... has been designing and building websites for clients, large and small, for around 15 years. I have a great deal of experience in all aspects of the build, maintenance and promotion of web sites - from the grandest to the most humble.
nova scotia web design
In Scotland, as 'lanetech' I hosted over 100 websites, and now in Nova Scotia as 'webaria' I am continuing to develop high profile websites in Canada and abroad.
I can handle the entire process for you from domain registration, website design, web page development and web site hosting through to ongoing maintenance, search engine promotion and technical support.
Or if your existing site needs a facelift, additional features such as a shopping cart, ecommerce, blogs, newsletters, membership database or content management system - I can do that too.
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Most of all, I don't mind answering questions, explaining anything that you don't understand and listening to what you want.
I aim to deliver as professional a product as a large agency but with a personal, cost-effective and collaborative approach.
My portfolio includes one of the world's top 100 hotels, one of the world's top 50 restaurants and one of the world's best islands! Plus a whole range of interesting organisations, talented artists, craftspeople and successful businesses. What can I do for you...?
Contact me for a no-obligation consultation - I really don't mind!
portfolio
Here is a sample list of sites that I have built. Some were built for lanetech, and some were developed in collaboration with a designer:
what's new?
Well, here I am writing a post in Wordpress for a blog embedded in a content managed website built using my own CMS (content management system), and the subject of the post is really going to be Joomla! (their exclamation, not mine).
I have been developing a range of low cost websites - webstart by webaria - the idea of which is that from just $14.95 per month you can have a richly featured, but expandable site. In the current economic climate it's hard for small businesses and organisations to justify ploughing thousands of dollars into a website, but if a web presence doesn't cost much to start off with then you can dip your toe in water and see how it progresses. This is an alternative to doing it yourself, but with a web professional there in a supporting role.
So, the question was how could I produce websites with a decent design and rich functionality cheaply enough for it to be worth me doing so? The answer has been to use template design, and an open source content management system. After research, I decided to use Joomla over Wordpress.
Over the next while, I will add a few posts about using Joomla, and how I'm finding it to develop websites in...