Hi! I'm Dave.

I lived in Sydney for most of my life until 6 years ago when I moved out to Cox's Creek to spend time with my dear old mum. Now I love it out here and I make a living making websites and freelancing.

I've been building websites for over 20 years, so I've pretty much done it all by now. Whether you need something totally unique and complicated or just something very simple, I can help you with a solution that will work great for you and your clients. Special rates for community and ethically based work.

Kandos Fairways Motel

https://thekfm.com.au
role: Developer, Designer
tech: WordPress, Sage, Elementor, JS, Sass
circa: 2019
Something a bit different. I managed to fit everything on a desktop, so users don't have to scroll to find what they need. Also, I couldn't find the right room icons, so I hand made these ones.

Rylstone District Care & Transport

https://rdct.org.au
role: Developer, Designer
tech: WordPress, Sage, Elementor, JS, Sass
circa: 2019
I was proud to help the local care provider with a new website. I kept the design very straight-forward and tried to make it as simple as I could for users and staff to use.

Kandos Community Club

https://kandosclub.com.au
role: Developer, Designer
tech: WordPress, Sage, Elementor, JS, Sass
circa: 2019
The client played a big role in shaping how this one came out, and it's a lot nicer thanks to her input. As there will be a few people updating it, I put in extra work to make it as easy as possible.

Thong Fixers

https://thongfixers.com.au
role: Developer, Designer
tech: WordPress multisite, E-Commerce, PHP, JS, SVG, Anime.js, Stylus
circa: 2018
Seemingly simple e-commerce site with lots of svg and animation, but actually it is 4 websites in one, the Australian brand site, an international site, wholesale orders and a blog.

Portfolio

http://daveswebdesigns.com
role: Developer, Designer
tech: JS, SVG, SASS, Handlebars, enduro.js, swiper.js
circa: 2019
Fairly simple, static html site built with enduro.js and swiper.js. Using a random colour scheme and some animation for a hopefully bright and fun experience.

Andrew Brown

http://andrewbrown.com.au
role: Developer, Designer
tech: WordPress, JS, Stylus, PHP
circa: 2018
Using wordpress and a commercial theme, this site turned around super fast and on budget. I also did the logo design.

QPAC

http://www.qpac.com.au
role: Front-end team
tech: JS, Sass, Maps API
circa: 2017
I was part of the front end team on this feature packed site for Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

Rylstone Kandos

http://rylstonekandos.com
role: Developer, Designer
tech: Wordpress, JS, Stylus
circa: 2016
A site I designed and built for my local town. It acts as part brochure, part user-generated local business and events directory.

Town Square

http://daveswebdesigns.com/townsq/
role: Developer
tech: JS, Marionette, SVG, Stylus
circa: 2015
Brochure site for a community based portal I was involved in. Heaps of cool SVG tricks like opacity masking and the footer scene is dynamically created.

Ken Done

OFFLINE
role: Front-end Developer
tech: JS, AJAX, E-Commerce, Less
circa: 2012
Unique, totally custom built e-commerce site for famous Australian artist Ken Done. It was designed from the ground up totally AJAX to be super fast and easy to use.

Camilla

OFFLINE
role: Front-end Developer
tech: JS, E-Commerce, Magento, Less
circa: 2011
Massive and finely detailed, fully customised magento based e-commerce site.

sass & bide

OFFLINE
role: Developer
tech: Flash, E-Commerce, Flex CMS, XML
circa: 2010
The last of the big flash sites. I put so much thought into every detail of development: intelligent preloading; internal caching system; custom built CMS; it was lightening fast. Notice the responsive layout.

Animal Logic

OFFLINE
role: Developer
tech: Flash, Flex CMS, XML
circa: 2009
Really huge flash site for world renowned 3d studio. Won the FWASOTD.

Jan Logan

OFFLINE
role: Developer
tech: Flash, E-Commerce, Flex CMS, XML
circa: 2008
One of my favourite websites. I had the rare benefit of time. I spent weeks on the unique navigation bar alone. So many small details, like if you could fit 6 images on the screen but had 7 to show, they would split 4, 3 instead of 6, 1, avoiding orphan elements.

see-saw films

OFFLINE
role: Developer
tech: Flash, 3d, Flex CMS, XML
circa: 2007
Pretty cool flash site with solid typography and lots of intricate 3d transitions.

Funkychef

http://funkychef.com
role: Designer, Developer, Animator
tech: Flash, ASP
circa: 2002
An oldie but a goodie. One of my first ever sites, oiginally developed around 2002. The business is no longer around but the website is still kicking.

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