Your website is annoying you?
Web design | Website maintenance
You don’t have the time, interest or knowhow to maintain your existing website? Adding news items, keeping content up to date or making other changes? Whether these are one-offs or occur regularly?
You’d finally like your own website? Either a small, low-maintenance brochure site or a more comprehensive website you can actively drive forwards?
You’re unsatisfied with your existing website? Maybe it looks as if a programmer designed it, or it’s unusable on phones and the loading time rivals Neptune’s orbit around the sun?
- (Almost) a one-stop shop: A bit like an agency embodied in one person …
- … So no need to grapple with topics that bore the socks off you
- Search engine-friendly: Help Google and the others read and understand your website, so it can put it under your target audience’s nose
- User-friendly: Don’t repel your audience with long loading times, complicated navigation and chaotic content
Who works on your website?
I’m Paul Jackson, a European of British origin who lives in Germany. I designed and created my first website for a customer way back in 1999, with around 70 more following in the years since.
True, that’s not especially many for that length of time.
In the noughties and into the 10s I mainly earned my wholemeal crust designing album covers and related things.
Thanks to digitalisation, there then followed a less glamorous – but more lucrative – decade as a German–English translator.
Until AI killed that off as surely as that large meteorite did the dinosaurs.
And now?
I’m still helping people with websites, but with AI snapping at my heels. If you were thinking of contacting me, do it soon, before I cultivate turnips for a career.
Which content management system do I use?
Since 2022, my content management system of choice is Contao.
This powerful, flexible system is mainly used in the German-speaking world, where its roots are (and where I am).
For those of you reading this English version of my website, it’s as little known as a major British politician with the guts to say Brexit was a fucking stupid idea we should seek to undo as much as possible, as quickly as possible.
You’re not looking for anyone to help you with your non-existent Contao website, so no need for me to explain what I could or couldn’t do with it.
But if you read German, see my German page: Webdesign for more info.
Back in 2019, when out of a mixture of curiosity and boredom I installed WordPress for the first time, I immediately realised why it had long superseded solid content management systems such as Joomla and Drupal.
But it didn’t take long for the disadvantages of WordPress to become apparent, and before long, they outweighed the positives.
You’re wondering if I could nonetheless help you with your WordPress project?
It depends.
I know I won’t ever make any more websites with it, but occasional routine tasks may still be possible.
You’re welcome to ask.
Nope.
I realise why loads of creative people and small businesses use them.
But in all conscience, I can’t recommend them, and I therefore give them such a wide berth as I do the people handing out flyers in the pedestrian zone in the city centre.
No. Typo3 is a powerful system that’s most often used by larger businesses. It’s also known for its complexity.
As I know nothing about it, it wouldn’t make sense for me to fiddle about with your Typo3 website – even though I’d probably find the experience interesting.
No slogan, no claim, services unclear
Embarrassing.
Melanie from marketing would suffer a heart attack.
Positioning? As clear as mud.
The customer journey? An odyssey to nowhere.
The CTAs? As dire as my mood the day after the US election.
Back in 2023, I deliberately created this website as a brochure site for the people who come to me via word of mouth. No SEO, no content marketing. Meaning this website is as little-visited as that weird uncle who pongs of rotting cabbages and goes on about chemtrails all the time.
Once I’m clear whom I’m offering what – if ever – I’ll rework or replace it.
For that reason, there’s no tempting list of services, designed to make you water at the mouth.
But if you nonetheless somehow like what you see and read here and aren’t sure if I’d be able to help you, just ask.
“… Attractive and thoughtful design ideas”
“Paul’s attractive and thoughtful design ideas have created a colourful, modern and visitor-friendly website that I’m really proud of.”
Berlie Doherty
Award-winning author
“… Expertise and professionalism”
“Paul’s expertise and professionalism made him very easy to work with. My original website was old and in need of updating, but Paul created a new, modern, accessible site that gave a clear and coherent focus to me as a writer, keeping me informed and making helpful suggestions when he needed material from me. It made me revisit my backlist and gave me ideas for working with this. It’s been an enjoyable process, and I am delighted with the outcome.”
Danuta Reah
Award-winning author
“… A pleasure to work with Paul”
“It has been a pleasure to work with Paul in setting up my website. His patient advice and instruction have helped me to write about my work in a new way, based on Paul’s analysis of what my readers are actually searching for, and hopefully to attract new readers too.”
Berlie Doherty
Award-winning author
Web design portfolio
Well, this is awkward …
A supposed web designer who more often cleans the windows at home than designs websites.
I actually see myself more of a future developer, but that’s another story.
Later in 2025, I should have another project or two to show you …
