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These are are few of the sites that were either built by my students; have been build for my students; or that I have built for clients. It is my hope that you will see that "ordinary" people can learn to build web sites if they have the time and the "wanna." If you have taken one of my classes and would like to have your web site added, please contact me! I do reserve the right to decline your site, based on content.

Agriculture Flying AJ Ranch Arlin Fratzke has fulfilled a high school dream of owning an Angus ranch. Arlin and Jenifer are great folks to work with! Art and Gifts Pimentel Guitars Pimentel Guitars are custom, hand-built guitars with unique internal bracing and inlay artistry, made by the Pimentel family of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Many of you have seen me use this site as a case study in the Web Marketing and Design course. Now watch their new site in process. Old site Tour de Faux - Faux Finishing Cookie Hanson is an artist in Faux Finishing. Visit this site to see samples of some of the patterns Cookie does and examples of work she has completed. This site is a rebuild of a basic concept that had a poor linking structure and no text. The site is now growing to include database programming. Studio 12 Art with Carol Hoffnagle and Peter Keefer Carol has created floral prints and Peter creates artwork with photos of Montana barns combined with his own painting, which are used in greeting and note cards. The current site is a major revision of the original. Peter and Carol have decided to have an upgrade to their site that includes all their artwork from 1970 on. Watch for new galleries! A Street Photography Mary Anne Stimpfling is an incredible photographer that took my Web Marketing and Design and Web Development 1 courses. She started this excellently clean web site, and we worked together to spruce it up with some Dreamweaver JavaScript. Hadly Ferguson - Artist Student work This site was built for a Missoula artist by student Daisy Patterson. Kathy Eyster Photography Kathy teaches photography at Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center and at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, Montana. Cowboy Collectibles The owner of this company attended my first series of Web for Business workshops. She's a great example of someone who put the time and effort into planning and "did it right." Peggy Woods Peggy is a great watercolor artist. Sea kayaking is a special topic for her, as she is an avid kayaker. Peggy created the design for this site in the Web Development course at Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center. Debra Klecan Photography Barb Karst Student work Barb is an incredible artist who used to teach art at Hellgate High School. She and her husband Tim took my web classes. Tim built this online gallery for Barb's art. Books and Publications enerG Magazine Client 2008 enerG is North America's leading publication about the alternative energy industry. From wind to solar to geothermal to biomass-and more-enerG covers the entire spectrum of alternative energy. The link above is to the new site. While they were waiting for the new site to be developed, I worked on updates to their old site, which has been a great case study for my web development classes. Greg Patent: "When in doubt, bake!" Student 2009 Got a baking question?  Then ask James Beard Award-winning author Greg Patent.  A nationally-known cooking teacher, journalist, and food writer, Greg writes regularly for the Missoulian and co-hosts "The Food Guys" every Sunday morning on KUFM. Dorothy Patent: Children's Author Student 2009 Dorothy Hinshaw Patent is a busy author who enjoys writing, travel, visiting schools, speaking at conferences, teaching workshops, and doing freelance editing. Churches Clark Fork City Church Student 2007 - This site was built by Brian Lombardi. Beginning under the name of Missoula Community Chapel, the name was later changed to Clark Fork Christian Center in 1987. During the 25th Anniversary celebration of the church in 2002, we once again felt a name change was appropriate to reflect the character of the church. "Clark Fork City Church" was chosen for two reasons, the first being that many people did not associate the words "Christian Center" with a local church. Courses and Education Hellgate High School Cross Country Track Thomas Everett took my web development courses while still in high school. This was his senior project. Best of luck in college, Thomas! LawBoost Online Legal Writing Course While in Missoula, Michael Santana taught students how to write at the University of Montana Law School. His online legal writing course is excellent for both pre-law students and anyone who needs to be able to write persuasively. This site has been rebuilt in the last four months. The basic visual design was done by an excellent graphic artist. Lessons from Lois This site belongs to one of my students and was built by another one of my students! Lois McElravy took Web Marketing and Design and Web Development with Dreamweaver. She is a dynamic personality with a great story of overcoming the effects of a disability and excelling through perserverance. Lois made the decision that her time would be better spent developing her speaking tours than building her own web site. So, she teamed up with Donna Campbell, a student who works on continual improvement of her web development skills. Donna built the Montana Chef's Association web site, listed in the Foods section above. American Orff-Schulwerk Association - Music & Movement Education This site was built by Steve Hug Equipment & Home Ground Source Heating Student 2009 Certified installer of green, highly efficient heating and cooling systems. Underground loop systems-for commercial or residential buildings. Located in Florence, MT. Site built by SEO student Lisa Me. Mini Might Patrol A fanciful name for a practical piece of equipment. Lonnie Marquardt's invention turns your skid steer into a grater. Equipment Resources also fabricates other projects, such as the Roll On Containers and Slash Bins featured in Smallwoodnews. Deidre Marquardt took my web classes; so she could update her web site, built by a contractor. Resumé Sites Pamela Diedrich Pam took several web development classes from me. She has a background in programming and information technology.

