Human‑made websites are simple websites that are not “generated” but rather planned and created by a human with experience as an artist, writer, editor, and programmer. I use HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, text and images to create websites the way carpenters use wood, cement, steel, machines and tools to create buildings ... read more
... Once the design is set and content added, part of the work is constantly testing in different browsers and different devices, interacting with the website to catch and fix visual or word choice errors, and to make sure the site is intuitive and fun on phones, tablets, and computers.
wcePublishing tools: I use HTML, custom Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Bootstrap, PHP (for inserting reuseable sections of HTML like headers and footers), and a little Javascript to keep the copyright current, add “read more” sections, and support simple Bootstrap responsive features.
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Websites (in alphabetical order)
The website I created to showcase and sell my poetry books and to create sets of my poems for public view.
A simple, easy‑to‑use website for the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist, David Dodson.
Another simple, easy‑to‑use website for “the best songwriter you’ve never heard of” – singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist, Eric Kilburn.
Created for my idea consulting business.
A simple, easily expandable website created for Dan Miller’s real estate business.
Maine Quality Information Partners (MaineQIP) is now part of wcePublishing. Please see wcePublishing’s description and costs for spreadsheet and database design and development services.
A website that archives websites created for inactive organizations or people who are no longer living, sponsored by individuals who wish to keep those websites up and running to preserve the websites’ information, art, and history and to honor the websites’ people and their stories.
A one page “calling card” website created for my nephew’s plumbing business.
A Poetry Calendar Website created to help connect poets and poetry groups and as a free service offered by Rockport Public Library Poets’ Corner and Thomaston Public Library Poets’ Corner
Website for the original twice‑a‑month Poets’ Corner group that started meeting at Rockport Public Library in 2012 and is still going strong.
Another one page “calling card” website created for Bill Studebaker’s miniature furniture business.
Donate domain, hosting, original and new logo and website for the local Thomaston Food Pantry. I recently updated the website to be responsive, and also more attractive using my current website design ideas.
Website for the second twice‑a‑month Poets’ Corner group that started meeting at Thomaston Public Library at the end of 2022 and is also still going strong.
I helped Tiernan Reidy recover this older WordPress website showcasing her ‘Tableau Vivant’ sculptures and bring the site back online with some updates and additions for her more recent work.
A simple three page website for a local self-storage business with two locations.
Donate domain, hosting, and original logo and website for food bank in the city where my Maine Quality Information Partners business partner lived; website later updated and maintained by other parties. I continue to donate hosting and domain renewals, and in 2024 started also maintaining the website.- wceDesign.com – this website.
wcePublishing’s main page on this website.
Older Legacy Websites
- designed for computer screens; will not work well on a cell phone screen or in a narrow window
(in alphabetical order)
A website with information about dance and the weekly Dancing 4 Fun group my wife and I ran and planned events for.
A legacy personal website (circa 2008 to 2013) - fun to dig around in and has most of my poetry written up until the summer of 2013, organized both alphabetically and chronologically.
Designed for Jon Olsen to present, promote and sell his book Liberate Hawai’i!
Donated domain(s), hosting, logo and website created to promote and document the Midcoast Peace & Justice Group and it’s events. This group is no longer active but the website is maintained as a memorial to the group and its work, and also for two important individuals, Steve Burke and Olive Pierce.
Donated domain, hosting, logo and website for organization promoting the idea that “Corporations Are Not People!” and “Money is not speech!” The petition drive failed and this organization is no longer active except as a registered Maine public benefit corporation. The website is maintained as a memorial to the important ideas that brought this group together.
