About Nuovo Fatali Design

Greetings, wayward website-envier! I'm a freelance web designer in the Washington DC area, able and ready to get you that website you wish you had. You know, the one you see your friends or business competitors running that makes them look oh-so suave. Well, it's your turn to shine! I code everything by hand as a personal preference, so you are sure to get the most concise, edit-friendly layout coding possible--no 10 page, program-generated nonsense! For my credentials please see the Resume section. To view recent websites I've made for previous and ongoing clients, feel free to browse my portfolio below. Here's how I work:

Free initial consultation and preliminary designs. If you like what I make you, then we proceed to customization.
$150-$200 installation of a custom design made just for you. I integrate the design into your website and add your pre-written content for you. All payment is handled though my paypal account, but I don't get paid until you're satisfied with the design and we're ready to implement.
Ongoing maintenance. Need to make content updates and not comfortable handling the site on a weekly basis on your own? Wish you just had a webmaster [mistress] to handle it for you? Terms/charges are fully negotiable according to what's best for you. Just send me an email!

Thank you for considering me to build your website! For service inquiries, please email me detailing your needs and web goals, and I will look forward to working with you!

Portfolio

Resume

I have worked on web design for 12 years now, primarily in the realm of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as their possibilities have blossomed with new tech. I've built websites for a variety of bloggers, fanlistings, bands, small businesses, actors, writing groups, and non-profit centers--even a church. I've designed everything from company logos to special event pamphlets & band flyers, and even school registration interfaces. I have kept up with the changing sphere of the industry in terms of both standards and trends and can give you near anything you want--whether I build it myself or buy a license to use someone else's. If I can't, I'll send you to someone who can with no charges incurred.

Web Design is a hobby, not a job, and so I am able to charge only enough to justify the time I put into it. As such, I am extremely affordable as well as pliable to clients' needs and timetables.

Coding: HTML, CSS, Javascript
Programs I often use: Paint.NET, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Illustrator
Resources I frequent: W3 Schools, JQuery, Simple Blog
Limited experience: PHP
Hosting Services: I regularly work with and recommend the following site hosting services -- Yahoo, Fatcow, and WordPress. If none of these fit your needs (or your moral dilemma), I have a list of decent 2nd choice hosters I can recommend as well. The host matters! Your site functionalities may not work with certain hosts' options, so be sure to let me help you choose!

Referrals

"Mary is absolutely wonderful! We actually thought we could set up an ecommerce web site ourselves. Well, needless to say we quickly became overwhelmed! It was a whole different language that Mary speaks fluently! She was extremely helpful and enjoys making your site the best it can be. She is a pleasure to work with, talented, and quickly responds to any questions, suggestions, or problems you may have."
-Kimmy Armstrong, Pat Travis, & Rachel Padding, GnomeWorks Puzzles

"Mary, mistress of Nuovo Fatali Design, did a fantastic job on my personal business site. From advising me on hosting choices to laying out pages and making my site easy for me to update, Mary was a joy and a godsend. She made a project I was dreading into a satisfying (and successful) marketing tool."
-Tiffany A. Turbin Santos, Cranberryjade.com

"As the founder of a new nonprofit organization, I was quite daunted by the idea of creating and maintaining a website that would help my community school for the arts grow and flourish. Mary designed a beautiful, informative website which allows students and parents to register and pay for classes online, and provides a ton of information in an easy to navigate website. She also took the time to show me how to upload new information and make adjustments. I would recommend her to anyone looking to create a website."
-Amy Riffle-Kouyeas, Tri-State Community School for the Arts

"Mary of Nuovo Fatali Design said that she could make my website really stand out and look great. I believed her and she proved me right! The site looks great, and she put in a great deal of time and effort to work around the hosting company's peculiarities (I have premium services with webs.com). She has been very responsive to my needs, tailoring it to fit my martial arts school, and never gives me the runaround, which is refreshing in this day and age. I highly recommend."
-Daniel Sullivan, Willow Tree Martial Arts