Websites I designed, edited, and maintain (in addition to this one)
See brief notes under each site image.
An elegantly simple WordPress website for author Philip Caputo. Each of Phil’s 15 books gets its own showcase page. Blog will be activated closer to the launch of Phil’s new book THE LONGEST ROAD next summer.
Incubator website for an eventual book by author Edie Jarolim. A responsive WordPress site with lots of custom artwork I created, including lines of sausages for border rules! Check out this fun, interesting read covering the topics of Genealogy, Freud, and Meat.
Official author website for writer Ben Cheever, a WordPress site with lots of custom design touches, such as the “my favorite quotes” slider at the top.
An ambitious magazine/blog to support the launch of GLIMMER, a book from Penguin Press. Features a custom WordPress blog on the home page, and a great deal of well organized content.
Hub website for a brand-new small business press, featuring books and author info.
A full-fledged book site with video, music, and photos galore, to support the launch of a first novel. Heavily customized WordPress template, with original photos in header and custom buttons. The blog aspect is suppressed.
I designed this blog to look bright and direct—like its subject, a beautiful question. The main goal for this site is to stimulate conversation, so the blog and comments features are front and center and it has a lot of special discussion features, including a forum. An ongoing design challenge is coming up with a custom piece of art for each blog post, incorporating the site's trademark “cloud question mark.” Check it out.
Official website of author Terry Richard Bazes, featuring his 2011 book LIZARD WORLD on the Home page. WordPress blog to be activated later. This was a fun one to work on, with all the "lizard" motifs.
A custom blog redesign for a popular advice blog written by the Friendship Doctor. Incorporating a responsive Wordpress design which accommodates multiple advertising banners, the logo and artwork is designed to appeal to women yet be authoritative. With more than 5 years of content, discoverability and searchability was a priority.
A custom WordPress travel blog for author Irene S. Levine. The site is designed to be accessible and attractive to Irene’s “After 50” target market.
This custom portfolio website was written and designed by me for fine-art photographer Barbara Erdmann. She wanted something "elegant, simple, and dramatic" and I think we achieved that.
Website for a writers' organization. Featuring a WordPress blog on the home page, with a custom designed header and buttons on side.
This is a personal blog design on Google’s Blogger platform I set up for author Kate "Katey Lee" Buford. Fun, light, elegant, and whimsical, like her wonderful blog posts.
Author website for Warren Berger, with custom art. Not using WordPress with this one, since there is no blog.
A simple but elegant WordPress site for an editorial side business I run with Warren Berger. The site uses dramatic photos as backdrops to each page—any photos can be used to give a “mood” to this kind of site.
10-page business website, using GoDaddy templates and support. No blog required. Features custom header with unique photos.
My personal blog, customized for Tumblr.com. Features custom-designed header and a fun sidebar of widgets and videos.
Personal photo blog, customized from Tumblr template, featuring custom logo & header
Created using WP Portfolio by the WordPress Doctors