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I’m a web designer, developer and blogger.  I’ve been coding websites by hand since 1995, and I’ve been doing it as a full-time professional since 2005.

I’m an expert with standards-based XHTML and CSS and my specialties include WordPress (I build custom WordPress themes), custom gallery sites, and boutique ecommerce sites,particularly with FoxyCart.  I owned a web retail business for 9 years and have first-person experience with ecommerce that most web designers can’t match.

I think that good web design is mostly invisible. That is, when someone first sees it, they should think ‘that’s beautiful,’ but when they use it, it should be invisible. Nothing should come between the visitor and the goals you’ve set for them based upon your client’s needs – not confusing navigation, or text that’s hard to read, unexpected distractions, or colors that clash. Bad web design makes me cringe, but good web design effortlessly walks the fine line between form and function.

My company, Red Kite Creative, builds websites for businesses of all types. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of  photography and gallery sites; I really enjoy showing off an artist’s work. What I do:

• Handcode semantic HTML/CSS
• User-centered website design
• WordPress custom theme builder
• Custom galleries
• Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (4-year design degree)
• Joomla, WordPress, CMSms and other CMS platforms
• FoxyCart, OptionCart and other ecommerce platforms
• Working knowledge of several Javascript libraries
• Cross-browser compatibility testing
• Accessibility
• Online marketing and SEO

Red Kite supports its clients with SEO services, website maintenance, green hosting, our newsletters and other marketing tools. We also support Kiva by funding a new loan for each contract signed.

My mantra is ‘clean design’, and my ultimate goal is an empowered client. I want my clients to take ownership of their websites and use them to support and build their client base, just like I do, because I believe that a great website is most likely the single best business tool they’re going to ever have.

Little-known fact: I won an award from the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the mapping portion of an urban trails plan.

Please feel free to get in touch with me at any time. Hire me. Ask for references. I’m a valuable resource to have on your team.

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Debbie