Kerry Shamblin Web Development
Web Development Professional since 2003. I'm dedicated to making the world wide web a more beautiful, simple, pleasant and efficient place to spend time through creative web design. The Internet is a constantly changing environment, and I plan to change with it by keeping up on standards and technology.
Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, I am willing to work as a part of a team or as a solo artist performing web design, graphic design, e-commerce, copywriting, search engine optimization and web marketing.
Keep it simple. There's so much going on in the world today that there's nothing better than going to a web site that looks good and is easy to navigate. Visual effect can be gained from well-placed graphics and clever color choice.
Content Management. Information technology has come a long way. I have found that setting up a web site using a Content Managment System (CMS) provides web site owners the ability to easily update the content of the site without having to know any web markup languages, while at the same time affording the web developer relatively easy access to updating the look and feel of the site because of templating systems. Preferred CMSs: CMS Made Simple, Joomla, and Django.
Internet Marketing. Once a web site is created, there is still work to be done. I build sites with Search Engine Optimization in mind, and help clients to promote their sites with online marketing tools such as Google Adwords and Facebook Business Accounts. A web site left to languish without attention or updates can become a liability rather than an asset.
Quality Hosting. Sure, you can find a web hosting plan for $50/year, but what will the customer service be like? How many times will your site go offline? What if you want to run and install applications as a unique user so that you can control security? How good will their email services and tools be? All of these things are considerations in choosing a web host. This is the host that I currently recommend:
PairLite (a subsidiary of Pair Networks.) This hosting company runs out of Pittsburgh, PA. I've hosted sites on their servers since 2003, and have been impressed by their quality, pricing, and customer service.
I don't act as a middleman for hosting, but I will gladly assist in setting up the hosting account and acquainting my clients with the features of their hosting and email services. I can also build or maintain web sites that are hosted elsewhere, but a bit more time is always involved in orienting myself to another company's methods.