Start Smart Now - Simple Web Site Solutions that Work

Web Design Porfolio

Start Smart Now builds simple, usable, and attractive web sites that really work! Browse our portfolio and contact us for a free consultation.

AA Dependable Bail Bonds AA Dependable Bail Bonds first contacted us to improve their Google AdWords campaign. After getting positive results, owner Ryant Carr hired us to redesign the web site to improve its search engine and search marketing performance. Features include complex web forms and online payments.
Launch date: August 2009
Two Sisters Quilting Two Sisters Quilting is a custom designed web store that provides the owner Sam Winover with an easy way to add products, manage inventory, create web pages, and process online orders through a robust shopping cart integrated with PayPal.
Launch date: July 2009
ElderKidCare ElderKidCare is an information-rich web site with a strong visual appeal. Making content easy to find was a top priority for this home health care agency. The web site also features a blog that is maintained by a staff member at ElderKidCare.
Launch date: June 2009
Texas Drug Test

Texas Alcohol and Drug Testing Service (TADTS) provides drug and breath alcohol testing services to federal mandated industries. Start Smart Now first designed their site in 2003, and owner Larry Bauske decided to let us redesign the site again to bring it up-to-date with current web standards.
Re-launch date: December 2008

Cross UR Harness

Cross UR Harness is a redesign project that included building a PHP web application to enable customers to custom order every product on the site. The web application processes user-selected options and recalculates prices on-the-fly. Then, it passes all the information to the PayPal shopping cart for secure, safe, and easy payment processing.

Dallas ISD Dallas ISD Evaluation & Accountability needed a usable web site for staff, parents, and the community. The web site is a template-driven design that allows DISD staff to maintain the site's content. A user-centered design (UCD) is compliant with web accessibility standards and provides easy navigation of over 100 web pages and hundreds of annual reports.
Texas Olive Oil Council

Texas Olive Oil Council is an exciting ongoing redesign project that included giving the web site an entirely new look and feel with bigger and bolder visual elements as well as a more intuitive navigation system. The web site also feature a PHP-enabled membership application form that allows new members to sign-up online.

Panorama of the Past is a teacher web site that combines dynamic features like random quotes, current date, student calendars, projects, rubrics, and course information. This simple and attractive web site has proved to be an invaluable tool for the teacher, students, and parents.

Lone Star Uke Fest The Lone Star Uke Fest selected StartSmartNow to design, maintain, and host their festival web site. In April/May 2009, ukulele players and enthusiast gathered for the First Annual Lone Star Uke Fest.
Jennifer Mansfield Peal

Jennifer Mansfield Peal, related to actress Jayne Mansfield, is an award-winning songwriter who has entertained audiences nationwide and on two international tours. Her web site was specifically designed to allow Jennifer and her photographer husband Tom Peal to update and expand the site's content.

Shelly's web site The Shelly Torres-West web site is a custom designed WordPress theme. The site is a hybrid between a traditional web site and a blog, featuring rich textures and colors.

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