What I do: Web site design capabilities

Saying you want a web site built is a little like saying you want a house built. There'a a wide variety of scale.

I offer a broad range of services and can provide anything from a simple but elegant "brochure site" to a complex, rich-media entertainment site.

Graphic Design

Graphic design isn't about making your site "look nice", although an attractive appearance is important. Design is important because of the image it projects about your business.

HTML & CSS

These are the language of the Web, the code in which your site is created. My expertise will assure that your site is written in modern, standards-compliant code.

My CSS methods can give you a site that is flexible, easy to update and can be given an entire new look in the future with updates to a single style-sheet document.

Web Graphics

If you site's design requires graphical buttons, headers, icons or other images, these items don't have to be outsourced. I'm a versatile illustrator and recognized expert in the preparation of graphics for the web. I also know how to prepare photographs to display with maximum quality and a minimum download time.

Interactivity

Interactivity can make a visitor to your site feel that the site is "responsive" and helps keep interest high. I can create interfaces that respond to user actions on many levels.

Animation

Used well, animation can attract and hold a visitor's attention. Used poorly, it can drive visitors away. I know how to use it well.

Flash

Flash can be used to build complete websites or just add small bits of animation or interactivity to regular HTML pages. I know how and when to use it.

I teach a course in Flash at the Delaware College of Art and Design.

Usability

It doesn't matter how much content your site has, or how good it is, if visitors can't find their way to what they want. I know how to organize your site's structure and navigation for maximum clarity and effectiveness.

Site Maintenance

If you choose, I can make myself available for updates and changes to your site. I can provide this service on an ongoing or as-needed basis.

If you prefer, I can set up your site so that you or someone in your organization can easily make updates to text and images.

What I Don't Do

I don't work in ASP, VBScript, Front Page or any other Microsoft-proprietary web technology.

This is a part philosophical and part technical decision. I don't like the company's attempts to use their operating system dominance to make large parts of the web Microsoft-proprietary. Also, Front Page, Word, and every other Microsoft application I've ever encountered, write terrible, junky HTML code.

Sorry. If you want your site done in Front Page, hire an amateur.