Freelance Web and WordPress Developer in Shropshire

Hi, my name is Chris Dunst, and I’m available to hire as a freelance web and WordPress developer.

My core skills are front-end development and WordPress development. I create standards-compliant semantic HTML5 mark-up, styled with clean cross-browser CSS, and progressively enhanced with JavaScript/JQuery where required.

I have many years of experience with WordPress, including building bespoke themes based on supplied designs, or modifying and implementing premium WordPress themes.  I utilise in-built WordPress functionality extensively, including custom post types, custom taxonomies and custom fields. All development work is undertaken ‘cleanly’, leveraging in-built functions and conventions, making sites update-friendly.

Examples of WordPress sites completed for other agencies (which are not listed in our portfolio) include e-commerce sites, brochure sites and sites for hotels and schools, and make use of a wide range of WordPress plugins for social media integration, events, directories, video integration and more.

In addition to development work, I’m a generalist with good copywriting skills, great SEO knowledge, and an excellent understanding of the web design/development industry.

How can I help you?

When working with other agencies on a white label basis, the process is usually as follows:

1. Agency supplies designs in a mocked up graphic format.
2. We will discuss the design, nuances, scripting or custom post type requirements.
3. I will provide a fixed quote and outline brief of the work involved.
4. If the quote is acceptable and the agency agrees on the project, we will agree deadlines.
5. Agency supplies designs in .psd format.
6. I will supply a full WordPress build, with a custom theme as per the designs.  The theme will be completely bespoke, not a child theme of an off-the-shelf theme.
7. Content population is excluded, unless agreed at the brief stage.

If you have requirements that are different from the above process, please give me a call to discuss.

My experience

I have over 15 years’ experience building sites and project managing in the internet industry, including working client-side on a year-long rebuild of realbuzz.com, the community partner for the Virgin London Marathon. This encompassed managing the project end-to-end, leading the functional design, and managing a team of ten designers, programmers and editors.

More recently I have run Seven Pixels since 2011, working with a variety of clients and agencies.