Author: WebDeb

  • How to change CSS for GASP

    How to change CSS for GASP

    I just added Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin (GASP) check box to a WordPress site but wanted to change the text style.

    If you are looking for the CSS path here it is:

    div#comments form#commentform p#gasp_p

  • Breaking up is hard to do…

    Breaking up is hard to do…

    A good relationship with a client can outlive the live website. Most of my clients have moved on because of no longer offering their particular services.  Playing a primary role is health concerns and going back to full-time employment.

    It’s always sad when a client leaves my care but how can I complain when I get feedback like this?

    I’ve always been happy with your work and continue to pass your name along when I can.  If you’re curious how it happened, … explanation….  and that’s why we went that direction.  Had …that.. not happened,  I would have worked with you on this project.  ~ Tony Trapp Repairs

    and

    A big thank-you for your mentoring us carpet people over the past decade. Remember the song from To Sir with Love? (1960′s I think). Well you took us “from crayons to perfume” in our web presence and we will forever be indebted to you. Our best to you.  ~ Michael Peters, Carpets Plus Wisconsin (hired in-house web staff)

    A  good indicator of client satisfaction is how they feel when they leave.

    Ex-clients that will still refer you?  priceless

  • Let’s kick my blog off with a poem about web clients

    Let’s kick my blog off with a poem about web clients

    I gave this site a new look and then progress got stalled by a death in my family.  Someone sent me a poem about friendship but I think it could easily apply to web clients too.

    Let us give thanks

    Let us give thanks for a bounty of people.
    For children who are our second planting, and though they
    grow like weeds and the wind too soon blows them away, may
    they forgive us our cultivation and fondly remember where
    their roots are.

    Let us give thanks;

    For generous friends web clients …with hearts…and smiles as bright
    as their blossoms;

    For feisty friends web clients, as tart as apples;

    For continuous friends web clients, who, like scallions and cucumbers,
    keep reminding us that we’ve had them;

    For crotchety friends web clients, sour as rhubarb and as indestructible;

    For handsome friends web clients, who are as gorgeous as eggplants and
    as elegant as a row of corn, and the others, as plain as
    potatoes and so good for you;

    For funny friends web clients, who are as silly as Brussels sprouts and
    as amusing as Jerusalem artichokes;

    And serious friends web clients as unpretentious as cabbages, as subtle
    as summer squash, as persistent as parsley, as delightful as
    dill, as endless as zucchini and who, like parsnips, can be
    counted on to see you through the winter;

    For old friends web clients, nodding like sunflowers in the evening-time,
    and young friends coming on as fast as radishes;

    For loving friends web clients, who wind around us like tendrils and hold
    us, despite our blights, wilts and witherings;

    And finally, for those friends web clients now gone, like gardens past
    that have been harvested, but who fed us in their times that
    we might have life thereafter.

    For all these we give thanks.

    ~ Max Coots
  • Old design: Daniel R Spirer, Jeweler

    Old design: Daniel R Spirer, Jeweler

    spirerjewelers.com

    This is an html website for a jeweler in the Boston area which had not been updated in some time. The site is very much image based so we added titles and tags to the images to catch search engine attention. The images now start a slideshow instead of opening individually which gives more opportunity for SEO.

    Daniel Spirer’s jewelry blog is featured on boston.com.

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    Client since: 2012 Site was moved to WordPress in 2015 (see new)

    Referred by previous client:  Jacob Mills

  • Lysianne Unruh

    Lysianne Unruh

    timetothrivecoaching.com

    Here is a great example of WordPress as a CMS. Lysianne Unruh was a seasoned blogger before we teamed up. She uses debwork.com for structural help but she writes and modifies content as needed for her coaching business. I get to coach her on keeping the site fit and SEO concerns – we are in this together

    Responsive?  Absolutely! (Genesis Agency Pro theme)
    Client since: 2012-2020
    Referred By: A mutual friend

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  • Old Wix site: Hilst Housecall Vet, client since 2012

    Old Wix site: Hilst Housecall Vet, client since 2012

    hilstvet.com

    This vet needed help with her WIX site which is made in Flash. The site was updated for a more consistent look between pages, more pictures added.

    Flash website building tools provide a lot of ‘bling’ but are not so
    great for SEO and do not work well, if at all, on handheld devices. This site was moved to WordPress when the WIX contract expired.

    Client since: 2012

  • Area Glass of Wisconsin

    Area Glass of Wisconsin

    AreaGlassWI.com

    Area Glass worked hard to change the business from “auto glass” to “full service glass”. Yes, the logo was changed but they wanted a their site to reflect the transition in a big way. And they wanted to post lots of photos of their installation jobs.

    Mike Behr confessed that he never took to the purple in the original html design so we went with the great black skin offered by Striking WordPress themes and a slider that demonstrates the range of their work. The site uses Gravity forms and has rotating testimonials.

    Responsive?  Yes
    SSL? Yes
    Client Since: 2008, redesigned in 2012
    Referral: The client himself – this is repeat business! (old site)

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  • Raimie Weber, Jeweler

    Raimie Weber, Jeweler

    rweberjewelry.com

    This is a WordPress website for a jeweler in Connecticut who has lines of ginkgo and hibiscus jewelry. The custom design jewelry portfolio was going so well that the site owner decided to put the Woo eCommerce aspect on hold. Raimie began in the business with her dear father. In addition to her creations, she also repairs and appraises jewelry.

    Responsive?  Yes, indeed! Theme base is Propulsion by Kriesi.
    Client since: 2012, site redesigned in 2017 (see new)
    Source: Recommendation from her sister, my book club friend

    [testimonialswidget_widget ids=”4563,4519,4499,2197,1913,1737,1635,1309,1310,1311,1323,1312″ random=true paging=false]
    Raimie Weber and Deb Vandenbroucke enjoying a visit at her shop
    Good Sites for Good People
  • Marcia Miquelon client since 2011

    Marcia Miquelon client since 2011

    mazomac.com

    MMAC already had an established website but it was not looking and functioning the way she wanted it to. They were adept at updates using Dreamweaver but the site needed a facelift for look and function.

    Now the site incorporates Flickr slideshows, social media links, plus keeps everyone up to date on the latest class schedule. Sign up for their newsletter! They teach outside the US and these travels produce great stories

     

    Client Since: November 2011
    Repeat Business: This site was moved to WordPress in 2014 therumpusroom.org
    Referred by:  Jacob Mills (client)

     

  • Old html site: Area Glass of Wisconsin – client since 2011

    Old html site: Area Glass of Wisconsin – client since 2011

    Web Design Image links to Area Auto Glass site
    areaautoglass

    areaautoglasswi.com

    Area Auto Glass needed help with “What to do when your web designer disappears?” Once we regained control of the site, it was totally redesigned to reflect their expansion to a full service glass company located in Wisconsin’s Northwoods.

     

    Client since: 2011
    Found me by: Google search
    This site was moved to WordPress in 2013 with a work portfolio (Rebranded site)