Web Design
Elegant, easy-to-use web sites coded to W3C standards.
I take pride in my talent for creating web sites that are not only easy to use, but easy on the eyes.
What can I do for you?
I offer a complete suite of web design services. The following services apply whether you want the usual HTML/CSS site, or something developed in Flash.
New design
I'll take your design from the initial requirements gathering stage to its launch on the web or your corporate intranet.
Redesign
Have an existing site that needs a design upgrade? I can re-code the site while keeping a similar look and feel, or I can redesign the look and feel from the ground up.
Usability study
I can conduct a usability study on your site and recommend ways to enhance it immediately.
Publishing consulting
I'll reserve your domain name, find you the right web host on which to publish your site, and register your site with the most popular search engines on the web.
Ongoing maintenance
Whether or not I developed your site, I can maintain it with regular content updates and coding tweaks.
Save money with standards-based design
Not many web designers understand how standards-based design can save their clients money. I do. I know it reduces costly maintenance, saves on bandwidth charges, and makes your site accessible to non-traditional browsers.
Reduce bandwidth charges
Many web site hosting companies charge you extra fees if your site goes above your allotted bandwidth. I can reduce these fees by doing away with eye candy graphics that add no value to your site, and writing lean markup code that doesn't bog down your server each time customers open your site.
Give users a pleasant experience
Usable sites must draw your customer's eye and mouse to the items you want to sell or the information you want to convey. I design usable web sites by making them intuitive and well-organized, so that your customers aren't clicking everywhere on the page in a frustrating attempt to find what they're looking for.
Cheaper, quicker to upgrade
My web sites use a common style sheet across all pages. For example, this enables you to increase the font-size of the text on every page of your site -- even sites with hundreds of pages -- by changing one value on a single style sheet. Common style sheets make your site easy to update, reducing the time spent on costly upgrades.
Gain a wider audience
I design accessible web sites. Accessible web sites are compatible with non-traditional browsers, which means you can view them on PDAs, mobile phones, and voice interfaces for the blind.
KristineSteiner.com
This site emphasizes content over design. The client wanted her portofolio to be the focus, so I created a site with minimal "bells and whistles" that made her clothing photos the center of attention.
Excel-Cast
Excel-Cast is an example of how I can make your design ideas a reality. The client gave me paper sketches and detailed design instructions, which I used to develop a site that matched his vision.
Some designers try to pressure you into accepting their design ideas. Not me. I'll offer suggestions, but it's your site -- I'll design it the way you want.
ShopSEARS
A clean design that emphasizes content and usability over flashiness (sensing a pattern here?). This site looks the exact same on a computer as it does on a portable device like the iPhone or iPad.
Kmart Manager Academy
The clients wanted to display a lot of content in an intuitive and clean format. This is what I came up with.
Food Safety Fundamentals
I used Flash to develop web-based training programs (WBT) that enabled Kmart store associates to learn key concepts over the Internet, making it unnecessary to send corporate trainers to individual stores.