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E.Webscapes is hiring

Lisa Sabin-Wilson — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:27:34 +0000

We’ve been in the business of creating custom designed web sites since 2002 (ish) and we are looking to expand our team by one (possibly two) remote, part-time designer/developers. If you are interested in building custom web sites and making a decent income from doing so – this opportunity may be of great interest to you! Our projects will challenge you and if you’re up for it – then we’re up for talking with you!

Here’s the down and dirty:
Minimum Requirements:

Documented experience in graphic design and web development
Experience with WordPress is a must (Expression Engine, Movable Type, Typepad skills are nice, too, if you have ‘em)
HTML/CSS knowledge is a must
Good communication skills.
Excellent time management. Ability to work on a deadline
While the number one qualification for this opening is a strong sense of design (aesthetics) along with strong web skills, we’re also looking for individuals with great critical thinking skills, a good work ethic and customer service skills.
We run shop like a consultancy, which means you need to know your stuff- and their stuff (whoever they may be).
Do you have references from folks you’ve worked with in the past on web projects?? I’d LOVE to hear ‘em!
Maybe an online portfolio of work or client sites you can point me to so I can see your work in action? (screenshots are nice, but I like to dig a bit more beyond the pretty, ya know)

Types of Projects we’re doing lately:

WordPress web sites, mainly (some with and some without a blog) for small and large business, multisite networks, social communities and lots of social media integration.
WordPress with E-Commerce (Cart66, Shopp or WP E-Commerce experience greatly appreciated!)
WordPress MultiSite (and BuddyPress)
Membership sites with WordPress
(…do you get a feeling that we do a LOT of WordPress sites??? we do!)

Work Environment

Your home because this is remote work – how cool is THAT?
In your pajamas, if you like
This is part time work

We’re looking for someone who

Thinks design is about solving problems, not making them
Likes to have a lot of fun tinkering around inside the guts of a blog
Gets more kicks out of removing elements from a page than adding them
Wants to learn, push themselves, and make the web a better place to be!
Wouldn’t mind making a few extra $$’s doing something they love! How much, you say? Well, why not apply and find out (hint: we ain’t talking about coffee money here!)

If you’re interested – you can apply using this form only (any other method of application will most likely get overlooked – - so don’t try to DM on Twitter or send a message on Facebook — please use this form only.)

I give each application consideration – but please do be patient as I go through all of the applications received. I will read them all and will be contacting you within the next week, or two. Thank you!

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Midwest Democracy Network – Expression Engine Design

Lisa Sabin-Wilson — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:03:58 +0000

Leah, the Executive Director from Midwest Democracy Network, approached us with some ideas she had for redoing their website with a new design, powered by Expression Engine. Their old site platform was powered by Drupal and they were looking for a change in platform that had more flexibility and was easier for them to use. Leah brought her design ideas, plan and site architecture specifications to me for implementation. .

The graphic design for Midwest Democracy Network is a clean, minimalistic design with subtle shades of red, white and blue – allowing their content and images to be the main focal point of the website.

Using Expression Engine for this site allowed us to create several different sections (weblogs) in order for them to be able to categorize and cross-post their content into different areas specified by different reform issues in Midwestern States. Each state page also pulls in RSS feed content related to poltical issues in that particular state.

The folks at Midwest Democracy Network are able to easily add images and thumbnails to each of their articles through the use of custom fields and custom implementation of the Tiny MCE WYSIWYG editor, MCImageManager and MCFileManager extensions for Expression Engine.

Through the use of different weblog set ups within their Expression Engine platform, we were able to spotlight several topics of interests for the issues, state reform and special projects that Midwest Democracy Network is currently working on.

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Post tags: Blog Design, Expression Engine, Lisa Sabin-Wilson, political blog design, PSD to XHTML

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Expression Engine Design: Jaded Sunburns

Lisa Sabin-Wilson — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:29:08 +0000

Now THIS project was really a departure from the usual WordPress Designs that I’ve been busy doing over here. One of our hosting clients, from Blogs About Hosting came to us for a custom Expression Engine design. Expression Engine, huh? Yep! Turns out – it’s a pretty dynamic platform and I had a lot of fun providing a new design for Jade’s blog at Jaded Sunburns….

Jade wanted pink – and LOTS of it! Using an illustration she chose from Istockphoto.com – I gave her pink and THEN some! Using some Expression Engine modules, plugins and extensions – I provided her with some great functionalities like post tagging, social bookmarking and twitter updates. Jade already had some custom Expression Engine designs on her blog already – using a theme switcher, you’re able to view each of her different custom themes and decide which one you’d like to view while reading her blog. Her Expression Engine blog also is equipped to handle private posts (something that I’m used to WordPress doing on the fly, but EE needs a little help in that department in the template code).

I applied custom styles to all of her different elements like her popup comments window, photo gallery, Currently page and other pages within her site.

We had just a few minor issues getting this project rolling – - but once we did, Jade and I plowed through all of her wants n’ needs in no time at all. Jade wrote such a nice post about her new design on her blog – here’s a snippet:

Welcome to the final launch of the redesigned, completely beautified, absolutely awesome Jaded Sunburns! The difference this time, is that those claims are actually TRUE! How do I know this? Because Lisa Sabin-Wilson designed this one just for me, herself. I know, I can hardly believe it myself! It?s not like she doesn?t have a *ton of things of her own to do, including writing a book, and it?s not like lil? ol? me stuck out here in the deserts of hell could possibly be of more importance, because I?m not. Yet, she fit me into her tight schedule, took what turned into a trainwreck and went all godess-like all over my EE coding – and viola!

It is original. It is completely compatible with Dana?s original EE coding. It is full of little touches that you will notice as you play around within my blog, and it is mine!

Thank you SO much, Jade! I really had a blast with you design work and learning more about designing with Expression Engine, as well!

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