Thanks for stopping by!  Whether you’re interested in help with web development or just looking for some new ideas, I hope you find something interesting and useful.

I design web pages and create and maintain PHP applications.  Please check out my  samples page to see the kind of work I do.  If you’re looking for a good, experienced web professional for a reasonable price you’ve come to the right place!  Please contact me if you have any questions or just want to let me know some details about your project.

Need a custom PHP/MySQL application?  I have a lot of experience ready to put to work for you.  I’ll make sure your application looks right and performs to your expectations.

My goal is to help you enhance and expand your business, and make you look good on the web.  You provide the vision and imagination, I’ll provide the technical expertise to make your vision a reality!

There are certainly many techniques to build websites. You can just start coding HTML in a programmer’s editor (done that!) but there are faster ways to make attractive, professional websites.  My preference is to build web sites around WordPress – an open source blog publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL.  (This site is based on WordPress).  WordPress is highly customizable and works very well for practically any web site, even those with relatively static content. The real beauty of WordPress is in the thousands of plugins available which add to it’s core functionality. E-commerce, classified ads, photo galleries, hit counters, contact forms, captcha verification, RSS feeds, SEO and ad management… the list goes on.   Last I checked there were 10,025 plugins available for WordPress!

The default template for WordPress is fairly basic, however there are many free and premium templates available to give your site a more unique style. But I prefer to design my own templates and that’s where another favorite web design tool comes in – Artisteer. I use Artisteer to visually design WordPress templates. It’s so quick and there are so many stylistic options to choose from. It’s a great tool and a huge time saver!

Finally, I use Photoshop to customize headers and other elements with the fonts and logos to give each site a distinctive look and personality.

WordPress, Artisteer, and PhotoShop – Three great tools I use to quickly create beautiful and powerful web sites!