Tag: WordPress.com

  • Blog for work travel was supposed to be on WordPress.com but needed more ‘pretty’

    Blog for work travel was supposed to be on WordPress.com but needed more ‘pretty’

    Screenshot of Susan Buzby's blog - RTW
    Good Sites for Good People

    GeneandSusansAsianAdventure

    My friend got a contract to work in Singapore and thus and so off they went. Gene and Susan decided to document their adventure using a blog. Naturally, I confirmed that this was a great idea.

    This was supposed to be a WordPress.com website. What’s the difference? WordPress.org websites are self hosted (you have to pay for a web host and maintain it yourself) whereas a WordPress.com site is hosted by WordPress with no maintenance required but the themes and features are limited. My friends are design sensitive and did not find a WordPress.com theme that well represented them so I decided to host a WordPress.org blog for them on debwork.com.

    Unlike a lot of designers, I do not resell hosting to my clients. For one thing, reselling does not save them money. More importantly, it also ties clients to my services making it uncomfortable to split if another webmaster is desired. It is my policy to not be a burden if a client wants to move on to use someone else. Admittedly, this has rarely happened but when it has, it is all very civilized.

    Client since 2014, friends since – 1990’s!
    Responsive? Yep – Nimble Theme by Elegant Themes

  • Ward Paxton ~ Voice Talent

    Ward Paxton ~ Voice Talent

    Screenshot of Ward Paxton's WordPress.com site has soundcloud and sample of audio books (website maintenance)
    wardpaxton.com

    wardpaxton.com

    Ward Paxton reads books for the likes of Audible.com! I am a big audio book fan so was happy to help with his WordPress.com site. Most of my clients are self-hosted WordPress.org. There are plus and minuses to everything.

    Ward demonstrates his voice talents with Sound Cloud. He also has an audio studio where he can produce voice for himself or others. A lot going on in this compact little website. My job was help with the styling.

    Responsive? somewhat
    Client since: 2014
    Problems solved: header size, styling, page length, content edits
    Referred by: search engine

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