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Austin DesignWorks offers affordable, professional web design services, including:

  • Custom Web Design
  • Website Maintenance Plans
  • Custom Template Creation for popular blogging platforms:
    WordPress, LiveJournal, and Blogger Blogs!

WE SPECIALIZE IN WORDPRESS SITES!

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Our Clients

Here are some of our latest clients:

Diana Peterfreund, Author

Ms. Peterfreund requested a new look for her site and the ability to maintain her site via WordPress. For the new design, she wanted something that created an atmosphere of fun and the fantastical with a bright color palette but without any specific, recognizable visual element.

Project Tasks:

  • Create a new visual design for existing site
  • Turn the new visual design into a custom WordPress theme
  • Transfer existing and incorporate new content into the new design
  • Install and set up WordPress as both a CMS and Blog

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live, maintained by client

"I am so impressed with Austin Design Works. Patient, creative, diligent, and detail-oriented, [Austin DesignWorks] worked with me to make sure that the site ... was the webpage of my rather specific dreams! If you're looking for excellent communication and customer service combined with great design and flexibility, look no further."

– Diana Peterfreund

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Nadine Dajani, Author

Ms. Dajani contacted Austin DesignWorks seeking a new visual design and streamlined organization of her site. She wanted the new look to match her writing ("Women's Fiction Gone Global"), and the ability to manage her own site via WordPress.

Project Tasks:

  • Create a new visual design for existing site
  • Turn the new visual design into a custom WordPress theme
  • Install and set up WordPress as both a CMS and Blog

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live, maintained by client

"Since the site redesign, I have gotten nothing but effusive comments from visitors about how much they love the new look. [Austin DesignWorks is] a pleasure to work with, the price reasonable, and I am especially grateful that [ADW] took the time to answer all my technical questions. I'm really in love with my new site - thank you!"

– Nadine Dajani

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Robyn DeHart, Author

Ms. DeHart requested a visual design that combined travel, adventure and romance to compliment her writing, and an overhaul of her existing site's organization for improved performance and user-friendliness.

Project Tasks:

  • Create a custom visual design
  • Transfer existing and incorporate new content into the new design
  • Improve site organization and end-user interface via consistent, easy-to-follow navigation

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live

"Wow! There's really no other word to describe Austin Design Works. I sent a few ideas, more or less related to my books and they just ran with it and created this amazing site with the perfect atmosphere to reflect me and my books. Not only that, but they are affordable and very fast. I couldn't be happier."

– Robyn DeHart

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Belle Scarlett, Author

Ms. Scarlett contacted Austin DesignWorks seeking to launch her Website in conjuction with the release of her first book. She wanted the look that combined romance and the paranormal, and a structure that would be flexible for future growth of the site.

Project Tasks:

  • Create a custom visual design
  • Incorporate and style provided content

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live

"I'm thrilled with everything about my website that they creatively tailored to my specific needs. I appreciated the fast, friendly results the website artisans ... and I was also delighted to find that professional quality and affordability were synonymous. It's easy to see why word of mouth [on Austin DesignWorks] is so great."

– Belle Scarlett

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Joan Kayse, Author

Ms. Kayse asked Austin DesignWorks to create a unique visual design that fit with her writing – romance set in Roman times – and flexible structural design that would allow for future growth.

Project Tasks:

  • Create a custom visual design
  • Incorporate and style provided content

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live

"From conception to completion, Austin Designworks made development of my website easy and affordable. They knew the right questions to ask, pointed me in the right direction and then took all the information to give me exactly what I wanted: a well thought out, professional looking website."

– Joan Kayse

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Vicki Pettersson, Author

Vicki Pettersson contacted Austin DesignWorks, seeking a fresh new look that complimented her writing (dark urban fantasy) and an overhaul of her existing site's coding structure and information organization for improved performance and user-friendliness.

Project Tasks:

  • Create new visual design for existing Website
  • Improve site organization and end-user interface via consistent, easy-to-follow navigation
  • Streamline site coding to be more in line with Web standards
  • Transfer existing and incorporate new content into the new design

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live

"I didn't know a site could be designed so quickly! Austin DesignWorks created a highly personalized and top-quality site, and wallpapers for me in record time. Couple that with phenominally reasonable pricing, and I was absolutely floored. I plan to continue using them for all my professional web needs, and can recommend them without exception!"

– Vicki Pettersson

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Trish Milburn/Tricia Mills, Author

Writing in two different genres, Ms. Milburn requested Austin DesignWorks create a visual design that would present both her writing "selves" in a professional light, and to implement the new look into a custom WordPress CMS/Blog theme.

Project Tasks:

  • Create a new visual design for existing site
  • Turn the new visual design into a custom WordPress theme
  • Install and set up WordPress as both a CMS and Blog

Technical: WordPress, PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live, maintained by client

"After working with Austin DesignWorks on the template for the Romance Bandits blog, I knew I wanted to work with them when I had my site redesigned. I loved their designs, how easy it was to work with them, reasonable pricing and the fast turnaround times. I'm thrilled with my new site, and I would highly recommend Austin DesignWorks."

– Trish Milburn/Tricia Mills

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Lust In Time

Desiring a sexy historical look, Lust In Time, a group of published historical romance authors, contracted Austin DesignWorks to create a template for their Blogger blog.

Project Tasks:

  • Create custom Blogger template
  • Create custom logo to use in the design

Technical: XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live; blog maintained by client

"Lightning fast and unbelievably patient, AustinDesignWorks was a pleasure to work with. Our gorgeous new Blogger template is exactly what we'd hoped for!"

