I am extremely happy that my search for a web designer for my book's website, www.soldierdogs.com, led me (thanks to Yelp!) to Gina Lujan/Webify. It is very rare to find a talented web designer and knowledgeable tech person in one - and a nice, friendly one at that! - but Gina comes with all this in spades.
I gave her a general idea of the look I was hoping to see for the site, and she created a web design better than I could have ever come up with. Her heart was in it, too, and she is easy to work with, smart, fast, affordable, and she just "got" the whole project. (She loves dogs and has family in the military, which was a big bonus for me, but clearly she does this quality work for her other clients.)
Having a website set up in Wordpress means not having to struggle with programs like Dreamweaver, which has made me tear my hair out in the past, and not having to ask a webmaster to make changes every time I need them, which makes life so much easier. I was already pretty well versed in WP thanks to my regular blogging at a major dog website, but I had a bit of a learning curve for some features I hadn't encountered before. Gina provided excellent, clear, patient instructions over the phone. (Tip: Jot 'em down, because it's a lot of info to take in, and you'll undoubtedly want to refer to them later.)
Gina has also been there for follow-up help. After the site went live, for instance, I realized I needed a FB "Like" button in addition to all the "Follow Us" widgets she already installed. I asked Gina how to do it, but she took it on herself. A terrific widget, complete w faces of people who "Like" Soldier Dog, appeared on the right shortly after my request. Gina was busy moving after the site went live, and although she invited me to ask for help during the early days of my site, I tried hard to leave her alone and work through some things on my own. I'm glad I did, because I really got to know some WP functions I didn't before. But it's good to know that if I run into issues, she is there. (She is definitely there to help clients after the site is up, but I don't want to take advantage.)
I recommend Gina and Webify wholeheartedly and unhesitatingly, and I hope to use her again in the not-too-distant future. read more