BlackIsleMusic.com: A remake of one of the first static html websites I built, this time using Word Press to enable the musicians to manage their own site.
In April of 2020, we applied a new theme, Astra, and the Elementor editor for a whole new look.
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Michael Millard at Froggy Bottom Guitars makes some of the finest handbuilt steel string acoustic guitars in the world. Continue Reading
The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing : This site features class information and online registration, a PayPal store and mailing list sign up with Vertical Response. In the 2019 version, online learning options are included via LifterLMS, Astra theme and Elementor editor.
The site owner has taken over maintaining and developing this site, after ten years of working with me, learning as much as she could.
New England Fiddler and Folk Singer, Lissa Schneckenburger: Once again, Lissa had a new cd coming out, and wanted her site redesigned to celebrate the cd-release.
Guilford Community Church: The Guilford Church has an active music program, youth program and things happening at the church just about every day of the year. They needed a site that could be easily updated and that could provide links to partners in their community outreach efforts. Redone in 2019 in WordPress with theme from ChurchThemes – with even more capacity for future development, the site has an events calendar, a sermon archive and mp3s of the choir.
Wanting to help out U.S. based users of The Events Calendar, I tracked down a place to set the default country.
wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Default_Values.php
I changed this:
public function country() {
return array( '','');
}to this:
public function country() {
return array( '','United States');
}United States is preselected, and a selection of states is generated. All other countries are still available, should they be needed.
It appears other defaults could be set as well, but I didn’t try it.
This file will need to be re-modified when updates are applied, as it is not in a location that can be accomplished with a template override.
One of my original clients, All Seasons Tree Service, was ready for an update. We went from a static site of 5 or 6 pages, to a single page design that is responsive, fresh looking and mobile friendly. When the need for frequent updates is absent, it’s good to find a solution that doesn’t require a database or ongoing updates to software and plugins.
A separate site for my client Peter Amidon’s digital download site where he offers pdfs of his choral arrangements of traditional and original music. We had been selling pdfs via his other site and ejunkie, but here went with selling digital AND physical products using WooCommerce, storing the files on Amazon S3.
Our dear friend, Jen Gray, runs Bonne Terre Louisiana, the best vacation / retreat rental in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. I helped her with a Word Press site that ties in with Instagram and Airbnb.
Hallowell is a chorus of volunteer singers trained to practice the therapeutic art of singing for the dying. Continue Reading