Web Design Portfolio

BC Law (2012)

EB Consulting Group (2012)

Speek Blog (2012) ESLIM

ESLIM (2011)

Shawn Daniels Painting (2011)

ICW Martial Arts (2011) Rocktown Realty

Rocktown Rentals (2010)

Baney Media (2010) Mixing Bowl Restaurant

Mixing Bowl (2012) Cheapeake Strategy

Chesapeake Strategy (2010)

BC Law (2012)

http://thebclawfirm.com

BC Law provides a complete line of quality litigation services to clients in Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church, Virginia.

CMS (WordPress)
Design
Markup & CSS
JavaScript
PHP
Photography

BC Law needed a site that was easily updated and maintained without having to come back to me, so I built it using WordPress. All of the design and graphics are custom. I even took some of the photos.

EB Consulting Group (2012)

http://ebconsultinggroup.com

EB Consulting offers comprehensive human resources consulting, human resources outsourcing, and recruiting services.

CMS (CouchCMS)
Design
Markup & CSS
JavaScript
PHP

This project was a complete redesign of a Flash-based site. While the client was generally happy with the old site, they did not want to exclude visitors using devices that don't support Flash.

Old Site

Speek Blog (2012)

http://blog.speek.com

Speek is a startup looking to disrupt the teleconferencing market with a radically simple solution for conference calls.

CMS (WordPress)
Design
Markup & CSS
JavaScript
PHP

Speek wanted a self-hosted blog to replace their original version, which used Tumblr. They needed a simple, straightforward look that maintained consistency with the basic style of their site's main page.

ESLIM (2011)

http://eslim.org

ESLIM is a group of churches in Northern Virginia that offer ESL classes for immigrants.

CMS (WordPress)
Design
CSS
JavaScript

This project was a complete redesign of an older tables-based site. Because ESLIM wanted to be able to add and update content without going through me, I decided to use WordPress as a CMS

Old Site

Shawn Daniels Painting (2011)

http://shawndanielspainting.com

Shawn Daniels Painting offers high end custom paint jobs and home maintenance services.

Design
Markup
CSS
JavaScript
PHP

The SDP site uses cutting edge CSS techniques but degrades gracefully and is fully useable on Internet Explorer 6.

ICW Martial Arts (2011)

http://icwkicks.com

Inner Circle World Martial Arts is a family martial arts program based in Northern Virginia.

CMS (WordPress)
Design
CSS
JavaScript

Rocktown Rentals (2010)

http://rocktownrentals.com

Rocktown Rentals is a property management company based in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Design
Markup
CSS
JavaScript
PHP

This is a redesign of an older site that was functional but looked a little dated. The Rocktown Rentals site integrates two external systems for viewing available rentals properties and paying rent online.

Old Site

Baney Media (2010)

http://baneymedia.com

Baney Media is a full-service media production company that specializes in documentary programming. They are based in Arlington, Virginia.

Design
Markup
CSS
JavaScript
PHP

Mixing Bowl (2012)

http://mixingbowltysons.com

Mixing Bowl Restaurant, a Korean restaurant in Northern Virginia's Tysons Corner Mall.

Design
Markup
CSS
PHP
JavaScript

Chesapeake Strategy (2010)

http://csimd.com

Chesapeake Strategy, Inc. developments scalable web applications.

Design
Markup
CSS
JavaScript

CSI wanted a simple, easy-to-digest site with some basic information about their business.

About Chris Herbert

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I am a DC-area native and current DC resident. I've been interested in technology since 1987, when my parents bought their first PC.

For the last two years I've been heavily involved in freelance web design and development. At this point I'm very familiar with HTML and CSS, and I have a foundation in scripting languages like JavaScript and PHP.

I code by hand. WYSIWYG editors are not for me. My Mac code editor of choice is Coda, although I'm still in the process of getting used to the second version. If I'm on a PC, I like to use Notepad++. My preferred application for image editing, mockups and wireframes is Adobe Fireworks, although I'm also pretty good with Photoshop. For photography, I like Adobe Lightroom.

I pursue cross-platform and cross-browser compatibility whenever reasonable. That means that I won't spend 15 hours trying to get a site pixel perfect in Internet Explorer 6, but I will do my best to ensure that users stuck on very old browsers can still access the content. I use virtual machines to test my sites on Mac, Windows, and Linux operating systems. When possible, my sites "degrade gracefully" and remain functional and attractive without CSS3, HTML5, or JavaScript. While I don't always create mobile versions of my sites, I do make sure that they can be used comfortably on modern smartphones and tablets. I'm also a stickler for sites that load quickly even on slower cellular connections. You will never see an 800KB PNG file on a site that I create.

For metrics and stats, I typically use Google Analytics. I've dealt with many different web hosts and domain registrars. I've helped to build simple e-commerce sites using PayPal as a processor.