Website and Wordpress designs and builds

This site launched April 2009 with a brand new look, technology, and keyword strategy. I designed the site from the ground-up with an emphasis on ease-of-use and professional, high-quality presentation. After launch, the site immediately started bringing in 7 times as many leads and a 99% increase in page views.

Goals: increase sales leads and search engine presence

Techniques: Photoshop design, XHTML, CSS, PHP, SEO

More information: Launch announcement, site technology, and feature description

“Josh can help for sure! – I have worked with Josh on several web related projects, and would definitely recommend Josh’s work to anyone looking to improve their SEO, website content, internet marketing strategy , or if you are just looking for good ideas in general. Josh is smart, works fast and is reliable.” (Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By Tej Ravindra on Oct 28, 2009) Read more reviews on Google »

“Josh is a great resource – Josh has great ideas and the industry experience to put them into practice. I highly recommend his work”. (Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By Chris on Oct 28, 2009) Read more reviews on Google »

This was a Photoshop to Wordpress project for the folks at RootOrange. The site design was done by David Koetke and I built the dynamic pages into a Wordpress theme. This complicated design had several forms to construct and Wordpress features to incorporate. Highlights include a dynamic menu at the top made from WP links, a sitemap navigation at the bottom which changes according to the page that are saved, and a side navigation on each page that displays the child pages. Everyone involved was pleased with the outcome and I went on to help them with XHTML in the main application.

Goals: create an easy-to-manage site to collect leads and display information

Techniques: Wordpress, XHTML, CSS

Michael found me via my blog and wanted a set of invitation cards with a similar style as my business cards. He also needed a website to display the current menu and information about the sporadic meals he hosted. The site was designed to compliment the card and serve as a very simple overview of what is offered, upcoming events, and a few photos. The product was simple and elegant and exactly what he needed.

Goals: design a very simple one-page site to compliment his sparse invitation card.

Techniques: XHTML, CSS

More information: The card

Terri, founder of the Sara’s Sanctuary animal shelter and close family friend, needed a new look for her website. The site needed to be easy to use, easy to maintain, and draw people towards the page where people could donate or offer their help. I came up with a new look based on animal sites she liked and built the site in Wordpress so it would be easy for her to update and add content. The site is currently set up to draw attention to a situation on the sanctuary and will be re-purposed slightly at a later date. I’m also introducing her to social media and networking to gather attention for her cause. This was a pro-bono project.

Goals: create an easy-to-maintain site that brings in donations

Techniques: Wordpress, XHTML, CSS, SEO, social networking

“Josh is a Rock Star! – Josh designed, created, built and deployed a wonderful website for our non-profit animal sanctuary at a time when we were addressing several serious issues. Josh was able to step in very quickly, to ascertain our needs and build a site that has been consistently able to get our message out to the people we need to reach….Even though I don’t understand any part of that process, Josh had the patience to explain how it all works together and dedicated the time to set it all in motion….I couldn’t be happier with our sanctuary’s site and would definitely recommend Josh to any person or business who wants to have a dynamic web presence.” (Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By Terri on Nov 16, 2009) Read more reviews on Google »

This site was created for artist representative Daniele Arnaud. She wanted something that conveyed a professional image and let the artwork speak for itself. I designed and built her site to really concentrate on the artwork and make it easy for people to find what they needed.

Goals: create a more professional look and increase usability

Techniques: Photoshop design, XHTML, CSS, PHP, SEO

“Always Josh for…life! – I have been working with Josh for over a year now. I like my new website thanks to him. Reasonable cost and it looks good. For one thing, I get good advice on how my website should look and tips to add the right content. I always welcome constructive criticism from Josh: he knows how to help!” (Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By Daniele on Oct 27, 2009)

Tammra and Ed Graves came to me looking to have a Wordpress blog designed and built for their home-based business endeavor. I installed and configured Wordpress, created a clean, 2-column theme, and prominently linked it to Tammra’s social networking sites. Then, I provided trending data and keyword suggestions for their site.

Goals: build a clean, search engine optimized Wordpress instance and provide keyword assistance

Techniques: Wordpress, XHTML, CSS, SEO

More information: Keyword research for fashion and jewelry, Keyword research for home-based business

I’m honored to have the opportunity to work with a prolific and very talented graffiti artist originally hailing from the East Coast, Pose2 aka Mr Max Moses. We wanted to represent his two personas, Pose2 and Mr. Maxx Moses so we came up with the idea of two websites in one. It functions well to separate his work and give the very real sense that there are two very different things going on.

Goals: display artwork, class information, and persona on a unique and polished site

Techniques: Photoshop design, XHTML, CSS, PHP

More information: Taking graffiti to the next level

“[Josh] is a good listener and has the ability to look at what you want to get across on the web, fine tune it and ultimately package it for your target market. Communicating with josh can help has been a total advantage to the way I see my business now and in the coming future. I highly recommend JoshCanHelp because of his tech knowledge skills and willingness and determination to want his clients to succeed. The coolest things I have learned is how to manage and update my own blog site, how to set up Google alerts and how to organize and present my business effectively online.” (By Daniel Hopkins via email Jan 22nd, 2009)

In addition to the static portfolio site, Pose2 wanted a way to provide updates and news to his friends and fans. I built a simple Wordpress blog with a similar look to his static site and trained Pose2 on how to use the different admin features available.

Techniques: Photoshop design, Wordpress, XHTML, CSS

More information: Advice on how to work a blog, Basic Wordpress usage guide

I am the former Front-End Developer for the Pligg-based site, SmakNews.com. SmakNews launched April 5th with a strong set of social features including Twitter-like commenting and the ability to “follow” users and stories. This site uses Smarty templates to display the information. I designed several key components on the site and am responsible for XHTML and CSS used in the template files. I also worked a bit with the back-end PHP code.

Techniques: XHTML, CSS, PHP, Smarty templates

“I watched as Josh took a PSD of the basic design for SmakNews and turned it into a reality. His ability to work with the programmer, CEO and marketing folks to make everything work and everyone happy impressed me greatly. I’d happily — and, frankly, hope to — work with Josh again.” (Amy Vernon on May 3, 2009 via LinkedIn) Read more recommendations on LinkedIn »

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This is the site for my former research group at San Diego State University. It is designed to hold research, publication, and group information and is fully liquid. I wanted to give that academically-designed feeling of a chemistry textbook to resonate with other students.

Goals: to provide information about our research group and publications

Techniques: Photoshop design, XHTML, CSS