Linda Carter has been working full-time as a freelance designer of websites since 2002, has been building sites since 1996. The sites linked below are some of her recent projects. A high percentage of her clients return to her for revisions. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College. She is accustomed to working on her own under deadline pressures and cultivating warm and productive relationships with clients and associates.
WordPress
Ace Hardware, Clarksville, VA. New site creation based on WordPress with extensive photo tour, giving the site visitor a graps of the store's inventory. All photography, content writing, graphics.
ADDiva -- Life Coaching for Adult Women with ADD. Extensive revisions to site using numerous templates to accomodate complex page designs. Forum, blog, event log. Currently redesigning to incorporate more social media features, converting Ning site to BuddyPress/Wordpress.
Aquaterra Massage. Revision of existing, static site, porting old content into Wordpress, Total redesign of visual elements.
ADDiva Retreats. Site development from PDF mockups. Numerous templates were developed for individual pages on the site.
Books for Kids Africa Developed from mockup into Wordpress. Flash slideshow, gallery,
Children's Support Services -- Original design. All elements including copy writing. Client's service quickly established itself in her service area as a result of website and collateral materials.
Confessions of an ADDiva. Site development from PDF mockups. Numerous templates were developed for individual pages on the site.
Galaxy Plastics -- Decorative Acrylic Castings -- Site redesign with extensive product gallery and complex Sample Request Form. All product-sample photography by LKC.
Green Acres Lawn and Landscaping Service -- Site development from commercial template migrated to WordPress.
Health&Healing (In Progress) Companion website to popular RTP newsletter with circulation of 40,000. The site carries articles from the current and past issue. LKC developed the WordPress CMS and developed necessary templates to allow the editor to input successive issues on her own. Complex adaptation of "The Loop."
Hearing Solutions in the Triangle, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, NC. Original design. Client is actively using admin panel to enhance and market her site, and thereby, her business.
The House Partners, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, NC. Migration from existing commercial template, implementation of real estate plugin. Extensive client support.
Jamarda Resources Site re-design. Designed banner to reflect patient-centered care of culturally-diverse patients.
Kerr Lake Docks Re-designed site and took it from a zero ranking on Google to #2 for its keyword phrase in one month.
Lake Country Regional Airport. Site development and design (excepting logo). All photography by lkc, as well as bulk of content writing.
Merifield Acres Homeowner's Association. Where I live! Complimentary site for my homeowner's association.
Metro Property. Second revision of site, migrating from client's original motif to WordPress application, and implementating of real estate plugin.
Nanci O is Hip Hop. Migration of site from blogger platform to Wordpress.
NC Sheriff Police Alliance -- Re-design of existing WordPress sites with many posts needing organization, editing and tools for contributors to keep posts organized.
Neuse Realty New Bern Real Estate Migration from earlier static site to WordPress.
Papa's Grille Durham Greek Restaurant. Designed all elements around location decor. Prominent rankings on keywords.
Roadmark Corporation. Simple brochure-style site to serve expansion into new markets.
Rocky Branch Farms Construction
Third site revision, totally revamping visual theme. Motif was developed by photographing textures and decor elements from the site owner's Model Home (which she staged herself). The border is taken from a photo of the model's stainless steel fridge, and cherry cabinets. Background color matches wall color of first floor. Owner's comment: "Awesome!"
Ron Jones, NC Storyteller Dynamic site using Website Baker Content Management System. Developed all artwork, customized template. Top Google rankings on keywords. Client reports that half his bookings originate from the site.
Smarthoops Basketball Camps Migrated from earlier static site to WordPress. Development of artwork, templates, some copy writing/editing. Top Google rankings on keywords.
Social Metals Lawn Art and Furnishings. Original site creation using company's print catalog. WordPress platform used, with Tribulant Checkout shopping cart. Some copy writing/editing. Top Google rankings on keywords.
Task Teacher. Implementation and extensive adaptation of complex commercial WordPress template.
Triangle Wind Ensemble. Site design based on client brochure featuring web fonts and CS3 graphical effects. Numerous plugins to enhance functionality.
VETS, Inc. Site re-design. Client was very pleased to be unexpectedly supplied with a free plugin that enables him to receive employment applications.
WB Presbyterian
Referenced in the book "Brilliant Web Design." Designed site around the church's beloved stained glass. Have trained numerous members on how to contribute through the site's admin panel enhanced by plugins and customizations.
E-Commerce (OsCommerce,
IAModules, VirtueMart)
Berry Hill Drip Irrigation (In progress) Massive migration from a static, Front Page shopping cart. All visual elements redesigned and heavy editing of content and taxonomy. IA Modules.
Ross Custom Leather Site designed using client's leather designs as motif. VirtueMart shopping cart.
Great Trading Path. Native American craft store. Site motif drawn from historical maps. Site received high rankings for many years due to extensive content featuring original source document contributions. OsCommerce
Radio Craze Antique Bakelite Radios OcCommerce store.
Website Baker
Rocky Branch Construction Ongoing client first requested site revision from Image Cafe to a customized site, then moved on to a CMS several years later.
Southside Marine and Auto Client extensively revises site on her own as a result of CMS.
Joomla
Downeast Destinations booking plugin.
Ross Custom Leather Hand carved leather sold online by artist.
Static HTML/CSS
Official Website of the Cheroenhaka Nottoway Indian Tribe Static site, over 90 pages, organizational structure, some copy editing, numerous slides shows. Top Google rankings on keywords.
Grace Stone Estates, Clarksville Real Estate -- Real estate subdivision. All graphical elements were derived from photos taken on-site while property was in early stages of development. Features slide show tour of area..
Transmagnetics Brushless Motors Large site for manufacturing company.