Oh I am so pleased with the site I just finished, and delighted that my client, Alice LaMoree, is too! She’s already gotten sweet feedback ranging from YUUUMMMYYY!!! to “Elegant and Professional”. That puts a smile on my face today. We began this site quite some time ago, but as we all know, “Life Happens” [...]
I recently updated Jannie Ledard’s website, www.jannieledardglassart.com, to show pieces in her stained glass section that have sold and adding a few new pieces. They’re spectacular and really deserve a look! We’ll be adding some new pieces to her fused glass jewelry page soon, I’ll post again when that’s ready. Meanwhile, I spent the weekend [...]
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Due to the special hosting needs of a new client, I discovered a killer new host called WPEngine that actually provides WordPress support. Not cheap, but a fantastic value for the price, providing larger WordPress-based single installations, multi-user and ecommerce sites with secure, fast and scalable servers and friendly, knowledgeable customer support.
I've done a lot of PayPal carts and will be happy to set one up for you, but some business owners need a merchant account and credit card payment gateway for their ecommerce sites. I did a lot of research on these for my most recent client and they chose Authorize.net.If you need a merchant account or payment gateway for your business, click my application link to learn more:
The WordPress developers below create custom WordPress blog themes. Working with WordPress security expert Mark Jaquith to keep their code secure and provide good customer support for you and your theme, some provide shopping cart plugins that support PayPal, Authorize.net and other payment gateways. I can further customize your theme and set everything up when you're ready to get started. Note that some developers create their custom themes upon frameworks such as Genesis and Thesis, which must be purchased separately.
StudioPress Themes for WordPress are the creators of the Genesis Framework and also produce a variety of great "child" themes to choose from. Have a look at the StudioPress Theme of the Month.
themedy codes clean, attractive WordPress themes and a shopping cart theme called ClipCart for reasonable prices.
Cart66 is a very flexible, customizable cart plugin for WordPress and other CMS systems which is approved for use with Authorize.net, PayPal and other credit card gateways.
Woo creates terrific themes and proprietary plugins for WordPress, including a free shopping cart plugin and gateway plugins.
Beautiful, clean and elegant themes from who else but Elegant Themes. Their Boutique theme works with Cart66.
Press75 creates a selection of great themes, including Acquisto, a new theme that works with Cart66.
iStockPhoto: Get royalty-free images to illustrate your site. Also a good place for artists, photographers and designers to distribute their work, with visibility to Getty Images. Of course I have connections with artists and photographers, too, so if you need something specific, contact me to see if a local creative has images that will work for you.
