Work - Monkey Puzzle

Cascade Building Services

Using WP Rocket, decreased page load time; recommended and implemented methods to reduce the bounce rate.

Kraft Tank Parts

Responsible for backend development of a tanker parts e-commerce site. Established customers login for custom pricing, which is accessed live using the ERP System API. Customized WooCommerce to facilitate rapid page load speeds. The project resulted in more accurate prices and shipping charges, reduced administrative time, and increased profits.

Kraft Tank Parts

Integrity Spa and Pool

Developed and designed a WordPress website for a small business using the Astra theme and WordPress Block Editor. Fixed a malicious redirect that redirected visitors to another site. Increased web traffic and conversions.

Integrity Spa and Pool

Decoding Dyslexia

Developed and designed a WordPress website for a non profit using the Astra theme and the WordPress Block Editor. Gave a talk at the WordPress Portland User’s Group on how to develop a site using the WordPress Block Editor that looks as good as Elementor.

PDX Grid Project

Over 6,000 images can be searched for by keywords, photographer, date, location, and grid. There is a duplicate of the AAA map, with the grid overly, that lets the user click on a grid and find the corresponding images. Responsible for design & development including migrating over 14,500 images into WordPress and custom templates using the Javascript libraries.

Portland Grid Project

Phoseon Technology

Updated the site using a custom theme. Created new headers and blocks following client specifications. Implemented several language sites using a translation plugin. The project resulted in more up-to-date language sites and a better user experience.

Phoseon Technology

Phoseon Technology CRC

Updated the Phoseon Customer Resource Center (CRC) which was a Drupal to WordPress conversion. Added membership features such as roles, restricted access, and registration approval. Incorporated filters and wrote a custom plugin to produce content from PDFs using the filename to derive fields.

Phoseon Technology

Planning Shop

Wrote a custom plugin to make adjustments to the Woocommerce cart when certain coupons where used. Modified order confirmation emails with a custom plugin. Modified an existing custom plugins to work with new theme.

Planning Shop

The Portland Ballet

Updated the site using the BricksBuilder theme. Decreased page load time and increased security. Created custom Google Ads conversion tracking.

The Portland Ballet

Girlstart

Working as their digital team, Monkey Puzzle provides ongoing support for the Girlstart website with custom coding and manages $10,000/month Google Ad Grants campaign.

Girlstart DeSTEMber

Lease Negotiator

leasenegotiator.com APRIL 2019 Created a new website for Turnstone Realty and used that site as a template for Turnstone Commercial, Lease Negotiator, and Bobby Bababi. Technology stack used: – WordPress – HTML – CSS – Astra Pro Theme – Elementor

Give Realty

giverealty.com NOVEMBER 2018 Set up a Google Ads campaigns for multiple locations with several ad groups. Doubled the click through rate and increased paid search traffic 13 fold compared to the smart campaign. Technology stack used: – Google Ads – Google Analytics

Give Realty

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