Catmachine Design

Web Design, Development and Consultancy

I can build you a website that is easy to use, fully responsive, accessible and attractive or can advise you about optimising and enhancing your existing online presence.

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About

If you need to promote yourself, your business or your projects, I can help you get the most out of your material online.

Whether you're looking for a brand new website or simply to have your current website brought up to scratch with regard to current best practices in User Experience (UX), I will ensure that you end up with something eye catching, attractive, accessible, responsive, readable and affordable.

Background

I am a web developer, graphic designer and information manager with over twenty five years experience building and maintaining web sites and apps from full stack LAMP CMSes with database backends to frontend client-side apps using HTML, CSS and JS frameworks.

I am skilled at technical testing of web sites and apps across multiple devices and platforms as well as troubleshooting any errors.

I am focussed on ensuring that web sites and apps follow WCAG accessibility guidelines and approach this issue from a universal design perspective. I am fully aware of and can advise on both the technical details required to meet the WCAG standards and the advantages having such a web site will give you.

Skills

I have experience of web design from accessibility and using many languages and software packages including:

  • HTML, CSS & Javascript
  • JQuery, VueJS and other frameworks
  • PHP & mySQL
  • LESS, Bootstrap
  • Adobe Creative Suite especially Photoshop and InDesign

I am also skilled at editing, writing editorial and blogs, copywriting instructions and prompts plus proofing written content as well as being able to offer consultancy and training on any of the above.

Training and consultancy

Whatever your needs are (use the form in the contact section for queries) I can deliver one-to-one training and consultancy to suit them. My multi disciplinary background means I take a holistic view of the whole process of developing a project and have the skills to make valuable contributions to all aspects.

I have 25 years' experience delivering one-to-one support and training and can advise on many topics including:

  • Understanding accessibility requirements, why they're important and how to implement them on your website.
  • Making the most of Responsive Web Design (RWD) and how to optimise your site across devices and platforms.
  • The best ways to use social media and help devise a strategy for your business or your own projects.

I can write succinct, comprehensible copy for the web or advise you on how to do this yourself. I can also deliver one-to-one training and consultancy.

Please contact me if you have a query about any of the above.

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