Category: Historic

thirdstreetshoe.com

When Eastside Shoe Repair moved to Third Street in Madison, they changed their name and rebranded their message. The evolution from “quaint cobbler shop” to “professional leather work and repair” required a new website design and focused content.

The primary goal of the website is to let clients know what types of leather work they do (and do not) perform, in addition to giving the website visitor a sense of how much it will cost.

There are several forms on the website to ask questions and for mail-in repair orders. In 2017 the cobbler needed to reduce the backlog of repair requests. I added a new question on the form that asks if previous work was performed and if the answer is negative, the form hides itself with a kind message to look for another resource for their needs.

By the way, I was the cobbler’s client before she became mine.

Client: 2013 – 2019 Peg retired from shoe repair but is still a client. See MooBuzz
Redesigned: 2015 (see previous)
Referred by: Self-referral – this is repeat business from happy client
Responsive? Yes (Enfold Theme)
SSL? Yes

spirerjewelers.com

Primarily to make his website responsive to mobile devices, this HTML website was moved to WordPress. This Boston-area jeweler was quite happy with the design of the HTML site, so it was used as a template for the updated version. The site is very much image-based, so pictures are now organized into portfolio posts. The titles and tags provide several opportunities to catch search engine attention. Gallery images can be posted to social media individually or opened in a lightbox slideshow.

Responsive? Yes indeed (Striking theme)
Client: 2012 – 2020 (see previous)
This is repeat business! Originally referred by client: Jacob Mills

RuthlessEditor.com

Kathleen Watson is an editor, author and speaker. She had a blog installed that required some deeper knowledge of best practices. The installed WordPress theme was 2 years abandoned and WordPress was out of date. Since she enthusiastically liked her HTML website, the blog was re-designed to integrate with that look. We have occasional training sessions to further her own knowledge and abilities about SEO and posting her blog articles.

It’s with a heavy heart that I have to report that my client Kathleen Watson passed away due to a drunk driver. I just haven’t had the heart to remove this page from my web portfolio quite yet.

Responsive? Yes (TwentyTwelve theme)
Client: 2014 – 2020
Problems solved: Web Design, Software Updates, Backups, SEO
Referred by: Josh Wimmer

TheRumpusRoom.com

A lot is going on at The Rumpus Room (Wild Rumpus Circus, Mazomanie Movement Arts Center, Jacob Mills and space rental) so this website needed a lot of features. Once the site was moved and redesigned, site owner Marcia Mequelon took over each aspect of the website content.

• event management
• classes and event calendar
• register for classes via Paypal
• testimonials
• Flickr slideshows
• videos
• social media links
• newsletter sign up via Constant Contact
• several class locations

Responsive? Yep (Striking theme)
Client Since: 2011-2019
Repeat Business: This site was moved to WordPress in 2014 (previous site: mazomac.com)
Referred by:  Jacob Mills (client)

HeartSpaceCoaching.com

Suzanne Kilkus, PhD is a therapist life coach who helps people work through issues of change. Her long standing website had a WordPress blog and now the entire site and was moved into WordPress with a fresh new theme.

The Heartspace Coaching newsletter serves an energy engine. Each month it prompts new content across her web assets.

• Newsletter published via Constant Contact
• New blog article published and added to home page slider
• Events added to the website
• “I recommend” and “Just for fun” sections updated
• Social media posts for the month written and scheduled
  (Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn)

Client since: 2010
Responsive? Yes (Nimble Theme)
This site was redesigned in 2014 (see previous)
Suzanne stopped taking on patients in 2019 and now has a personal blog (see new)

gnconsulting.info

This site was for a consultant who helps human services organizations face day-to-day management challenges and to move into the future. She worked in the US and internationally especially Singapore.

This is the third website I had the privilege building for Gail. In 2019 she changed her focus to working on climate change with Madison360.

Responsive? Yes
Client: 2008 – 2019
Referred by: herself – this is repeat business
Her previous html site was redesigned in 2013

editorandwritingcoach.com

EditorAndWritingCoach.com

One page websites are certainly not for all clients but many sites could be condensed. There are quite a few new one page themes with so much bling that attention to the content suffers.

Responsive? Yes, WordPress with TwentyTwelve Theme.
Client since: April 2013
Referred by: Mutual friend and our Facebook connection

Simple. Elegant. Yet does not feel too minimalistic.

eastsideshoerepair.com

EastSideShoeRepair.com

I was the cobbler’s client before she became mine. I have had all kinds of things fixed at EastSide Shoe Repair and never thought we’d be teaming up on the website.

After being pleased with the work on MooBuzz.net, Peg Larabell hired debwork.com to maintain the main website for her shop. Projects have been adding, replacing, and improving content. Google Map was added as well as contact form. SEO is always in mind plus administering social media outlets.

Client since: March 2013
Responsive? No, but moved to WordPress 2015 and name has since changed too
Referred By: The client herself – This is repeat business!

YourPetWantsToTalk.com

Liz Morrison, pet communicator had a WordPress site but it was not visually interesting and did not take advantage of any search engine optimization opportunities. We decided to apply a great design theme to make it pop visually.

Gravity forms with PayPal add-on allows clients schedule sessions online and submit an image. We also made it easy for them to submit testimonial feedback.

Responsive?  Yes it was
Client: 2013 – 2019

Referred By: Suzanne Kilkus, another debwork.com client and site owner’s sister