I am Looking for a Good WordPress and CSS/PHP Designer to Hire for Projects
August 14, 2005
I have hundreds of webpages, and many websites on the Net, under
the banner of Green Way Research.
Green Way Research has served up over 10 million webpages since 1995. I
have very good positions
in all the search engines.
All my websites are non-profit, hobbyist, labors of love for
me. I make less than $100 per quarter
from Amazon.
All of my webpages are in simple html. I write with
FrontPage 2000. In 2006, I plan to purchase
and learn
Dreamweaver MX 2004, as well as advance my knowledge of CSS and PHP. I'm a
librarian
and manager by profession, semi-retired,
into research and writing more than coding.
My Spirit of Gardening website is the most popular.
I maintain an on-line journal, called the Valley
Spirit Journal. It is a catch-all for my notes,
collecting, ideas, finds, leads, daily notes, etc..
I started a blog with WordPress, called Green
Way. It will feature a quote with a few comments
each day, and
selected links with comments. Topics: gardening, green way philosophy,
mindfulness,
nature mysticism, Taoism, nature lore, green wizardry, nature studies, garden lore, ecology, etc..
I used
WordPress for the first time
on 8/5/05, after I got a new web host: BlueHost. I hate writing
in that little dinky editor in WordPress so I write in FrontPage, as usual, and
cut and paste the code
into WordPress. Must be a better way?
So, for a starter:
I'm looking for a person skilled in WordPress who can help me with design and implementation.
I need an attractive new blog template for Green Way.
Generally I like dark colored print on a white background.
However, I am very open to other color
combinations that provide for good contrast of text to background. My
older readers need good sharp
contrast to read comfortably.
Fewer links on the main page might be better, with some sitemap link to open up more detailed
link sidebars. I
do however, link a lot.
Something in a green flavor might be appropriate, considering the theme.
I liked some of the one column theme pages, centered, with lots of room for a centered
quote
and them comments in a larger type font. I don't favor tiny type
fonts - I just can't read them
very well. I have lots of older readers. How do I get two
spaces between sentences. I hate it when
the text gets squeezed together. I like a smidge more space between
lines.
I need a feedback/contact/respond form.
I'd like to try using some plug-in for making footnotes.
My wife, Karen, and I just started our Coppermine Photo
Gallery. We take lots of photos and
plan to have this area grow more in 2006. Can we somehow integrate
Coppermine in with WordPress?
I need some graphics/artwork for the blog (see
below). Dividers
between posts. Pull together graphics.
Clever transitions or link dividers.
I need someone who can install needed plugins, get me up and running,
answer questions, and
provide some guidance.
I seeking a knowledgeable person who I can do business with in the
future. I plan to use the hourly wage
I get from teaching yoga ($20 per hour), to pay this person $30 or more per
hour.
What would these kinds of services cost? How do we make arrangements for payments? Terms?
Then, if relations go well, onto other projects:
2. Spirit of Gardening Homepage.
I need something new, beautiful, functional, and fitting for the
entry/homepage/portal/splash page.
Something I can add to or modify occasionally. Maybe in CSS for
the homepage?
Some graphics/artwork for the site. I've used the same flower.gif since 1999.
3. Cloud Hands Homepage
T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Chi Kung website.
Contact Form
I need a contact/respond/inquiry/mail form designed and implemented for
this blog. I would also like to
use the new mail form to replace my current clunky and blunt mail
webpage. I'd like to keep
spiders from grabbing my email and keep the junk mail down? Could I modify
it myself? I want
the mail form to give me information
about what webpage or website of mine that the reader is
referring to or using when they send me an email - probably a check box section
on a mail form.
I want an auto responder thank you note sent to people who send me an
email. I'd like the email
sent to my POP3 email account. (I get lots of positive email; and, I need
a better method for
helping my readers communicate with me.) I'm not thinking so much
about gathering comments to
my posts, which would be OK, but implementing an email communication
form.
Formatting:
Maybe a drop down box to select the website they came from.
_____________________ A box for entering text information.
The results from this form should be sent to: feedback62@egreenway.com
After they send their email to me, I'd like them sent to: www.egreenway.com/weblog/
They will automatically get a autoresponder thank you email message.
I would like this contact/feedback form to be filed at: www.egreenway.com/mail.htm
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Green Way
Hello, welcome to my contact and feedback form.
I welcome
your comments, suggestions, and contributions.
Thank you very much for taking the time to write and share,
Mike Garofalo
First Name ____________________________
Last Name ______________________________________________ (Optional)
Your Website: _______________________________________________ (Optional)
Your Email: _________________________________________________ (Optional)
Which one of my websites did you last visit:
Spirit of Gardening
Haiku Poetry
T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Zen
Concrete Poetry
Qigong
Green Way Blog
Valley Spirit Journal
Yoga or Meditation
Other
Can I use the comments, link, citation, and/or graphic that
you are sending me
on one
of my webpages?
Yes ______ No
________
Are you willing to exchange links?
Yes _______ No
_________
Your comments or suggestions:
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Thank You!
SUBMIT-Button
Green Way Research The Spirit of Gardening Mind-Body Arts Poetry Zen
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I loved the artwork/photo above I found at www.ollaflowers.com.
The above was an idea for a image header for the Green Way blog.
I have not yet asked the artist if I could purchase the rights to use this
image.
Other ideas are fine by me.
Michael Garofalo
530-528-2054