Web Hosting

I have about 7 years of experience working at the best hosting company in the world. Rackspace Managed Hosting has taught me a lot about not only hosting but developing and designing good websites. I started as an intern at Rackspace and worked my way up to a full time graphic designer. My first responsibility was to model and render servers. Back in 1999, there were not a lot of places that had libraries of server images. I was so good at 3d, they gave me the task of rendering the servers from the ground up and I ended up producing some of the earliest server graphics on the web.  I then started working on the Rackspace.com site and in 2006 I joined the Rackspace Cloud team.

Cloud hosting is still term that people are trying to figure out. It is kinda like shared hosting, but think of it like this.  Instead you and 1,000 other people sharing one server (shared hosting), your one website is being backed up by 1,000 servers (cloud hosting).  I have my own server at Rackspace so you will reap the benefits of having Fanatical Support, but without paying the regular cost.  Feel free to email or call to ask questions about hosting.

WordPress

WordPress is a great platform to build a simple site or blog, which will give you control of the content of the site. Of course I could build you a custom content management system for you site, but that will cost more to build that from the ground up.  WordPress is basically a blog driven framework that allows you to login and edit your site.  There are thousands of wordpress themes that makes your blog look more like a website.

I can get a wordpress site up and running in a matter of minutes. With the help of the Rackspace Cloud I can have your database up, domain name linked and admin panel up and running for you in no time.  This site is a wordpress site!

Web Design

This is what I was born to do. If I was not getting paid to design websites, I would be designing websites. I have made a pretty good name for myself in San Antonio for web design. For a while I was designing a lot of sites for restaurants.  The sites I made really captured the essence of the restaurant and it was only a matter of time before I had 6 restaurant sites under my belt. Some of the sites are places you may have been, Rosarios, Silo, La Fagata, Tomatillos, Lisa’s Mexican and Scenic Loop Cafe.

I have fun building sites for the restaurants but my first love is basketball and I have been lucky to be able to design sites for NBA players and also work for the San Antonio Spurs. I have worked with Roger Mason Jr, Sophia Young of the Silver Stars, along with Amare Stoudemire of the New York Knicks.

Print

My first degree was in Print graphics. I started out creating logos and brochures. I feel that starting off in the print world was a huge benefit for me before diving into web design. Print taught me how to “design” and not just make stuff. Anyone can learn how to program, but it takes a certain level of discipline to study and understand the basics of good design. I am by no means a print expert. I can not have a conversation about paper stock and PMS colors. However I have a team of experts who can. I work with some really talented designers who help me with all of my print projects.

SEO

Search engine optimization is a constant battle with the forever changing of algorithms and techniques.  It our job to keep up with the latest trends and optimize your site so that you are not left behind. Its a no-brainer that you should rank high on Google, but Google is not the only search engine and Google has its own requirements that do not carry over to the other search engines.  Everyone in the seo business thinks that they are an “expert” on the subject, and if you ask three different people about what to do, you will get three different answers.  We have consulted with many experts and have came up with a system that will keep your site strong in the rankings and make sure your site is optimized to handle any algorithm changes in the market. Your page titles will be named correctly and your content will be be supported with links. After the site is built, we will review the entire site and make sure its optimized correctly.