Lightfalls Design - web design studio of Jill Sunderlin.

Specializing in websites for artists, small businesses, and non-profit organizations since 1999.
Green web hosting on a web server powered by renewable energy.
Apple computer repair and support for the local Mac community.

Look at some of my work - click on image for larger version slideshow:

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Festival News

Design, XHTML coding & CSS coding, custom design CMS based on the MODX framework
Winner 2013 Best Supporting Member Website - NC Association of Festivals & Events
Winner 2013 Associate Member of the Year Website - SC Festival & Event Association

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Virginia Field Trips Guide

Design, XHTML coding & CSS coding, custom design CMS based on the MODX framework

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Trail Days - Damascus, VA

Design, XHTML coding & CSS coding, custom design CMS based on the MODX framework

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Highlands Ballet

Design, XHTML coding & CSS coding, custom design CMS based on the MODX framework

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Charles Vess & Greenman Press blog

Design with Charles, XHTML & CSS coding, custom design CMS based on the MODX framework, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Suzanne Stryk

Design with Suzanne, XHTML & CSS coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Shady Business

Design, XHTML coding & CSS coding, custom design CMS based on the MODX framework

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Auntie's Cottage

Design, XHTML & CSS coding, Photoshop " Illustrator digital imaging

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William King Museum

Design, XHTML & CSS coding, custom content management system, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Virginia Highlands Festival 2006

New design and coding annually for the year's theme and content, 1999-2006.
Design, XHTML & CSS coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Johnston Memorial Hospital

Design with Daveena Sexton, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Happy Trails Vacation Cottage

Design, XHTML & CSS coding, Photoshop

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Rikemo

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Art World - a project of the William King Museum

Design with Daveena Sexton, HTML coding, Flash, QTVR, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Plumb Alley Beads

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Parks Mill

Design, XHTML & CSS coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Johnson County Trails Association

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Callebs Realty

Design, XHTML & CSS coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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1857 Foreman House

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging, photography

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ElderSpirit Community

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Abingdon Virginian

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Big Timber

Design, XHTML & CSS coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Highlands Log Structures

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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We Be Haints

Design, HTML coding, Flash, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Llama Bean Ranch & Mookie Company

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging, photography

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Appalachian Sustainable Development

Design, Sustainable Woods logo design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Laughing Crow Forge

Design, Laughing Crow Forge logo design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Joy & Company

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Greenstone Studio

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Virginia Creeper Trail Club

Design, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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Good Goddess Arts Exhibition

Design with Karen and Susan, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging

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William King Regional Arts Center screenshot

William King Regional Arts Center - splash page

Design with Daveena Sexton, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging. Awarded First Place by the 2002 Southeastern Museums Conference Publication Design Competition. Replaced by the William King Museum site in 2009.

William King Regional Arts Center - inner page

Charles Vess & Greenman Press screenshot

Charles Vess & Greenman Press - splash page

Design with Charles, HTML coding, javascript coding, Photoshop digital imaging. Named the Best Web Site of the Year (in a tie with Mark Wagner's Hearts and Bones Studio) by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow in 'The Years Best Fantasy and Horror for 2001.' New Greenman Press site and blog coming March-April 2010

Charles Vess & Greenman Press - inner page

Website Hosting

I offer the same services the big hosting companies do, but I work with you, personally, to put together a hosting plan that is designed to fit your individual needs. When you call for help you'll be contacting a real person - not an automated system - someone who is already familiar with you and your website. My server is rock solid and lightning fast. Contact me and I'll be happy to answer any questions you have.

Hosting Rates:

$60 a year hosting plans for basic websites.

Hosting plans for websites running content management systems vary by services needed - contact me to discuss pricing.

Green Hosting:

Lightfalls Design host sites on a web server that has been 130% wind powered since 2008!
Here's why that's important - not only do servers need electricity for power - servers also generate a lot of heat. For every watt of electricity that a server uses, 1-2 watts of electricity are usually required to cool it. At present, between 3 and 4 percent of all electricity (and the associated carbon emissions) used in the world go to running data centers.

Renewable Energy Credits (REC's) have been purchased for 130% of the electricity used to both power and cool the server Lightfalls Design uses. For every REC purchased, a windfarm in Texas generates 1 megawatt of wind power and puts it into the power grid in Texas (the server is located in a data center in Texas). Since REC's cover 130% of the power used by the server, we're not just neutralizing our environmental impact, we're reversing it!

Web Design

Lightfalls Design is a one-person studio in Abingdon, Virginia, run by myself, Jill Sunderlin. I have a reputation for creating websites that are visually stunning and highly functional. Integrating artistic design and technical expertise, I create websites that are distinctive, fresh and affordable.

Working closely with you, I balance your needs, priorities and budget to create an original website, or a redesign of your existing site. For those who need larger websites, and the ability to edit their own website content, I design and develop sites based on the open source Modx framework. I can also host your site at an extremely competitive rate, with guaranteed uptime and the full range of hosting options.

Technology should never intrude on the experience of visitors to your site, so all my coding work is Web Standards compliant. This ensures content will be available to the widest possible audience, whether they are using an old browser or the newest mobile device.

Browse my site, and contact me with any questions you may have about bringing the site you've been envisioning into reality.

Happy Macs

Services available:

→ regular maintenance
→ operating system upgrades
→ troubleshooting system problems
→ software installation and configuration
→ email and internet configuration
→ Windows installation on Intel Macs
→ hardware repair, upgrades, installation
→ printer installation
→ wired and wireless network installation
→ ...and whatever else your Mac may need

About

I'm a web designer, web coder, and Apple computer technician with a background in graphic design, stage scenery, and degrees in English and history. I like to learn stuff and I like to create stuff. If it's something that combines a design side with a technical side - that's where I'm happiest. The Web and I are a good fit. I've been a working Web professional since 1999 and haven't tired of it yet.

Thanks for visiting!

Contact

Here's how to contact me to talk about website design, website hosting, or help with your Apple computer:

Call me at: 276-285-1263.
Please leave a message if you get voice mail - I'll return your call as soon as possible.

Click this link to email me.

For emergency help with your Mac, you can also text me at:
276-285-1263.