Vancouver Island
The landing page for a map of Vancouver Island's farm stands, food trucks and markets, pointing visitors to the map and stand owners to a free listing.
Selected work Projects I'm
Projects I'm
proud of.
A small portfolio of custom websites built for real businesses across Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
New websites
Built from scratch.
Eleven sites, each designed for its business, coded by hand and live on its own domain.
Salt Spring Island
A first website for a Salt Spring excavating and septic company, built around photographs of their own jobs and a dashboard they update themselves.
Salt Spring Island
Replacing a hacked, decade-old WordPress site with a nine-page home for a Salt Spring spa: booking, shop, retreats, and a journal the owner runs herself.
Salt Spring Island
A warm new home for a three-room garden B&B on Salt Spring Island, built to win direct bookings instead of paying the platforms their cut.
Salt Spring Island
The first-ever website for a Salt Spring Island builder, with every project photographed, organized into its own browsable gallery, and put in front of clients.
Campbell River
Replacing a beloved Campbell River bakery's 13-year-old WordPress site with a warm, six-page custom build (bread schedule, story, and all), live within a week.
Victoria
Rebuilding a multidisciplinary Fernwood clinic's outdated site into a calm, modern home for six therapies, edited by the clinic's own team.
Salt Spring Island
Designing the first website for a custom home builder on Salt Spring Island, built to showcase craftsmanship and bring in qualified project inquiries.
Victoria
A six-page site for a Victoria cleaning company, moved off an old WordPress install and built around the booking system they already run on.
Victoria
A painter's site moved off a template artist platform and rebuilt around her four collections, events and art cards.
Salt Spring Island
An online presence for a Salt Spring Island musician: pianist, vocalist, and composer spanning jazz, soul, blues, and classical.
Hourly work
Fixed, not rebuilt.
Not every job is a new website. These were already built when their owners asked me in, and I look after them by the hour. The pins mark changes you can see on their own pages.
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Their site, built on WooCommerce. The pins are my changes. WooCommerce Since September
SunWind Solar
Solar science kits for kids and classrooms, from Salt Spring Island.
On the page
- A cart in the menu that counts what's in it
- A line on every kit saying what's in the box
- Prices on the shop page, in US or Canadian dollars depending on where the shopper is
Also fixed
- Orders from outside North America, shipped by Canada Post
- Checkout picks the shopper's country for them
- Tax charged on shipping
- Abandoned carts tracked
- A newsletter sign-up at checkout that asks for consent properly
- A privacy policy
- Old links redirected and a broken pop-up removed
Visit sunwindsolar.com“This fellow knows what he's doing and lets you know too. His service is quick, strong, and reliable.”
SunWind Solar -
Their site, built on WordPress. The pins are my changes. WordPressWooCommerce Since September
Salt Spring Island Printmakers
A printmaking society on Salt Spring Island, with workshops, a members' studio and shows.
On the page
- Studio fees explained on the page, so the price boxes can stay simple
- Price boxes cut back to the name, the price and one button
Also fixed
- Show entries reach the organisers and the treasurer (they were going to the person entering)
- New entries land in the member list as well as the entries list
- A show fee listed at $40 but charged at $35 now says $35 everywhere
- Order emails go to the treasurer's address
- Site notices go to the society's own address
- A full backup of the site, kept off the server
Visit ssiprintmakers.ca“Since taking on managing our website, Owen has proved to be invaluable, knowledgeable, organized, and personable. He's solved some long-standing issues and he keeps us up-to-date with his actions and responses to our questions.”
Nora Layard -
Their site, built on Wix. The pins are my changes. Wix Since June
Beyond Fitness
A personal training gym in Victoria.
On the page
- A big, open box for what people need help with
- A required "How did you hear about us?", so she can see where clients come from
- Text-message consent cut down and made optional
Also fixed
- 34 old pages removed and redirected, so no old link breaks
- Email settings fixed (SPF)
- Google Search Console set up
- A search title and description on every page
- New trainers added, their photos colour-matched to the rest
Visit beyondfitness.biz“Working with Owen has been fantastic. He is incredibly responsive, quick to make updates, and has delivered exactly what he said he would every step of the way.”
Sarah-Jane Chilton
Have a site that needs work? I charge $40 an hour, and a bigger job gets a fixed quote before I start.
In their words.
Every review on Google is five stars. Three of them, word for word.
★★★★★
Working with Owen on the Maid in Victoria website was honestly one of the best business decisions we've made.
★★★★★
The entire experience was outstanding from start to finish.
★★★★★
Owen was brilliant. He held my hand and was incredibly patient and helpful.
Tell me about your business.
I'll build a free preview of your new homepage from what's already public, usually within a week. Nothing to prepare, and no obligation to go ahead.