mindSmile Designs

Web designs that make your mind smile
Featured Work - The Polyglot Project

Featured Work:

The Polyglot Project

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Hello, Form. Meet Function.

I am both a web designer and developer in one. Form and function are built together from day one, so I'm never caught trying to wrestle a design skin to fit rigid backend code. Tell me what you want your site to do, and I'll make it do it, and it'll look good, too.

Based in Northern California near the Bay Area

Get in touch:

Jessica Alonso

contact@mindSmileDesign.com

Currently booking clients
for January 2011

My Portfolio

The Polyglot Project

The Polyglot Project

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Served as sole web developer and graphic designer

  • PHP & mySQL
  • XHTML & CSS3
  • jQuery & AJAX
  • MVC pattern
  • Codeigniter
  • Google Translate API
  • XML in ePub Development
  • Member Login System
  • Secure Admin Controls
  • User Interface Design
  • Logo & Branding Design
  • Website Design
Shavanna Calder's Acting Portfolio

Shavanna Calder's Acting Portfolio

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Designed a custom Wordpress theme for an Actress' portfolio

  • PHP & mySQL
  • XHTML & CSS3
  • jQuery & AJAX
  • Wordpress Blog
  • Wordpress as a CMS
  • Photo Gallery
  • Video Gallery
  • Website Design
Meri Levy - Bonding Coach

Meri Levy - Bonding Coach

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Designed a custom Wordpress theme for Bonding & Parenting Coach's website

  • PHP & mySQL
  • XHTML & CSS3
  • jQuery & AJAX
  • Wordpress Blog
  • Wordpress as a CMS
  • Website Design
Tender Cargo Blog

Tender Cargo Blog

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Coded a custom Wordpress theme for a Baby Gear shop's blog

  • PHP & mySQL
  • XHTML & CSS3
  • Wordpress Blog
Logo Designs

Logo Designs

About the designer

Hi, I'm Jessica.

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mindSmile designs is a one-woman show based in Northern California, right between Sacramento and San Francisco.

I came to love web design completely by accident. After earning a Bachelor's degree in Human Development, I was having a hard time finding a job in that field. I started selling homemade jewelry and other crafts online, and designed my own blog to showcase my work.

After pulling a throughly enjoyable all-nighter working on graphics and realized I should switch my sights from Human Development to Web Development. From then on, I've been learning all I can through self-teaching and a few Master's level classes in Web Design.

I believe that a website should not only be beautiful, reliable, and functional, but also have something extra and unique that makes someone happy to look at it. I love working with rich colors and finding a way for all of the pieces to come together seamlessly.

My Skillset

  • HTML/XHTML/HTML5/CSS3
  • Javascript, jQuery, and AJAX
  • PHP & mySQL
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Wordpress Development
  • Content Management Systems
  • Accessibility & Usability
  • Information Architecture
  • Branding & Identity
  • Web Typography
  • Adobe CS4 & CS5
    • Photoshop
    • Illustrator
    • Dreamweaver
    • Fireworks
    • InDesign
    • Acrobat
    • After Effects

What makes my mind smile?

  • Animals
  • Ballet
  • Reading non-fiction
  • Learning languages
  • Photography
  • Putting furniture together
  • Amigurumi / Crochet
  • Psychology
  • Etymology

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