I’ve embarked on designing web sites for a few of my clients – those who didn’t have web sites or needed new ones. I’m using a DIY Word Press template called Thesis designed by Chris Pearson, and I’m struggling, but it is so much fun.

I’m also calling on my html-expertise friend’s assistance. He helps me figure out the hard stuff, and I’m sure he wants to clobber me half the time… OK all the time, but I’m hoping once he shows me how to do it (OK, once he does it for me) I can simply update the site, add pages and photos, write web copy and take all the credit from my clients.

For now, the two sites look very similar. They are www.cateringbydesignkc.com andwww.oldewestportspicefundraising.com. The sites are still a work in progress, so there’s probably errors and design problems, but it’s a start and it’s an exciting new service option for MNPR.

Eventually I hope to design my own company’s site and make it modifable with photos of recent client events, company information, press releases and more.

No. I don’t pretend to be an expert. I tell my clients I’m still learning. And no. I don’t bill my clients for the “learning.” But, with all of the extra hours I spend on this project, I hope that I become good at smallish DIY web sites and can throw up a web site for a client who needs one for an event, a special project, a side company or whatever.

Stay tuned. I’ll upload any sites I’m proud of to my blog… or even the ones I’m only half proud of!