Mike Stanfill, Private Hand - Web design, HTML, Flash Programming

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Whether you need a rebuild of an existing web site or need a whole new web presence to impress your friends and colleagues, I'm your man. With over fifteen years experience in the field I develop custom web designs, which can include Flash interactivity or CSS coolness, at template prices.

To investigate examples of my web-capabilities, simply click the associated thumbnail images below. For my rates just click the "<html>" icon to your left.

Jose Cruz Illustration - The online portfolio of my best friend and fellow Dallas illustrator had big problems. It was about 5 years old and was doing basically EVERYTHING wrong by contemporary web-indexing standards, so I tore it apart and reformatted it into a lean, clean, self-promotional machine.

Check out Mr. Cruz's work if you're in the market for commercial art, editorial illustration, children's book illustration or top-quality print design.

Patricia Smith, Wordwoman - Sometimes you just get lucky, and in this case it means being chosen by a nationally known poet to build her web site.

Patricia Smith is a four-time winner of the National Poetry Slam and has won both a Carl Sandburg Literary Award and a National Poetry Series award. Come read more about her, see where she's going to perform next, even listen to a little poetry.

Advanced Energy Solutions - If you want to slice a big chunk off your home heating and cooling expenses, come visit Advanced Energy Solutions. They specialize in retrofitting homes with the latest in energy-saving technology. Visit thir site and read more about their services. While you're there, schedule an in-home inspection.

Oh, yeah, I built their web site. Just thought you oughta know.

CitizensChannel.org - Internet Interactive uses the power of the medium to bring the voice of the people to the heads of state...and all kinds of progressive stuff like that there. The site makes use of several types of navigation, some fancy, some not, but it's a great place to get your peace on.

Storm Publishing - From deep in the shadows of Seattle's Space Needle comes this new book publisher and their brand-spanking new web site. Their selection is modest at the moment but there is more to come. Stop by and sample their wares (ware, actually) and leave Randy and DJ a note of encouragement. It is, after all, the cut-throat world of book publishing and they need all the help they can get.

Nite Lite DVD - This site was completed literally overnight to get the company online in time for a massive media campaign. It's a new company, started by a nice young couple, that markets a "sleep-learning" DVD aimed at very young children.

In addition to the web site I also created the animation and designed the art for the DVD and the DVD box cover. Check it out.

Global Telemedia, Inc. - The client wanted his site to feature navigational graphics that emphasized his product line so I developed a set of "stage light" rollover buttons. Even though the images are fairly large they still load quickly and they look great. The site also required the use of Quicktime samples of some of the films, over 70 in all, which are displayed in pop-up windows.

Turtle TV - From the folks who brought you Wishbone the Dog for PBS comes a new concept in on-line entertainment, Turtle TV. The site is all about, well, turtles and offers movies, games, downloads and Flash diversions for all ages. I was hired to develop the "Ask Granny" section of the site. It's a lot of fun, so give it a peek. (And, ahem, that's ME providing the voice for old Granny.)

Transition Navigator - I always thought if you lost your job you simply went out and got another one, but the job market is evidently more complicated than that nowadays which is why people need the help of someone who can point them in the right direction.

Note: The client subsequently shuttered this business and found gainful employment elsewhere. I now host the site purely to show off its vestigial style and functionality.

The Fitness Architect - They say that Michaelangelo's statue of David defines the ideal male form, but he didn't get that way by accident. Oh no, my friend. Even though the Big Mac was still just a gleam in the Renaissance eye he surely had the 14th century version of The Fitness Architect helping him tighten up them deltoids and making him a STAR!

Note: This web site is now being maintained by the owner. Although the basic structure is intact he has made significant changes on his own.

Curatrix.net - This is one of those REALLY satisfying assignments. Not so much because the clients were so nice but because their previous host and nameserver was Verisign, and I had the distinct pleasure of helping migrate them to much "improved" neighborhood. The new site looks great, which is a tribute to the clients photography skills, and loads super quick, which is a tribute to my programming skills. <g>

In case you're wondering, Curatrix specializes in museum consulting, appraisals and advice on vintage clothing. They're nice folks so give them a holler.

Infomercial Solutions - Infomercial Solutions has been in the business of producing informative commercials for years, everything from Dionne Warwick's Psychic Friends to Skin Care with Cathy Lee Crosby, and they're good at it, but their web site was getting a bit dated. It was, you might say, wayyyyy too 1998. In other words, too much emphasis on form over function and therefore not very Google-friendly. This new form gives instant access to almost everything on the site and it's designed for easy updating as new commercials are aded to the data base.

Synchron Voice and Video - This is a simple web site for a complex product. Synchron takes taped depositions and outputs them as time-stamped, word-by-word transcript that run with any number of legal presentation programs. And if you don't have one of those programs available Synchron offers a FREE presentation tool called The Synchon'izer. If you're a lawyer looking for an edge in your trial proceedings you ought to give this site a moment of your time.

M Squared Productions - This New York based video production house needed a slick promotional site to show off their video skills to potential clients. It ushers the visitor in to the site using a fast-loading Flash animation and the internal site uses a password-protected page to showcase their work to selected visitors.

Performance Sales Systems - This was one of those jobs I was anxious to sink my teeth into because the previous incarnation lacked any substantial amount of sex appeal. And why go to all the bother of putting a site on the 'net if no one's going to look at it, right?

Note: The version of the web site you'll be seeing if you click the image to the left is my version. The current "live" version has been altered by the client for his own needs. If you would like to compare the two you can see the live site by clicking here.

Barbara Hospitality Development Services - Larry Barbara is the man to call if you need a commercial building erected, but when it came to to build a little presence on the internet he chose yours truly.

Negotiations Workshops - This company specializes in helping businesses get the most out of their bargaining dollar by teaching employees how to successfully negotiate a deal. Their previous site was an uninspiring concoction of oddly-colored tables and mismatched text.

Note: The version of the web site you'll be seeing if you click the image to the left is my original version. The current "live" version has been altered by the client for his own purposes. If you would like to compare the two you can see the live site by clicking here.

Odyssey Communications Group - For about six months I did in-house freelance graphic work for the wonderful folks at Odyssey. Although they specialize in video production they decided, at the time, to develop a new market by targeting the business-to-business internet community and asked me to come up with an effective web site to emphasize their sales pitch. This is the result. They've since changed the original design so this version is mirrored from my own web site.

Snugwear - In late 2000 the Macromedia Company held a contest to see what kind of e-commerce web sites could be built using Flash. What motivated me to enter was the stipulation that the initial download could be no more than 40k in size.That's pretty danged small, I tell you. There were over 2000 entries and I didn't win (Darn it!) but come look at the amazing things Flash can do under restricted circumstances.

M Squared Media (M2)- I had a friend in the recorded-media business and she was in need of a snazzy web site to make the hearts of potential clients beat faster. Since she wasn't doing on-line sales the site was lightly populated so I decided to emphasize the squeal of this pig by programming an all-Flash web site. It has a great Flash opening that segues neatly into the odd navigation the web site employs.
The company went bust as a result of the year 2000 economic downturn so but I continue mirror a copy from my own web site.

Great Expectorations - I have to admit to being pretty much of a home boy when it comes to travel, but in the waning days of the last century I and my beloved girlfriend, Tex, were invited to fly to Paris to celebrate the "real" millennium with friends. Instead of just sending snapshots to everyone when I returned I decided to build a fancy-schmancy Flash web site to showcase my adventures. Give it a try.

Mike Stanfill, Private Hand - 2330 Jonesboro - Dallas, TX 75228 - 214-320-2293