Forestry and Wood Products Rocky Mountain Switchplates "Our switch covers are an actual slice through a tree. Every piece is unique and undergoes a very special and time consuming process. There is no getting around the old "good things take time" saying. This process enables the chacteristics of the wood, including its bark, to be preserved." Added 6/19/09 National Network of Forest Practitioners This non-profit organization provides various training and networking services to forestry and wood products organizations and businesses. Nora McDougall-Collins provides web development training and consulting through their service. Financial assistance for training is also available. Added 3/7/09 NNFP Ning site A community site for forestry and wood products organizations. Watch for Nora's regular blog posts about web marketing and development. Added 3/7/09 Travel and Vacation Drummond Chamber of Commerce "Drummond Montana Is a working agricultural area located adjacent to I-90. The trip down the off-ramp takes you to a place where traditional values are present and you are immersed in a captivating authentic western community." This site was created by Student Terry Mentzer, 2007 Hiking, Biking and Paddling in the Seeley-Swan Valley This site was created by Jim and Sara Streeter who took my web classes in 2008. Green Beard Trailers Erik builds bicycle trailers and Daisy (former student) builds websites - sounds like a good combination! Rich Ranch Student work This site was created by Sharon Teague of Seeley Lake, Montana. She took my two-week Web Design and Development course at Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center and has been practicing to add new web skills ever since. Beach Transportation Client 2004 Beach Transportation has been owned and run by the Beach Family since 1941. Their site has a very interesting section with the story of their company. This site was built by Nora and is maintained by Tom Anderson. Adventure Life Client 2000 - 2001 Adventure Life was the idea of Brian Morgan to provide adventure travel using local guides and facilities. His ideal is to leave as much revenue as possible in the hands of the local folk. I worked on the Adventure Life web site for a little over a year inproving the file management and functionality, and then recommended that a graphic artist could do wonders for the site. The current web site design was developed by Aaron Conway, who has created a greatly improved design. A good example of how it pays to hire a graphic artist! Food Montana Chef's Association Donna Campbell took several of my classes and amazed me by putting this site together for her chef husband! Blacksmith Brewing Student 2009 Brewery located in the Bitterroot Valley in Stevensville, MT. Variety of microbrews and live music on Wed. and Saturday nights. Site built by SEO student Lisa Me. Sports and Recreation Missoula Snowmobiling Snowgoers Club Student 2009 The Missoula Snowgoers Snowmobile Club is a non-profit organization for all snowmobile enthusiasts in the Missoula, Montana area. This site was built by Ted Patterson, who has took a number of my web development. Hiking, Biking and Paddling in the Seeley-Swan Valley Jim and Sara took my web development courses and built this site to showcase their favorite activities! They are also accomplished photographers. Big Sky Gypsy and Drum Horses This site was created by Sharon Teague of Seeley Lake, Montana. Sharon is available to build web sites in Seeley Lake. Smakwater and Sprezzatura Kennels John and Laura McCarthy took Web Marketing and Design and Web Development 1 to learn how to plan their web site. They then took that learning to communicate more effectively with their web developer. They said that the preparation saved them considerable cost on the site development. Located in the Heart of the Beautiful Bitterroot Valley, Smakwater and Sprezzatura is the trusted name in sporting dog care. Specializing in obedience for the hunting retriever, and proven by over 15 years of formal experience with over 500 awards and titles combined, John and Laura McCarthy offer personal, professional boarding, training, and conditioning for all medium to large breed dogs. Issues The Plant Detective Beth Judy has a very interesting radio show about how plants are used medicinally. Additionally, she has a web site that discusses how some of these plants are threatened. Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy Another site by student Daisy Patterson! Computer Services Lombardi Consulting Student 2008 Brian Lombardi took my web development series in 2008 after extensive work as a systems administrator and programmer. "Lombardi Computer Consulting offers a full range of computer services including web design, search engine optimization, and networking. We also offer consulting services in project management, business finance and business administration." Added 6/15/09 Green Valley Designs Rebecca Williamson, formerly the Executive Director of the Missoula Urban Development Project, took my Web Development classes and has started her own web design service. Green Valley Designs is a website and small print publication design company that specializes in sustainability- and community-focused projects. GVD also provides photography and botanical illustration in graphite. Services Tyler Electric Site built by Student 2009-2010 This site was built by student Christopher Cable. ProDJ Las Vegas ProDJ Spokane Student 2009 Tyler Smith has DJ services in Missoula, Bozeman, Spokane and Las Vegas. The Write Editor Friend The Write Editor provides professional editorial services to publishers, authors (published or novice), businesses, churches, and other organizations. Services include full-length fiction and nonfiction, novellas, short stories, articles, resumes, Web site copy, and more. Canvas Graphic Design Student 2009 Specializing in brand development, logos, publication design. Located in Missoula, MT. Site built by SEO student Lisa Me. Professional Liquidation, Inc Client 2009 Professional Liquidation, Inc. (PLI) is a company that specializes in helping the small retailer, who is quitting business, convert his business to cash. This company has helped many of these small business owners, many of whom just want to retire, by providing an alternative solution to sale, bankruptcy or foreclosure and enables them to pay the bills that have accumulated because of changes in the business world. The design of this site was done by student Alex Kuziw. The site was then built by the rapid development. I worked with Ed, Laurie and Don for an afternoon, and they had a web site! Missoula Indian Services Student 2009 This site was upgraded by student Steve Loning. The colors and graphics are greatly improved! Business by Safeguard The owners of this site and their daughter took the Web Development with Dreamweaver course at Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center. The daughter, Lindsey, built this site. Rawlings Industrial This is a site that Nora built with the "rapid development" method. The basic structure and 5 pages were build in an afternoon. Mike Rawlings builds sawmills, wood pellet mills and other types of woody biomass mills. He has over 30 years of industry experience in working closely with both the plant owners and the engineering team. Hanson and Hanson Window Cleaning Greg Hanson's Window Cleaning site is an example of what can be done with rapid development. Greg got the materials together, and we worked for an afternoon to get a basic page on the web. The most important information about his business is available to potential clients, and now Greg can focus on planning the other features of his site over time. Greg and his wife Cookie do sterling work for their exclusive clientele. Advanced Carpet Cleaning Systems Like the Window Cleaning web site. This site was roughed out to the "good enough" stage in one afternoon. Besides the front page, a basic Dreamweaver template and Cascading Style Sheet were developed. Watch for graphics and new pages to demonstrate Greg's services. Curbwise This site was built by Linda Ottway, who took four of my web development classes in the early 2000s. Linda has extensive graphic experience from her sign business in Las Vegas. Jonco Drywall John Anderson took my Web Development series in 2007 and built this site for his business! Note that John has added a slideshow to his site from our class project. Great job, John! Choices Counseling Penny Nord, Choices Counseling, is my good friend from years of volunteering with the Missoula Downtown Association. This site was built by my student Rebecca Williamson of Green Valleys Design (see link in Computer Services above.) Rebecca has a great eye for design. Shelby Humphreys: Christian Author, Artist, and Public Speaker As a faith-based public speaker in Missoula, MT, Shelby Humphreys writes, speaks, and paints all about Real Life 4D Real You. She is currently promoting her new book, "Church Picnic: How God Saved Me from My Religion" and loves to share the message of living a radically authentic Christian life.