Yep, it’s really that simple. There’s a reason why the waterfall approach is a mainstay of web design: it works. After 15+ years of building WordPress websites, I have my process down to a science.
I’m Daniel Quinn—a technical lead, freelance WordPress developer, and former copywriter with a background in communications. For 15+ years, I’ve helped digital agencies, startups, and nonprofits all over the world build digital platforms that reinvent their business.
The WordPress theme I built allows site administrators to create highly modular pages by selecting from a bank of configurable blocks that require no technical expertise to manage.
A Bad Penny Review Editor in Chief Johnny Damm recruited me to redesign his quarterly journal.
I helped LogMeIn bring all its product blogs under a single WordPress Multisite platform, making life easier for their content editors.
Pentecostal Tabernacle contacted me to undertake a redesign of the organization’s website, which included a full rebranding of their web presence, print materials, and outdoor signage.
Zamawa Arenas at Flowetik hired me to consult with her on a long term project for the Children’s Trust, the Massachusetts Legislative Task Force on the prevention of child sexual abuse.
The redesign involved a migration of a website with over 100,000 posts—twenty years of content!—while making sure the transition to the new site was seamless for its paid subscribers.
The 2011 re-launch for Japanese rock magazine ROKKYUU focused on gearing the magazine toward visual kei in a highly customized WordPress installation.
The Design Museum Foundation new website provides a fully mobile experience that allows for the organization to create new regional chapters on the fly.
Director and Chief Curator Rachel Nelson hired me to develop the redesign for the Institute of Arts & Sciences at University of California Santa Cruz, a university art and research center that houses art exhibitions and social justice initiatives.
In this design, each section of the site features full-bleed photography from her collaborations, and we focused on building a robust collaborations gallery that pulls in assets from Flickr.
My approach in the redesign was to put the emphasis on the program’s very visual experience, as well as make it easier for the program organizers to collect applications.
The website takes the full text of The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa and randomly generates poems that can be saved into WordPress by visitors.
When it comes to specialized work, hire battle-tested experts to get the job done right. I’ll build a platform that takes care of your brand, so you can get back to building your business. Don’t hesitate to get in touch. A consultation is free, and we can determine over a quick phone call if I’m a good fit for your project.
