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, digital strategist, 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 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.
Spun off by grad students at Emerson College in Boston, Fringe Magazine (“The Noun That Verbs Your World”) was an alt-lit publication I designed and developed during my graduate years.
I teamed up with Kit Casey, who came up with this site’s look, to build a WordPress theme that showcased the organization’s water purification technology.
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.
Allen & Gerritsen approached me to develop the redesign for Toy State, an international licenser of radio controlled toys. The development scope was massive.
Using WordPress, I created a theme that allowed the agency’s small team to get hands-on with their portfolio content while preserving the unique layout of their website’s design.
Aaron Scott of Symbolic Design needed a development partner to help him build a one-pager from his design for Opaque, a startup that specializes in providing analytics and machine learning for cloud data.
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.
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.
I helped LogMeIn bring all its product blogs under a single WordPress Multisite platform, making life easier for their content editors.
A Bad Penny Review Editor in Chief Johnny Damm recruited me to redesign his quarterly journal.
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.
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.
