The Launch of Hencken Designs’ Website

It’s finally happened. The website I have planned to build for months has finally come to fruition.

I have been very fortunate to be working on some fun and exciting projects in which I learn something new every day. The most recent addition to my design and development portfolio is the customization of WordPress themes. I have utilized WordPress in the past as a blogging platform. However, the more I explored it, I came to understand the power it has as a Content Management System.

I researched a number of different options for clients who wanted more than a static website. Several of my clients were looking for a website that was easily updatable and had back end functionality such as e-commerce. I checked out Joomla, Drupal, Adobe Business Catalyst and WordPress. The latter seemed to be the best choice from both a designer/developers standpoint and a client standpoint as WordPress has a fairly modest learning curve.

Utilizing HTML & CSS, the ability to customize existing WordPress themes to meet client needs leads to a website with greater functionality at a more affordable pricetag. My next goal is to learn PHP coding to be able to add even more customization options for my clients.

My next important project for Hencken Designs? Finishing my own business card. Design work is just like shoemaking – the cobbler’s children always run barefoot.