The new website I built is now live at https://rocheoil.com. This engagement replaced their existing website with simpler navigation, larger font treatment, an updated forms system with better presentation of submitted data, and a bill payment setup that required coordinating with their payment processor. This project went very smoothly. All written content and images were…
The website at https://calagjobs.com has multiple secure workflows such as a job posting and payment workflow, candidates applying directly through the system for work, employers receiving and managing applications, and much more. This year I completed a major overhaul of both their design and functionality. The result is a website that looks and behaves like…
Hiring an outsourced programmer is fraught with risk. I’ve discussed this in previous articles, but today I want to highlight all the good that happens once you find the right programmer. I am not going to name the client this work was done on, since it could be a bit sensitive for various reasons. However,…
Recently I launched https://midcaldredge.com as a re-design and re-branding with the help of Cecil Lopez at Red Chair Marketing. Working with a graphic designer of Cecil’s caliber allowed me to improve the existing website’s overall design. I coded in some advanced mobile behavior, as well as creating the ability for the “Get A Quote” form…
I’ve been hiring and working with programmers since 2001. Whether building a custom app or a website, certain principles must be recognized and adhered to or the results will be problematic at best, and needlessly expensive at worst. Here are the top five things you need to consider when hiring a programmer in these situations.…
About a 1.5 million years ago in tech time, aka the ’90’s, I was in charge of global internal tech support for a company now called DaVita Healthcare. It was my third such stint as a tech support implementer in my 20’s. Each facility had its own Local Area Network (LAN) with PC’s and print…
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a type of marketing focused on helping search engines better understand what it is you do and how you’re different based on the content and behavior of your website. At it’s most basic, SEO focuses on creating content that drives value and serves search results from a set of key…
I’ve been building websites since 2002. As WordPress and other platforms have evolved, many businesses take their websites into the “Application Design” realm. These are websites where WordPress (or some other platform) is the starting point for programmers to implement custom code that transforms the website into a web application specific to particular business needs.…
Just launched the new website for minddivers.com, built on the BeaverBuilder theming system and containing a nifty animated logo. The challenge for this re-design was to get a cleaner, less busy feel than the previous website. Writing services rounded out the engagement, with the website now ready for a marketing team to take it over.…
Over the past few months I’ve been working with John Ellsworth of Success-Strategies.com to implement a subscription platform for monetizing access to a spreadsheet-based financial tool. The tool itself is called Dairy Cash Flow Analysis, and presents as a detailed, well-formatted spreadsheet for determining dairy farm financial health. This in turn helps dairy owners modify their spending based on what the analysis reveals.