web developer · ui designer · writer · speaker · list maker
Medialocate is a translation and internationalization firm servicing clients around the world.
Medialocate required a new web site to showcase their expansive, top-quality services and to share their expertise in internationalization.
The Medialocate web site was created in classic ASP using jQuery for advanced special effects and animations. Design was created by Mark Tapio Kines.
Tom Kolega is the author of the Contra Alliance trilogy.
Tom needed a blog that would allow him to interact with his fans and build a community around his labor of love – a trilogy of science fiction novels. He wanted to be able to maintain the site himself on an ongoing basis.
I worked as a consultant to help him install WordPress, built a custom theme, and showed him the ropes of managing a WordPress installation on his own.
“Natalie MacLees is a fantastic educator of blogging and WordPress capabilities/functionality. Combined with her ability to design original, top-rate themes, she can effectively enhance the online presence of any given project.” -Tom Kolega, Creator/Writer: The Contra Alliance Trilogy
The Contra Alliance blog is a customized WordPress installation that relies on a combination of plugins to allow nearly everything to be controlled from the admin panel, without knowing coding or requiring the modification of template files.
Tonya Spivey is a beautician based in Seattle, Washington.
Tonya wished to provide useful hair care and beauty information to her clients in the form of a blog. She also wanted to raise awareness of the variety of her services by rotating a featured service and provide photos of her work. She needed to be able to update everything on the site herself so that updates could be made as frequently as possible with no wait.
“I have worked with Natalie for the last year on my website and I have been very happy with her work. She has great design ideas if you need a starting point as well as open to expand on what you bring to the table. She has a great sense of color and flow of the website. I have been extremely happy with my website and have gotten many compliments on it. Natalie has been a joy to work with and I look forward to working with her on future projects.”
Tonya’s web site is a highly-customized WordPress template that allows her to update virtually the entire site without assitance from a web developer. Design by Alex White of The Creative Isle.
Touch of Class Car Wash, located in Hesperia, California, is a full-service car wash and detail center.
Touch of Class needed an easy way to post regular coupon specials and updates on their services.
Our web site has gotten a great response from our customers. We’re integrated with Google Maps so that travelers who use their GPS to search for a car wash find us. It’s really easy to update the coupons so that there’s always something new and a reason for our customers to come back.
A custom theme was created for WordPress to allow the client to easily post coupons and news items for their site.
S&S Auto Brokers of Huntington Beach, California offers a personal shopper service for cars. They take their clients’ requests to auto auctions where they bid for the best prices on behalf of their clients.
Because their service is unique, S&S Auto Brokers needed a web site to explain their services to potential clients. They also wanted to be able to provide timely tips on buying used cars and notify their customers of special deals.
“Natalie did my site about two years ago and it is still great. Her work is totally professional and her prices are the best.”
–Fred J Speaker President S&S Auto.
A custom theme was created for WordPress to provide an easy-to-use interface for adding tips on car buying and specials to the site.
Ninno DePatrick is an actor.
Ninno was in need of a simple web site that would give casting agents easy access to his resumé, headshots, and a sample video reel.
“I am amazed by the due diligence in Natalie’s originality of creation, customization, and up to date service accessibility in the development of my website.
“Soon I am need of another website and would be doing myself a disservice with the mere speculation in thought of not having Natalie ‘create’ for me yet again.”
Ninno’s web site is a simple static HTML web site. Flash is used to play the sample video reel.
In this case, the client was me.
A carpenter always builds his own house last, and my own web site was dreadfully out of date. It still used web-safe colors and static HTML pages that were tedious and troublesome to update. I needed a dynamic site that would be quick and easy to update with my latest work.
My to do list had long been the most popular part of my web site, but had been neglected because it was nearly impossible to keep updated, since marking an item completed involved manual updates of at least four different HTML files. I wanted a way to build a community around the list to draw people in and get them involved.
I’m excited about the features of the new site. Making it easy to update means it will always be updated and will feature my latest work at all times. I’m also excited to watch the unfolding of the to do list community.
Two highly-customized nested WordPress installations provide all the dynamic functionality I need.
