Recent Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n– Built a Woocommerce store from scratch, with full credit card payment, Interac transfers, and shipping. Featured over 300 products and a\u00a0dynamic design. Since launch, this online shop has done over 600k gross sales.<\/p>\n
– Work with four different web design companies as their tech go-to for when things get tricky (Site moves, security, DNS, email issues, WordPress\/Woocommerce functionality).<\/p>\n
– Did a complete overhaul of a Wildlife rescue site (replacing an 8-year-old system), which included new forum software and a fancy WordPress front end.<\/p>\n
– Developed 40 site intranet using WordPress Multisite.<\/p>\n
– Reinvented a designer’s internet presence after their old web host went completely under with no notice. New Email, new WordPress site, new Shopify site.<\/p>\n
– Ongoing maintenance work on over 40 separate WordPress sites, including: backups, WordPress core, theme and plugin updates.<\/p>\n
– Site optimization for better Google Search results has become wildly popular. I’m pretty good at it.<\/p>\n
– Moved more sites between servers than I can remember.<\/p>\n
Older stuff that makes me smile!<\/strong><\/p>\n– Calendar syncing with Blackberrys<\/p>\n
– Emergency installs (DNS, hosting, website, email)<\/p>\n
– Troubleshooting Filemaker Pro<\/p>\n
– SEO Demystification<\/p>\n
– Moving ancient COBOL-based web applications to responsive, PHP based platforms.<\/p>\n
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