Same Site, Just Better

As opposed to many people you find hawking their services on the Internet, I actually know what I am doing and have a professional work history in the I.T. industry as well as a degree from University with over 20 yrs of experience to back it up. See my resume for more information. I also have a profile on LinkedIn.

I am generally available for any kind of work (Internet or classical computing) that applies information technology to a business problem/opportunity. The majority of my career has been spent building distributed database applications for large corporations. I am an expert at full life-cycle development, business workflow analysis and system design with a focus on streamlining processes making them more efficient and creating easily maintained, well-documented, and reusable code.

WordPress Customization

I have several years experience managing multiple WordPress sites and in 2008 I started dabbling extensively with the inner workings of WordPress and more particularly with WordPressMu in order to publish Gulf Coast Texas Outdoor Magazine, which is of course a WordPressMu installation using a sub-domain configuration.

All of my personal blogs (linked on the front page of my personal site,) as well as this site are installed in another instance of WordPressMu using a top level domain configuration.

“Wordpress is not just for blogs”

WordPress is not just for blogs, anymore. The content publishing platform can be used for ANY kind of website and if you have more than one or two websites, WordPressMu (multi-user) is the only way go. If you have ever had to upgrade several WordPress websites, you already know what I mean.

If you don’t already know about the benefits of WordPress –> READ MORE

Here are some services I can perform for you:

• I can install WordPress or WordPress Mu for you
  • Standard WordPress Standalone, WordPress Mu w/Subdirectory or Subdomain configuration – $199
  • WordPress Mu with Top Level Domain configuration — $249
  • Custom installations CALL!
• I do NOT create themes from scratch but I DO customize them extensively. Pick your favorite theme with the basic layout you want for your site, and I will customize it the way you want it.
  • CSS modifications
  • Custom PHP code
  • Custom Database Subsystems
  • Custom Template Pages
  • Custom Filters and Actions
  • Complete theme workovers to fit your custom specs: Request proposal.
  • 1 hr Minimum for a simple modification. (Pre-purchased support blocks are billed in .25 hour increments.)
• I can integrate standard plugins for you. Some plugins are simple to install and some can be quite complicated, especially if you already have a lot of other plugins installed.
  • Minimum charge — $50
  • Debugging conflicts with other plugins is additional if time goes over 1 hour
• Have a brilliant idea? I can write customized WordPress Mu plugins for you
  • Request a proposal

• I am quite handy with the Google Maps API and Javascript if you would like some cool mapping features on your site
  • Request a proposal

• I am quite handy with the Javascript and XML  if you would like some cool Ajax features on your site
  • Request a proposal
• I can write custom database applications inside of a WordPress plugin, including install scripts, etc.
  • Typically MySQL, but I can integrate to most any other database system, such as SQL Server and Oracle.
  • Request a proposal

• I can troubleshoot your fubar site
  • 4 hr minimum
  • Purchase 4-hour block of support
• I can administer your host account and WordPress installations
  • WordPress application updates
  • Regular database, theme, and image backups
  • Domain renewals and mail maintenance
  • Purchase a support block
  • Long- and short-term contracts available
• I can process images and create graphics (backgrounds, headers, bullets ) for your website

Any of these services are available by simply purchasing a block of support hours. You will be able to log in at any time to see the balance of hours left on your purchased time along with a detail report of the time billed against the block.

• Purchase 2-hour block of support — $99
• Purchase 4-hour block of support — $199
• Purchase 8-hour block of support — $349 (You Save $50)
• Purchase 40-hour block of support — $1,849 (You Save $150)

Other experience

More stuff I am proficient at:

• I am a Sun certified Java Programmer
• I am a LPIC certitified Linux Professional
• I have many years experience with Microsoft IIS technologies (.NET, SQL Server)
• I have many years experience with IBM Domino web server platform (distributed workflow database applications)
• I work extensively with  WordPress Mu so I have become quite proficient with PHP and MySQL
• I have over a decade of experience writing HTML, Javascript, and cgi scripts
• I read code like a book and can debug the worst bug infested istallation
• I have been developing relational database applications since 1988 and distributed database systems since 1994
• I installed my first network in 1985
• I have a BA in Computer Information Systems from University of Houston/Clear Lake