Author’s Website Launches
10 Notes recently rolled out a new website for Dr. Caroline P. Murphy, a well-respected author, cultural historian and biographer, in support of her new book “Murder of a Medici Princess”.
1. The Requirement
Dr. Murphy approached us about the possibility of putting together a site that could promote the new book, establish a formal web presence for her comings-and-goings (e.g. book readings, lectures, events, etc.), and that could be managed without any technical knowledge. Dr. Murphy also expressed a desire to “work with a company that wasn’t just building giant corporate websites”. Seemed like a good fit.
2. The Approach
WordPress, WordPress, WordPress. Out of the box, WordPress met all of Dr. Murphy’s core content management needs, and since the release of version 2.5, provided a beautiful interface for managing everything on the site. While the site is fairly basic from an IA standpoint, Dr. Murphy was off and running as a WP publisher after a quick training session. In between her jet-setting trips to the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy [starting to get jealous...], we worked closely with Dr. Murphy to provide guidance on assembling the content, creating and revising the site’s design, and to boost her ranking in Google’s search index. We also provided 2 years of hosting (complete with email) through one of our affiliate programs.
Overall, we’re very pleased with the site itself, and grateful to have had an opportunity to work with such an interesting and wonderful person.
10 Notes provided me with the ideal combination of technical and creative skill and were absolutely great to work with. In creating my site, they were proactive in generating ideas and immediately responsive to suggestions and I am delighted with the finished product.
(Shucks, now we’re blushing…she sent us a signed copy of her new book too!) Thanks for reading.
