Websites from Essential Bits, Inc.

Portfolio

Here are examples of websites Carol has created or maintains. You can see that each design is unique to the client’s business. Most of these websites are “responsive,” meaning they adapt themselves automatically to display well on phones, tablets, desktops etc.

Friends of the Library Website Makover: losaltoslibraryfriends.org had a good-looking website already, but it was created from custom code that was difficult for the volunteers to update. Just launched in November 2016, the new website lets the new web team […]

Library Friends Website Makeover

November 28, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

This landscape designer’s website looked great but we didn’t know how to update it and the original developer was too busy to help her. I converted the website into Joomla with a new home page slideshow highlighting her best work. […]

Showing Off Best Garden Designs

November 26, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

We know that even in the days of Yelp, Facebook and LinkedIn, a website is important to provide credibility for our business. This Cupertino plumber had no control over his aging website. I combined his advertising text and excellent Yelp […]

New Slideshow and Photo Gallery

November 24, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

Bicycle Exchange was growing, and spinning off from its parent Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition meant they needed a website of their own. A few “regular volunteers” designed the website’s content and I implemented the new website, at bikex.org. Features include: […]

New Website for Growing Non-Profit

November 22, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

Bicycle Exchange opened a branch in Santa Cruz, and they needed their own website to recruit volunteers. I created a very simple 3-page website for the group. The lead organizer and other volunteers provided photos and helped to create images […]

Recruit Volunteers for New Non-Profit

November 20, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

In 2014 this non-profit needed to find a new web developer, especially because it was time to migrate their Joomla website from 2.5 to 3.x. The necessary Joomla 2.5 template was not available for Joomla 3.x, but they wanted to […]

Upgrade Large Joomla Website

November 18, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

Graphic Designer Sharmila R. needed a new portfolio website. She was pleased to learn that the latest Joomla templates let us create one web design that automatically adjusts its layout based on the size of the viewing device. Her new […]

Graphic Designer’s Portfolio

November 16, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

This well-designed website needed an upgrade from Joomla 2.5 to 3.x, with the current template not available for Joomla 3.x. I chose a replacement template and customized it to preserve the tasteful look the original designer had created. Over time […]

Joomla Migration for Glen Canyon Properties

November 14, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

This San Jose attorney had several YouTube videos of himself being interviewed on a local TV show, along with high quality photos taken by a friend. He wanted to put these together into a website advertising his business. Also he […]

Website for Attorney Including Videos

November 12, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

An ultrasound engineer wanted the simplicity of a static HTML website that he could update later (rather than a website built with a CMS like Joomla). I selected an appropriate template from ThemeForest and adapted it to suit Chris’ content, including […]

All the Right Features

November 10, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

Neuroscience consultant Dr. Kenneth W. had outgrown his website that originally presented science experiments as an aid to grade-school teachers. He needed a website that focused on his research and publications on “brain-considerate” learning environments. He kept the domain name […]

Place for Publications and Conference Slides

November 8, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson

Or … Fun with Carol’s Favorite Joomla Templates Protostar: Both Glen Canyon Properties and Jonathan Sweet Law websites use Joomla’s built-in Protostar template, along with an old version of the SPARC website that I developed. Using the Joomla CSS override […]

Custom Looks That Match Your Business

November 6, 2016 in Portfolio by mattsson