Web Site Design

Every site I design:

• Presents information clearly, organized so search engines see your content first (menus, footers, etc afterwards)
• Is easy to maintain, add pages, or change the look. Has clean HTML and CSS style sheets, so any web developer can add to or maintain it (no special software needed). If you know basic HTML and CSS, and minimal PHP, you can maintain the site.
• Has minimal HTML, keeping formatting in CSS styles. Templates (with simple HTML and CSS) control the layout, instead of needing multiple layers of complex nested tables that so many web designers use. Some designers use such complex code (or use software that generates it), that modifications are so much more difficult!
• Looks good on screens from laptops to web cell phones, and also easy for low-vision people to use it. Users control the font sizes to their liking. Colors match, using artist color theory. Your visitors use a menu item to pick the color scheme they like best.
• Easily change from 2-column to 3-column layouts, whichever looks better for each page. Cell phone browsers will automatically see everything single column (less scrolling around for them).
• No need for multiple versions of the site for cell phones, or incompatible browsers. Proper use of standards-compliant HTML and CSS makes that unnecessary.
• Uses contact forms that spammers can't use to send mail to others, and that do not reveal your email address to spammers.
• Can be printed clearly, without items that don't make sense printed (such as menus, ads, and social networking buttons) and showing link locations.
  
• Since so many people and companies need to have multiple web sites, I design all the common elements (form processors, style sheets, autoresponders, affiliate product ads, etc.) so they can be re-used by each site, all on the same web hosting account. No needing to re-install programs every time you make a new site! No more making sure that each little change you make (to a style sheet, or your basic signup form, or...) gets uploaded to every site, every time.
• Has repeated information (for example menus, contact information, sign up forms, page footer and copyright) in separate files so changes in one place show throughout the site. Individual pages can display different menus, sign up forms, etc. simply by including a different file.
• I develop and test on a separate location than what is published on the www, so you can approve all changes (and to avoid any glitches your visitors could see).

Have an Old Website?

Many businesses have outdated web sites, perhaps written in FrontPage, that do not look modern, are difficult to maintain, and do not include the social networking necessary for marketing in today's environment. Convert an Old Website to Modern Design

Here are some sites I have developed, in addition to this one:

• Center for Responsible Nanotechnology http://crnano.lernerconsult.com (Still being updated before republishing, I redid the layout and made the site easier to maintain. Converted over 150 pages from FrontPage table-based layout to flexible CSS style sheets. Old layout: www.crnano.org)
• Alternative to Meds Center (Made site easier to modify and added many pages, and improved search engine ranking. Set up blog, with search engine enhancements.) www.alternativetomedscenter.com
• A video conferencing sales site (The original web designer used special layout software that made the site extremely difficult to add pages or even display enough information to properly present all a product's features. I re-designed the layout, added products and re-wrote the text to present products well.) www.vcivideo.com

I have full web site development software, including DreamWeaver and a development web server on my laptop, for developing and testing web sites off the Internet. But I show people how to make web sites using free tools, easily.

Let's discuss what you want on your web site, and what having people see your web site will do for you and your business. Contact me

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