All text, graphics, & designs on this page are copyright ○ 2010 By David P. Miller and David Miller Web Designs PORTFOLIO - PAGE 2 Here we have the second page of our portfolio of the many of the websites we have created. There are probably a dozen more sites that we have created that have come to the end of their usefulness and are no longer online. For each website listed, we have a description of the principal purpose of that website, and note when you can observe special features on that site. If you click on the screenshot of the sites listed, you will be taken directly to that site so you can explore it at your leisure. Marin Burch’s Professsional Translations This site is the principal contact site for professional translator and educator Marin Burch's services for journal article preparation and submission assistance, standardized test comprehension and response coaching, standardized test essay writing coaching services, and other essential business English services for (mostly) native Japanese speakers. This site is still in the development stages, and should demonstrate significant growth in the future. The Quality Teaching Initiatives Institute This site provides the primary worldwide presence of the Institute. There are pages on the site that outline who they are, their vision and mission statements, focus areas, seminars available, standards and specifications, certifications, research, plans, structure, and more. This site is a good illustration of an information-only website. The Quality Educational Video Group This is the primary sales site for educational videos from the Quality Educational Video Group. This site is done in Dreamweaver, and has several embedded videos in it. The site also has links to sales pages, it has information pages, and a visitor information page. Business Automation Solutions This is the oldest site I've done that is still active. It dates from circa 1997, and has been moved to several different hosts. Much of the design and formatting has been lost on the transfer between hosts. That's one of the reasons I now do my own hosting. The information on the site is still valid, but the site desperately needs a redesign. Since the business is a sideline for the site owner, he's not in any hurry to do the upgrade. The Project Sousa Organization Website There is a lot of band music available in the Public Domain. Project Sousa is gathering it and making it available for free to everyone. The current version of this site is built on the Drupal content management system, which requires admin approval for someone to join, and restricts access to inner pages to those people who have been approved to join. This cuts down dramatically on the number of spam submissions to the comments area. The Snicko.com Gateway Website This is my own personal home page. It is where I have my browser's home page set, primarily because it has links to almost any other page I might want to go to. Things to notice about this page are * Google Ads and Affiliate Links. One way to monetize a website (meaning to make money from it) is to carry ads. * Integrated Verse Of The Day. I wanted a new Bible verse each day, and came across a site that furnishes it so that it is automatically updated each day on my site. * "Glass" Graphic In The Header. I designed this graphic myself, using Xara Xtreme software, as an experiment in designing a plexiglas-appearing signboard. I think it turned out pretty well. To continue with PAGE 3 of our portfolio, click this button: The Burkes Group Insurance Agency This website is for an independent insurance agent who is an associate of another agency for whom we built a website. The owner of this agency liked his associate’s website so much he told me he wanted his website to look just like the other one, so we built it that way, and simply changed the text to reflect the uniqueness of his business, and he was up and online in just a few days. Outdoor Living Solutions Outdoor Living Solutions is a business that provides home outdoor mosquito (and other pest) control. They have seven different types of solutions they offer, ranging from special misters installed around the yard to integrating pest control and fertilization into a home’s existing sprinkler system to actually installing these irrigation systems for homes that need them. We provided a full page for each system (listed on the SERVICES page) for a total of ten pages on the website, which he received for a package price for the entire build. This customer saved quite a bit of money on his website package by supplying all the text and photographs for his site. Home | About Us | Services | Page Types | Price Inquiry | FAQ | Portfolio 2 | Testimonials | Contact Us Custom Creations, Inc. of Mississippi This company had a website they built themselves on a business website hosting site - they had built it from a template and had done a fairly good job, but it wasn’t a professionally-designed site, and it wasn’t optimized for search engines to find them. They realized their website needed help, so they began to look for someone to help them. They came to David Miller Web Designs to get their site totally redesigned, rebuilt, and optimized for search engines, and now they’re very happy with their new site. One of the things with which they are most happy is the fact that they’re saving a LOT of money - they will now pay less than 20% of what they used to pay for their site hosting. Ponderosa Fence And Gate This website is owned by the same people as Custom Creations of Mississippi, above, and so it has a nearly identical design - only the colors, pictures, and text are different. This is what the clients wanted, and they are happy with the results. This site, like the Custom Creations site mentioned in the previous paragraph, is a solid, basic, business website. It has a home page to greet people when they arrive at the site, an “About Us” page to let their potential customers know they’re real people and not some faceless corporation, a series of “Products” pages describing the products they offer, a “Testimonials” page, with actual quotes from satisfied customers, and a “Contact Us” page to help potential customers get in touch with them for more information. The site is clean and straightforward, and serves a definite business purpose, to put potential customers in touch with the businesses. Integrity Insurance Group This website was designed to take advantage of the latest Web 2.0 design protocols. This site uses commercial photographs and high quality graphics integration to build a site the draws the visitor in, to read the text on the page and to click on the buttons to learn more about what is being offered, and eventually, to contact the site owner for more information about the products offered here. This site not only uses advanced design protocols, but also utilizes high-level copywriting to ensure the best user experience and the highest conversion rates (this is when a visitor to the site actually takes action, such as asking for more information, instead of leaving without action).