to see it. It will knock their freaking socks off!”
John is Fit
John wanted a new theme for his weight-loss blog, hoping a new design would reinvigorate his journey to become fit. Working from an illustrated mascot designed by The NetMen Corp, we created a fun, bright design that reflects the spirit of John’s writing.
- John requested that it be easy to add new widgets in the right column, so we designed the stylesheet accordingly, creating a flexible background pattern that looks like a measuring tape.
- To save space and prevent the theme from becoming too cluttered, we created a tabbed box in the right rail that displays recent posts, popular posts, and John’s favorites.
- John requested stylistic touches be added to all elements of the design, from comment forms to navigation blocks, and we were happy to pay such attention to detail. Sports icons and quote boxes are peppered around the theme to add a spirit of fun.
Once we were done, we coded the site in HTML and CSS and handed it off to John, who works in IT and wanted to handle the Wordpress theme coding himself. You can view full-sized screenshots of the home page and an individual entry.
Healthy Discoveries
http://healthydiscoveries.com/
Jolene Park runs Healthy Discoveries, a health-education company that offers inspirational, on-site corporate workshops which teach employees practical ways to take responsibility for their health, manage their stress and make better lifestyle choices. Jolene already had a web site, but it didn’t match the profressional tone of her business which targets Fortune 500 companies. We redesigned Jolene’s site and organized it in a sleek, simple, yet sophisticated style.
As Jolene said, “Jennette is the best web designer I have ever worked with! She is honest, thorough and incredibly efficient. She told me what she was going to do, she gave me numerous options, and then she turned around and did exactly what she said she could do in a very short amount of time. She is a total professional, she communicates clearly and directly yet she is also very patient. Jennette’s prices are incredibly reasonable and her work is far superior to any other design work I’ve had done in the past.”
Lazy K Arabian Horses
http://www.lazykarabians.info/
Leigh is an Arabian Horse owner who wanted to share her enthusiasm for these beautiful creatures in a blog. She started her site by using the default Wordpress template, but was too embarrassed by it to share the link with friends. Leigh came to us and we designed a theme she was proud to display.
TV Screener
Kim Potts is writer for AOL TV, among other publications, who wanted to start her own television blog. We designed Kim’s site from scratch, based on the energetic red color in her logo. In the right column of her blog, we added several callouts to emphasize giveaways, interviews and related products. To easily manage the numerous photos she uses in posts, we installed an image plug-in that resizes pictures to the correct size, making it easy to use and manage. Kim also asked for ways to add galleries and quizzes to her site and we were happy to oblige.
Kim said, “One of the first things people always tell me when they go to the site is how much they love the design. In fact, today a publicist thought the site was part of AOL, partly because I write for them, but partly, he said, because it looks like a professional site and not ’some random blog.’”
Totally Together Journal
http://www.totallytogetherjournal.com/
Stephanie’s web designer wouldn’t return her emails, but she needed changes made to Totally Together Journal before the release of the book it is based on. We came to Steph’s rescue and modified the home page layout to clearly emphasize the four main categories of her posts.
We also recommended that she add an image of her book cover linked to Amazon.com to make it easy for people to buy a copy. Once she signed up for Amazon Associates, she also made bonus cash anytime someone purchased something through her link. We then hooked her Feedburner feed into her existing account and added a subscribe by email box to the page. Steph also requested some buttons to promote this site as well as her other blog, A Year of Crockpotting.
Steph said, “Jennette Fulda did in 6 days what I’ve been trying to get my former site designer to do for the past 6 months. Not only is she capable — she is honest, genuine, and a real person. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for any type of web/blog design or tweaking.”
