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Dan Wimble Wedding Photographer Website Design

Client

Dan Wimble Photography

Year

2024

Skills

WordPress / UI/UX / CSS / HTML / JS

Dan Wimble Photography

Dynamic WordPress website designed and built for award winning wedding photographer

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Project Overview

Dan Wimble is an award-winning photographer known for his beautiful images captured in a modern, natural style with an editorial edge.  He’s also very savvy, having built his previous WordPress website on his own.  So I had the unique pleasure of working with someone who knows the technology. Dan’s style has evolved in recent years, and he needed a sophisticated website to market his photography to an upscale clientele.  We immediately saw eye to eye on the vision for the website: create a website as elegant as his photography, focusing on the images and encouraging prospective clients to reach out to him. It’s all about the details, starting with a classic black and white color scheme.  We utilized subtle variation in typography, custom editorial photo layouts, and strategic use of white space to give content room to breathe for maximum impact.  In terms of content management, custom post types were created for all dynamic content, including wedding gallery posts, reviews, articles, and FAQ’s.  Even though Dan has the skills to edit the site himself, updating the website should be quick and easy, so he can focus on growing his business.

Project Highlights

Animated off canvas menu

To keep the focus on the photos, I created a responsive animated off canvas menu triggered by a hamburger menu. It uses the native WordPress menu, so it can be quickly edited without any coding knowledge. The menu slides in smoothly from the side, dimming the page content. The menu items are spaced perfectly to maximize the vertical space on any device, with a subtle italic effect to notify users of the active page.

Dan Wimble Weddings off canvas menu

Custom post type for quickly adding wedding galleries

When you're in the service business, time is money. To make sure Dan can focus on capturing memories instead of updating the website, I created a custom post type for wedding galleries. Here the key information is collected, which is then dynamically displayed throughout the site. Once the gallery photos are uploaded, a new wedding post can be created in just a couple minutes.

Website wedding custom post type for gallery page

Conditional Testimonials & Reviews

A CPT was also created for customer reviews. To make it even easier, conditional programming was added to give Dan the ability to display the review exactly where he wants to in just a flick of a toggle switch. This allows him to manage the displayed reviews in seconds. For future proofing, a separate toggle was created for display on a separate Testimonials page - if Dan decides to add one down the line.

Website wedding CPT for testimonials and reviews with conditional programming
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