About Us — Company Info

To be truthful, the page should be called “About Me” . My name is Laura Wilson and Enchanted Moon is my freelance computer services company. I offer website design, logo design and desktop publishing services.

Experience:

I started Enchanted Moon in 1995. At that time desktop publishing was all I offered. It started with flyers I made to advertise my housecleaning business. My sister started teaching healthy cooking classes at that time and was my first customer. I created flyers, brochures, and the recipe packets for her classes. There were other various clients I did some work for, one example is some signs I created for a small health food store.

In October of 1999 I logged onto the internet and knew right then I wanted to create websites. In February of 2000 I created my first website using BigStep’s free hosting. The site was for my sister's business, which had now grown to include her classes on VHS. I created all the materials for these tapes as well. The BigStep site lasted until they started charging for hosting. At that time I created Val's Bizhosting Webstore, she decided to go with my new hosting service for her webstore so the Bizhosting one is gone while I work on the new one.. Her main site was built on another free host before the current site was done with The Web Shop site builder. This site will be rebuilt with Dreamweaver in the future and will include many more features. I also create and send Macro Val's newsletter.

I created 2 one page sites for D & M Plumbing and Blue Spruce Trees, using ZDNet's site builder. The The Kozi Line site was built using Bizhosting's site builder.

In June of 2005 I acquired Dreamweaver, the site builder preferred by professionals, and have built this site along with Infinite Flame site with it. Flying Cat Productions which is owned by a friend, is in the final stages. This friend and I together own Infinite Flame. These sites are works in progress and will be changing as I work on them.

In April of 2006 I decided to add hosting to my services. I am setting that up and creating a price schedule at this time.

Skills:

I can:

I know HTML and XHTML, and have some experience with CSS, flash buttons, and Java.

Education:

I am entirely self taught. I had one class in high school in 1982-1983 that taught the BASIC language. Between 1983 and 1995 I ran my parent's video store and did all the computer work required for all operations, this included databases of customers and stock. Although I did not build the programs themselves, on several occasions I had to trouble shoot and fix problems that arose with them. This gave me experience in DOS and Windows 3.1. I learned with the help of books, magazines, and good old trial and error.

In 1995 I bought my first computer with Windows 95 on it. I bought a Dummies book and taught myself how to use it. As far as the desktop publishing, I realized I had a talent for design when I redesigned my sister's flyer that another person had done. Design comes naturally to me and I enhanced this by reading any design tips and techniques I could find. I keep these references and consult them when working on a project.

In 2000 when I decided to become a web site designer, I did not have the funds to attend classes and did not want to take out a loan. So I took every free class online I could find. I have completed online classes with ThirdAge, About.com, plus a few others. I also have several web master newsletters I subscribe to that keep me current and up to date on the newest technology. There are several sources online that I constantly visit and learn from like WebMonkey. I have “Sam's Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4”, “HTML 4 for Dummies”, “Mastering Dreamweaver 4 and Fireworks”, among other books that I have used.

I have mastered the art of problem solving on my own. I am obviously also self motivated. There is always something new to learn. I am studying CSS, ASP, Java, DHTML mostly through About.com and my online sources.


©2005 Enchanted Moon

Enchanted Moon Websites & Desktop Publishing
Novi, Michigan              (248) 960-7297
WebMistress@enchanted-moon.net