I’ve spent the past few days buried in HTML code, PHP, Javascript and doing a whole mess of Image Manipulation.  I’ve done over 40 different websites and themes for WordPress.  Either recreating them from scratch or updating and modifying them.

I’ve been tinkering with website design since 1997 and started putting my skills to use when I first put CastleRain online in 1999.  Since then, I’ve built and rebuilt this website numerous times over.

Up until a couple of years ago, I never really took my web design skills very seriously.  Even then, it took getting better tools and perfecting my skills with tools I’ve been using for a long time, to get to where I am now.  I’m kicking some incredible ass!!

Just to show off what I’ve been doing:

• Totally redesigned and updated my Design/Demo site!
• Recolored and made my Cafe Comfort demo!
• Completely rebuilt my CoolBlue PC demo!
• Recoded all my WordPress Theme Demos (currently 39 themes)!
• All new theme for my WordPress for Business Demo!
• Built three new websites.  One for myself, one for a project I’d like to accomplish and one for a new customer!

To top it off, all the work I’ve done and everything is now mobile friendly!

I’m seriously considering doing this full time.  It’s a blast and I don’t have to teach people things.  They just give me a place to upload the files and databases.  Maybe I will start getting into web development, but one thing at a time for now.

Check all my stuff out and tell me what you think!

Well it’s just about 2011, and as with the new year I give to you my new look.  I think I’m getting pretty good at WordPress theme design.  If you’d like a custom Website or WordPress theme, you can hire me for it.  My prices are extremely reasonable in comparison to others found on the web and locally.

This theme is a bit more work than to maintain than others, but that’s because the background changes using pictures of my favorite things.  Much like the header does.  Though not used as a focal point.

This site has a load of themes I threw together and some examples of my HTML sites are located here and here.  It also shows off some of the custom graphic work I can do