Ron S. Doyle » Design Portfolio http://www.rondoylewrites.com Professional Freelance Writer and Web Designer Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:00:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Beyond Little House & The Homesteader Newsletter http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2010/02/04/beyond-little-house-the-homesteader-newsletter/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2010/02/04/beyond-little-house-the-homesteader-newsletter/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:39:18 +0000 Ron S. Doyle http://www.rondoylewrites.com/?p=2356 For this project, I updated a popular blog about Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder. I also integrated the sales site for The Homesteader Newsletter, the only full-color print newsletter about Wilder, into Beyond Little House.

A few key elements of the project:

  • Collaboration with several contributing writers in different locations
  • Establishing a more attractive and intuitive layout for both the reader and contributing writer
  • Adding several custom functions, including:
    • Paypal-based Shopping Cart
    • Dynamic content pages
    • Custom Contact Forms
  • I also spent considerable time consulting the client on best practices for blogging, organizational considerations, and marketing efforts.

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BeyondLittleHouse.com

BeyondLittleHouse.com

]]> http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2010/02/04/beyond-little-house-the-homesteader-newsletter/feed/ 0 TheIrrepressibleWriter.com http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/11/29/theirrepressiblewriter-com/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/11/29/theirrepressiblewriter-com/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:13:10 +0000 Ron S. Doyle http://www.rondoylewrites.com/?p=2324 This project, built nearly from scratch, created a blog-based book platform and writer portfolio site.  I designed the custom header graphic and a unique child theme based on the Hybrid framework by Justin Tadlock.

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]]> http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/11/29/theirrepressiblewriter-com/feed/ 1 WordCount: Freelancing in the Digital Age (MichelleRafter.com) http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/11/29/wordcount-freelancing-in-the-digital-age-michellerafter-com/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/11/29/wordcount-freelancing-in-the-digital-age-michellerafter-com/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:56:25 +0000 Ron S. Doyle http://www.rondoylewrites.com/?p=2309 This project migrated a heavily-visited, award-winning WordPress.com blog to its own domain.  I designed the title logo, created a custom child theme based on the Hybrid Theme framework by Justin Tadlock, and used a special method of redirecting the site that prevented any down time.

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Screen shot - Michelle Rafter's WordCount - After Redesign & Migration

]]> http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/11/29/wordcount-freelancing-in-the-digital-age-michellerafter-com/feed/ 0 WritersInnerJourney.com http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/09/15/writersinnerjourney-com/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/09/15/writersinnerjourney-com/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:25:03 +0000 Ron S. Doyle http://rondoylewrites.com/?p=2071 MeredithResnick.com.]]> This project migrated a popular site from Blogger to its own hosted domain. I created a magazine-style blog design, complete with graphical headers for each category department and recent post headers in the sidebar. Color scheme and typeface matched the author’s portfolio site, MeredithResnick.com.

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]]> http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/09/15/writersinnerjourney-com/feed/ 0 MyFaithProject.com http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/08/28/myfaithproject-com/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/08/28/myfaithproject-com/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:11:17 +0000 Ron S. Doyle http://rondoylewrites.com/?p=2062 This design project incorporated elements of the blogger’s personal portfolio site, JenniferHaupt.com.

Ron Doyle makes blogging fun, easy and affordable. He has a sensible approach to untangling the seemingly overwhelming task of setting up and maintaining a blog.

– Jennifer Haupt (www.myfaithproject.com)

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]]> http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/08/28/myfaithproject-com/feed/ 0 GettingMarriedonLongIsland.com http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/06/22/gettingmarriedonlongisland-com-2/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.rondoylewrites.com/2009/06/22/gettingmarriedonlongisland-com-2/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:53:14 +0000 Ron S. Doyle http://rondoylewrites.com/?p=2051 This project included a site migration from WordPress.com to a hosted domain where a previously designed page already existed. My tasks included migrating the site, optimizing for search engines, transferring affiliate ads, and creating a seamless integration with the original design work.

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Before redesign and migration from old location at http://gettingmarriedonlongisland.wordpress.com

Before redesign and migration from old location at http://gettingmarriedonlongisland.wordpress.com

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After site migration, remodeled to match appearance of previously designed "Ask Claudia" static page.

After site migration, and remodeling the CSS stylesheet to match the appearance of previously designed "Ask Claudia" static page.

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