MC85: Homepage of Matthew B Clapp

Established 1985.

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Web Design

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The "InterNet" fascinates me. How billions of pages can all somehow link together (especially since the search era) is mind-blowing!

I mainly teach Math's. However, I realise that emerging generation(s) need ICT/computer skills. So, in lessons, when designing websites, and im many areas of life, I try to use computers to make things interesting.

Sites

Including the site you are currently on, I have helped design the following web sites:

  • MC85 (here)
  • MC85's home
  • LosG - holiday rentals website.
  • GManx - insurance brokerage information page.
  • SCen - 100-plus page website for Security/locksmithing company in South London. Extensive SEO optimisation.
  • Lingfield Locks - First site for a locksmith covering the Lingfield area.
  • Tandridge Locks - Second locksmithing site for an engineer in the Tandridge area.
  • LIFEs (old) - a site for a health business I used to run.

Why I Design Websites

I enjoy designing, and improving websites. MC85 (this site) has gone through many revisions; you can see the very first two one-page wonders (and how I've developed) below:


A (hermit) hobby of mine is working on W3Schools' massive range of self-help classes/tutorials. I have done HTML and bits of XHTML, CSS, Java and Flash; and keep trying to learn more as and when I can...

Whilst I paint myself as an "improving amateur", I do have a skill/quality (sorry to boast) that I feel is very important in this field, and that is "attention to detail". The mantra "The Devil is in the details" couldn't be more true than in web-design.

W3Schools has taught me how powerful DWT and CSS files are, whilst "tweaking" a site, as they allow you to keep site consistency and make changes site-wide fairly quickly - meaning I can concentrate on the client's needs better, rather than having to focus on the itsy-bitsy things of web-design.

How I Can Help You

If you want someone who can:

  • carefully design/produce a site;
  • help review an existing site; or
  • proof-read existing or proposed sales-copy (SO important),

... I'd welcome the opportunity to discuss your ideas/needs further.


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