Web Design for Foster AZ

September 09, 2022
Design, Web Design
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We did web design for Foster AZ, a local nonprofit that needed a people-focused design to make foster care appear more approachable. This local nonprofit is doing work to educate + empower local families to foster & adopt children.

Focusing on the Faces of Foster Care

Additionally, we focused our attention on the faces of the foster care movement in our area– often a picture tells a thousand words. The design centered on their media, and brought in their existing branding with playful tears of paper, and pops of teal. https://fosterarizona.org/ Lastly, we wanted to ensure the timelessness of their website. Therefore, we added some very long-lasting yet popular fonts for them.

Navigation Troubleshooting

Their navigation included shortcuts for folks who use their website heavily. Because this site included a lot of content, we needed to make it simple for their audience to move around. As a result, this was the Foster AZ team’s agreed-upon solution. We incorporated a ribbon on the top of the home page with their additional nonprofit arms of Foster AZ. Their inspiration was Old Navy.

With so much media, we did a different layout for mobile than desktop. — With so much media, we did a different layout for mobile than desktop in our web design for Foster AZ. Now, it isn’t too much for the viewer to handle. While this was double the work, we are happy with the outcome and grateful for the opportunity to serve this incredible group of people.

Financial Section of Foster AZ Website — Events Section of Foster AZ Website

For more information on Foster Care, please visit https://fosterarizona.org/. Some of their other affiliate links: https://fosterarizonahousingproject.org/.

Web Design for Prayer Saturated Life

September 09, 2022
Web Design
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Cheryl Sacks asked us to do the design for Prayer Saturated life. We created a website and blog for a nonprofit founder and author of several books about prayer.

Cheryl Sacks is a best-selling author and speaker whose messages will make you thirsty to pray and discover more of God. Her powerful teachings are equipping believers to pray the kind of prayers that move mountains in their lives and families.

Her first book The Prayer Saturated Church is a step-by-step guide to helping pastors and prayer leaders build churches that attract God’s presence and power as we see in the book of Acts. She co-authored Prayer Saturated Kids, filled with practical help and inspiring real-life stories to equip parents to mentor and empower their children in prayer. Her latest book The Prayer Saturated Family is giving couples and parents the tools they need to deepen relationships and strengthen family ties through praying together.

Prayer Saturated Life in many device formats — **Web Design for Prayer Saturated Life** in many device formats– specifically the pop ups.

Watercolor filigree and neutral timeless tones bring Cheryl's aesthetic together — Watercolor filigree and neutral timeless tones bring Cheryl’s aesthetic together

Testimonials of Prayer from Arizona with our Family and Friends. It’s great to see a community affected positively by the power of prayer.

The About Page needed to show the more personal side of Cheryl. We highlighted her favorite drinks and movies, as well as her family.

Her books and resources needed their own landing pages, and mockups — Her books and resources needed their own landing pages and mockups. Therefore, we created a modern mockup for each of her books. Additionally, we included testimonials from well-known authors and current worldwide authorities on prayer.

Finally, our team continues to support her work with content creation, and ghost writing blog posts for the Millennial Christian woman — Finally, our team continues to support her work with content creation. Sarah also ghostwrote blog posts for Millennial Christian women.

Design for Casa Speech AZ

September 08, 2022
Web Design
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We did web Design for Casa Speech AZ, a Speech Pathology business in downtown Chandler. They wanted us to focus on bright colors, clarity of what they do, and ease of use. Additionally, they wanted us to highlight all of their job opportunities. We integrated their current events pages and career pages into the site, embedding forms, and using code to ensure things looked like one design.

Website view of Casa Speech AZ's website — Computer view of Casa Speech AZ’s website

While the need for speech pathologists is great in our area, few websites marry the professionalism required to assist families, with the playfulness required to be successful at anything with children. We believe this design assists with both needs. We went with global functional minimalism similar to IKEA, and associated therapy with shapes.

Staff at CASA — Utilizing their media to our advantage, we are able to use multiple formats to highlight their most valuable asset: their skilled pathologists– real people doing good work in the community for our families.

We were honored to work with Ebony Green and her outstanding team. The design for Casa Speech AZ proved to be a lot of fun. Lastly, we more than doubled their online interest per week!

Top Rated Web Design Freelancer on Upwork

This last week was a pretty cool week for Misterek Web Design. SPOILER ALERT: I (Chris) was featured in an ad in New York Times square as a top rated web design freelancer by a company I use to find projects called Upwork.

7 Signs You Need a Website Redesign

Do I need a website redesign?

Something’s better than nothing. You’ve heard that right? And for a time maybe that’s true. But, there comes a point that every company has to ask itself if they’re getting everything they can from their website. A website redesign can be an exciting journey. It’s a possibility to get more leads, reach more people and ultimately help a business get to that next level they’ve been striving for.

I’ve had the privilege of walking organizations through the process of going from the old to the new. Through my experience I’ve seen a few telltale signs pop up that indicate it’s time to start the process. So, without further adieu, here are 7 signs you need a website redesign:

5 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Web Design Company

January 23, 2017
Business, Design, Web Design
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Hiring the Right Web Design Company

Unfortunately, I’ve had clients that have come to me out of desperation after a bad experience with another web design company. One client found someone; it was going well and then all of the sudden progress slowed down and then stopped. And, then the person they originally contracted told them they couldn’t work on the project anymore. So, they reached out to me.

4 Websites to find Free Stock Photos

Nothing Beats Free Stock Photos!

And, nothing increases the appeal of your website like great images. In fact, weak photos can literally sink what could have been a great design. But, images can get expensive. That is…if you do it the legal way. And, trust me you don’t want to put up some photo you jacked off the internet only to get a cease and desist notice in the mail 2 weeks later from the photos original owner. So, in this post we’re going to talk about some resources with free stock photos for you to use.

Here’s a list of some the sites I’ve found and methods I use when I’m looking for a great picture that won’t cost an arm and a leg.

5 Common Web Design Mistakes

Web Design Mistakes

You can feel it, right? You visit a website, and right off the bat something just isn’t right. And while you just can’t put your finger on it you know you won’t last longer than the industry standard 5 seconds before you click X, ALT F4 or the get the heck outta here button. In this post we’re going to talk about some common web design mistakes a lot of businesses make and how to avoid them.

It’s not difficult to find pretty websites out on the web. In fact, we’re all flooded with them on a daily basis. But, what is rare is to find a site that not only succeeds in form but also in function.

As a web designer, my role is not only to make a site look good. No…my passion is to make a site successful. But, believe it or not just having a site that doesn’t crash all the time is not the end goal.

No the goal is for your site do exactly what you want it to. Here’s the top 5 web design mistakes I see businesses making when building there websites.

My Web Design Business Name Debaucle

What’s in a name? I’ve recently put some thought into that. For over a year now I’ve helped clients all over the world build, refine, fix and launch websites with my web design business. It’s been an exciting time. Sometimes scary, tough, nerve racking but for the most part amazing.

In the course of figuring out who I am as a web designer and what I want my web design business to represent I’ve had to really put some thought into things I glanced over or ignored completely concerning other companies. Things like:

What are my core competencies?
What do people think when they see my logo?
What do I want to be known for?
What do I NOT want to be known for?

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Focusing on the Faces of Foster Care

Navigation Troubleshooting

Do I need a website redesign?

Hiring the Right Web Design Company

Nothing Beats Free Stock Photos!

Web Design Mistakes