There are also several large image galleries of their products; which include decorative street lights, bollards, sports lighting (and netting), urban clocks, and even urban Christmas decorations! They also offer site amenities such as park benches, trash receptacles and more.

It was a privilege to be able to create this new website and work with their awesome staff.

The most major is my new theme! I have created a child theme using the Thematic WordPress Framework. I call the theme “tuxedo” (the original theme was in black and white and it looked sort of well… formal) and I’m also offering it for free download!

Secondly, I have added three free offers in order to gain more client leads and interaction, and to build up my portfolio of work. I hope with the SEO work that I’ve been doing and some other promotional work I will begin shortly, I’ll also begin to rank higher for the keyword phrase SEO in Canada.

If I can climb to page one for these terms, then it should just be a matter of tweaking my website to get the best possible conversion rate. In this way I intend to garner projects by way of these targeted leads. I’ve always believed in the power of organic search engine optimization – for many reasons. I’m now putting that to the test going up against as many as 150 other web pages for these terms!

I will chart my progress here.

I’m still using the awesome theme “ThreatToCreativity” by theme author Maxisnow, and even after a couple years I am still loving it. It took a bit of tweaking to make it the way I like it, but what theme doesn’t! Kudos Max. One day I may decide to go with (or design) a new theme, but for now I’m happy.

I also improved the payment options, making them more clear and taking a couple of things out.

Go have a look!

My client, Regina Case, is a registered clinical counsellor with office locations in Langley, Surrey, and Burnaby, BC. She asked me to convert her website onto the WordPress publishing platform and make appropriate changes necessary to help with maximizing exposure online. This also includes creating an effective SEO strategy to promote an ongoing improvement in website visibility and traffic.

Advanced Therapeutic Counselling (or ATC for short) is an excellent resource if you are looking for a counsellor in Langley, Surrey, Coquitlam and Burnaby, BC.

They have a variety of favourable client testimonials and a clear overview of their practices and areas of expertise. Regina is a member of a number of associations which add to her credibility and speak of the deep commitment to her work. She is also a published author; co-writing an article which was recently published in the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors ‘Insights into Clinical Counselling’ magazine which is published three times per year.

If you’re in the lower mainland and you’re in need of an experienced and highly competent therapist and clinical counsellor, call Regina Case at Advanced Therapeutic Counselling.

Simple Method is also great for WordPress designers and design groups who want to farm out their support to a third party. They are creating a compelling affiliate program to allow designers to do what they love (design), without needing to offer advanced support for weeks months and years after a project is completed (many times they offer this support without any pay).

He’s a truly gifted photographer…

I would recommend also visiting his main website found here: David Emond Photography Website. You can even buy prints!

His work is excellent for home and office decor, or for a gift. If you want to see something fresh and new go ahead and check it out.

Hi my wife and I have started a new personal blog called “The Fancy Life“.

The reason we started it was that we enjoyed, or rather had a running joke that the things we did were very “fancy”. How does something become fancy? Just adding a tiny bit of fancy to a regular event makes the whole thing fancy in our estimation.

It will have numerous categories from travel, work, holidays, friends, fun, and of course things about how we follow the Lord Jesus and where he leads us. This could include any/all of these categories. I hope you enjoy the blog and the photos that we will post there. Please consider yourself a friend if you find it. Thanks, and bless you!

URL = http://thefancylife.com

Hi! I’m excited to share the new project that I have joined. Marketing online is a huge (massive) field that has oodles of experts, tools, resources, and services.

As I posted a few months ago I had started doing my own website design. This led to a hook up with a couple of fine gentlemen who together now form what is called “Simple Method“. Please check out our website to get more info. The core concept is WordPress training and support, as well as information about great tools and resources, including hosting and domain management, plugins, updates, email marketing, SEO, Etc., together under one banner.

I just finished a project for a ‘Home Staging’ business called “The Little House Company”. They are based out of the Sunshine Coast area in British Columbia.

It was a pleasure to work with this client, and I am most likely doing a second project with her for a B&B.

Anyway I’m pretty satisfied with the results. You can see the page at this link: Home Staging Company British Columbia

Thanks that’s it for this post.

To be clear, I am now using the theme ‘Elegant Grunge’; but have created a second ‘child’ theme on which I will perform any customization of theme that I may wish.

I must say it was quite straightforward to do, and I today I made my first change in the style sheet! (albeit a minor font size change…)

This is more of an exercise in the concept – I have read that it can make any theme updates less painful (so that one doesn’t lose their customization when updating the parent theme). I’m just glad to see it working.

For a great guide on creating your own child themes look here » How to make a child theme for WordPress: A pictorial introduction for beginners. Note the recommendation of using FF Firebug add-on. It’s pretty cool.