– Kristina Cook, Lust In Time

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Loucinda McGary, Author

Author Ms. McGary selected Austin DesignWorks to build her first Website, desiring a look that captured the essense of romance and suspense, with a tip of the hat to the Celtic locales in which her books are set.

Project Tasks:

  • Create a Custom Visual Design
  • Incorporate and style provided content

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live

"Austin DesignWorks' creativity was wonderful! I had no idea what I wanted, mostly just what I didn't want. They had lots of ideas and were constantly coming up with new ones, or refining the things I did like. It was such a pleasure to work with them and I'm thrilled with the final product."

– Loucinda McGary

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Rachelle Chase, Author

Wanting a visual design to compliment her chosen genre of writing, Ms. Chase contacted Austin DesignWorks to give her site a makeover and to implement the new look into a custom WordPress CMS/Blog theme.

Project Tasks:

  • Create a new visual design for existing site
  • Turn the new visual design into a custom WordPress theme
  • Install and set up WordPress as both a CMS and Blog

Technical: WordPress, PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live, maintained by client

"I LOVE the web site Austin DesignWorks created for me! I gave (them) the concept and (they) surpassed my expectations, giving me exactly what I wanted on the first try, quicker than I expected, and at a cost that was affordable."

– Rachelle Chase

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Kathryn Smith, Novelist

Ms. Smith contacted Austin DesignWorks seeking a redesign of her existing website to give it a more textured, thematic feel, showcasing the various themes of her books.

Project Tasks:

  • Create new visual design for existing site
  • Transfer existing and incorporate new content into the new design

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live

"Austin DesignWorks provided me with a fabulous new site in record time and for an amazing price. I'm overwhelmed by the quality of service and product I've recieved, and couldn't be happier with my beautiful new site!"

– Kathryn Smith

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Christine Wells, Author

Seeking a redesign of her existing website, Ms. Wells asked Austin DesignWorks to create a new design with texture and depth and that captured the elegance of the historical romance.

Project Tasks:

  • Create new visual design for existing website
  • Transfer of existing content into new design

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live

"Austin DesignWorks is a talented designer, incredibly fast and efficient. I'm very happy with the website."

– Christine Wells, author

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Jana DeLeon, Author (Website)

Seeking a redesign of her existing website, Ms. DeLeon commissioned Austin DesignWorks to give the site a fresher, more cohesive and professional appearance and organize and streamline content presentation.

Project Tasks:

  • Redesign existing website
  • Incorporate existing heading graphics, with some modifications, into a new design and layout
  • Transfer of existing content and improve presentation

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live

"Austin DesignWorks took graphics I loved and made a site that I am thrilled with. The designer was incredibly nice, professional and very fast. I can't recommend a better company for your design needs."

– Jana DeLeon, author

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Jana DeLeon, Author (Blog)

Desiring a uniform look between her Web site and blog, author Jana DeLeon contracted Austin DesignWorks to create a template for her Blogger blog.

Project Tasks:

  • Create custom Blogger template by converting the visual design of her Web site into Blogger formats.

Technical: XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live; blog maintained by client

"Austin DesignWorks took graphics I loved and made a site that I am thrilled with. The designer was incredibly nice, professional and very fast. I can't recommend a better company for your design needs."

– Jana DeLeon, author

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Romance Bandits

Desiring a unique look, the Romance Bandits, a group of published authors and writers, contracted Austin DesignWorks to create a template for their Blogger blog.

Project Tasks:

  • Create custom Blogger template
  • Create custom visual design around provided header image
  • Custom coding for widget features
  • Incorporate provided images into content

Technical: XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live; blog maintained by client

"Our experience with Austin DesignWorks was nothing less than stellar. The designer was quick, professional, and very easy to work with. When they say they give good customer service, they mean it..."

– Trish Milburn, Romance Bandits

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Colleen Gleason, Author (Website)

Seeking a redesign of her existing website, Ms. Gleason commissioned Austin DesignWorks to give the site a fresher, more cohesive and professional appearance and incorporate new pages and content.

Project Tasks:

  • Redesign existing website
  • Incorporate existing heading graphics, with some modifications, into a new design and layout
  • Transfer of existing content and incorporation of new content

Technical: PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live

"I had a Web site that needed to be updated and overhauled. Austin DesignWorks was fabulous to work with – using as much of the current site as possible, but giving it a completely new look with a fresh design. They're fast and responsive, and have great vision ... and reasonably priced."

– Colleen Gleason, author of The Gardella Vampire Chronicles

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Colleen Gleason, Author (Blog)

Seeking a more professional blogging presence on the Web, Ms. Gleason commissioned Austin DesignWorks to convert her existing Blogger blog to WordPress.

Project Tasks:

  • Convert Blogger blog to WordPress
  • Incorporate graphics from existing website into custom WordPress template
  • Locate and install plugins and widgets to enhance the blog functionality in line with the client's needs and requests.
  • Transfer of existing blog content into WordPress database

Technical: WordPress, PHP, XHTML, CSS

Tools: Photoshop, Text Wrangler

Site Status: Live; blog maintained by client

"Austin DesignWorks was speedy, responsive above and beyond the call of duty....and look at the design of my blog! It's gorgeous, and I couldn't be happier."

– Colleen Gleason, author of The Gardella Vampire Chronicles

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