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Website design in simple, plain English.

I design and build simple, accessible, and beautiful websites that download fast, have a small file size "the smaller the file size the less bandwidth they use saving you money", have readability and accessibility - using web standards.

I will work closely with you to develop an integrated website that can display your products to their best; explain and promote your services; and provide information to your customers.

If you already have a website and want to have it updated, or need to make a few changes, I will be happy to work with your current designer or programmer to make changes; or I can give your site a facelift if you want to spruce it up. I will also be happy to take an older website and rework it to bring it up to modern standards.

  • Childcare Resource & Referral
    Project Highlights: Complete Re-design in development, Advanced CSS, Flash Animation, Flash Gallery
    • Founded in January, 1991, CCR&R serves Will, Grundy, Kendall and Kankakee counties as part of the Illinois Statewide CCR&R System of IDHS. CCR&R is a not-for-profit agency providing services to families, child care providers, and employers.

    • The re-design made the site more visitor friendly, visually appealing, and easier to navigate. Gallery, news feeds, and integration with Google Calendar increase the site's interactivity and help provide a sense of community for visitors

  • Chemtech Services Inc
    Project Highlights: Complete Re-design in development, Content Management System, Flash Animation, E-commerce - osCommerce/PayPal
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    • Chemtech Services, Inc., provides process development services associated with organic chemical synthesis and processing, related to the design and construction of chemical pilot plants and commercial processing facilities.

    • The design incorporates a clean, indurstrial look in keeping with their industry. osCommerce® was used as an ecommerce solution, incorporating PayPal as an easy way for the client to handle transactions.

  • Midcofab
    Project Highlights: Complete Re-design, Flash Animation, Dynamic Flash Gallery
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    • Featuring a 30,000 square foot manufacturing facility, MIDCO (Mid-Continent Corporation) specializes in the fabrication of steel products for the Material Handling Industry.

    • The design incorporates a clean, indurstrial look in keeping with their industry. Flash animation and a gallery of client work was included to add visual interest and examples for visitors.

  • ASCP Leadership Exchange
    Project Highlights: Complete Design
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    • The American Society for Clinical Pathology's Leadership Exchange is an annual conference providing specific focus, applicable information, networking, and the opportunity to compare notes and problem solve with colleagues nationwide in the medical profession.

    • The clean and enticing design, ease of presentation and enticing approach made this project very successfull with ASCP'S professional audience.

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  • Fat Mamas Tamales
    Project Highlights: Complete Design, E-commerce
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    • Having a unique recipe for "Fire and Ice" pickles and a "Knock You Naked" margarita mix, this little restaurant down in Natchez Mississippi needed an online presence which reflected their atmosphere.

    • With nothing but a logo to go from, this turned out to be one of the most enjoyable projects I've ever worked on. I was able to personally experience some of that "Southern Charm" from the owner, the project was FUN... and I still smile when I think about having one of their "Knock You Naked" margaritas.

  • House Atlanta
    Project Highlights: Complete Design, MLS Integration, Flash Animation, Live Chat
    • The agents at House Atlanta wanted a clean, professional online presence which would provide an information portal for buyers, sellers and invensors in the Atlanta area.

    • The site includes a Flash animated banner, MLS listings of area properties which the agents manage, loan calculators and a live chat application for visitors to communicate directly with the agents.

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  • Chicago Parts & Sound
    Project Highlights: Complete design, Flash animation
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    • Chicago Parts & Sound provides value-added auto parts and automotive electronic fulfillment, repair and installation
      services to new car dealerships.

    • As a full-line Motorcraft auto parts Warehouse Distributor (Ford Authorized Distributor), as well as an out-of-warranty repair center on all makes and models of auto radios, entertainment systems, and navigation devices, CPS needed a website which was edgy, informative, and easy to navigate, and "search-engine friendly".

  • Indeck Energy Services, Inc.
    Project Highlights: Complete Design, Advanced CSS, Flash Animation
    • For more than 20 years, Indeck Energy has been a privately held developer, owner and operator of renewable and conventional energy projects. As one of the few remaining privately held independent power producers, they’ve grown into a full-service energy company that offers biofuels production and electrical generation facilities.

    • Indeck Energy was provided with a professional website which matched their industrial audience and helped re-enforce their branding. They have been very pleased with how the site effectivly represents who they are, what they do, and why they do it!

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  • Radiometrics Midwest Corp.
    Project Highlights: Complete Design, JavaScript Navigation
  • Armordillo Inc.
    Project Highlights: Complete Design
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    • ArmorDillo, Inc. is a supplier and installer of custom flooring processes designed for easy, economical applications over concrete.

    • ArmorDillo, Inc. was provided with a professional website which matched it's intended audience and helped re-enforce the re-branding of their marketing material (see the mailer created for them under the print section)

  • Physical Medicine Associates
    Project Highlights: Complete Design, Flash Animation
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    • Physical Medicine Associates, S.C., encompasses a diversified realm of specialties whose purpose is to provide personal professional medical services to patients of all ages.

    • My goal was to provide a highly dynamic website with a template for the staff to be able to update frequently in their ever-changing profession.

  • Meridian Banquet & Conference Center
    Project Highlights: Complete Design, Flash Animation, SimpleViewer Photo Gallery
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    • With over 50,000 square feet of banquet hall space, Meridian is Chicagoland’s destination for wedding receptions, corporate gatherings, birthday parties, shower luncheons, and more.

    • Meridian was provided with a subtle, classic design matching the banquet hall's aesthetic and in keeping with advertisement done for the ChicagoStyle® Wedding® magazine (see the ad created for them under the print section)

  • Boy Scouts of America
    Project Highlights: Complete Design
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    • The Boy Scouts of America is a well-respected organization with a long history and a visiting audience that is diverse in age, background, and geography.

    • This project involved devising a website strategy and overhauling their old web site using their existing content. A completely new look and feel for the site was established that would appeal to their broad range of visitors and establish a better sense of who and what The Boy Scouts of America are in a friendlier environment.

  • Rising Starr
    Project Highlights: Complete Design
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    • The Rising Starr website was developed to provide author Brenda Wilson with an online community environment in an effort to promote her book, and to provide her readers further information about the publication (with an online interactive book supplement planned for the future).

    • The site also provides her visitors information about her co-author, her lecture schedule, and how they can purchase the materials.

  • The Field Museum - Collaborations in the Congo
    Project Highlights: Complete Design, Javascript, DHTML Gallery
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    • In a joint venture with the Chicago Field Museum and the Illinois Institute of Art at Chicago this class project was developed to provide a deliverable template for the Field Museum staff.

    • With the intent of gathering more interest among scientists and researchers and more tourist traffic to the area, the site includes information on the location, facilities, and administration. The site also includes an extensive gallery of some of the indigenous flora and fauna of the region.