Sample WebSite Designs

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and so it is with web page designs. Are my designs attractive enough to achieve the first step toward retaining visitors to your website? That is for you and your customers to decide. An attractive page will certainly aid in retention but it is only the first step.

Here is a sampling of some of my designs and page layouts. They are presented in roughly reverse chronological order. The last one shown is, in fact, my first website, circa September 1997. Has my design technique evolved and improved? Do the designs fit the businesses and those businesses' customers? That's your call.

Thanks for taking time to look.

  • Esthetiques by Michelle
    A one-page website. Collapsible panels are used to deliver a lot of text without making the page look text-heavy. Link
  • Inland Empire Business Capital
    This independently-owned business provides capital solutions to small businesses.
  • Electronic Payment Consulting
    This was a major makeover focusing on converting the text message from a "We" to a "You" focus. Link
  • Hypnosis Training & Certification
    The Integrative Empowerment Group provides several levels of training for Hypnosis therapists and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioners. The site includes a schedule of all classes for the current year and uses a shopping cart to collect and process class registrations. Link
  • Strategic Cost Reduction
  • Empire Farrier Supply
    EFS supplies horseshoeing equipment and supplies to Farriers, Vets & horse owners throughout southern California. They offer free delivery. The delivery routes are shown on a live Google map included in the site. Follow ths link to see the map. Link
  • Emergency Pet Clinic of Temecula
    Pet owners needing an off-hours emergency vet need 2 pieces of information immediately: Location & hours available. So that is the focus of the home page. More info is available under the red bars. Link
  • Sandra Nagy Hypnotherapist
    A simple one-page site designed to allow for easy expansion. The images on the left, although not currently functional, offer an interesting bit of interactivity. Mouse over an image and it darkens and displays a word describing its theme. This site earned a top-20 Google ranking in just a few months. Link
  • Trade Lines Now
    Help is available for people wanting to improve their credit score. Photos at page top change on each visit. Link
  • It's All About the Bling!
    It's All ABout the Bling! sells fun fashion products to women. The theme is fun & trendy. The design was created to promote that theme. Link
  • BAMM! Promo Products - Prudential Realty Teambuilder products
  • Business-to-Business Networking Group
    Design offers some unique usability features. First, the tabbed panels on the left presents the user with four related topics. The user can just click the appropriate tag for the related info. Link
  • Premier Marketing of Temecula
    A clever, if I do say so, approach to a one-page site. Client wanted to offer minimal text so having a full page for each topic was unwise. Instead, the topic text is hidden beneath each info bar at the bottom of the images. Click and the text reveals itself.
  • Machado Farms (2008 version)
    Local farm offering innovative health and beauty aids plus farming priducts. This is the current design, circa 2008 and features a complete shopping cart using PayPal for online payments. Link
  • Machado Farms (2004 version)
    Local farm offering innovative health and beauty aids plus farming priducts. This is the original design, circa 2004.
  • The Barley House West Restaurant
    When I saw the logo I knew it should be hanging on a wood-faced building. Page design was then a no-brainer: Wood-grained background was the only choice. The owner liked it so much he designed his menus using wood planks.
  • Randon Lane for Murrieta City Council
    My one venture into local politics. I know Randon from my involvement in the Murrieta Chamber. When he became a candidate I became a political web designer. Kewl!
  • Oak Grove
  • Professional Women's Rountable
    A local networking group for business women, the design was created to provide a soft, feminine look and feel. Link
  • Custom Pool Builder - Photo Gallery
    A photo gallery with a somewhat unique look. As the visitor clicked on the thumbnails on the left the full size image appeared to slide in left-to-right from underneath the curved area.
  • Impact Marketing
    Colors and graphics mimicked the company's brochure (at the time).
  • Loma Vista Bed & Bath
    A simple design with a restful, peaceful look. What better for a B&B?
  • Mexican Cookware
    My first shopping cart, circa 2003.
  • mx Shade
    This company invented a shade umbrella/canopy that mounted on the trailer hitch. It was specifically for MX race fans. The colors I chose were different from most of my designs because I determined those bright and rather garish colors were popular with racers and their fans.
  • Redhawk Vineyards
    A small vineyard that produced no wine. Their sole revenue stream was selling grapes to home winemakers.
  • Summerhouse Supper Club
  • The Valley Business Journal
  • Va-Room Makeovers
  • Black Diamond Investigations
    Circa September 1997 this was my first attempt at website design. Yes, a bit cheesy by today's standards, but effective nonetheless. The site owner reported a new client from the site in the first week. And this was a great learning experience. I was a long-term Beta tester for Corel Draw. Through that I had many online contacts, fellow testers, who are highly skilled designers. I asked their opinions on this and other early design efforts and their suggestions and encouragement gave me a running start.
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