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Wordpress Training

Jumping into the backend of a WordPress site can be daunting. We’ve found a few useful tools on the web that have helped many feel more confident when making the plunge into making their own website.

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WordPress Grand Rapids Meetup

There’s no better way to learn about WordPress than going to a local Meetup and meeting some locals who do what you want to do. Grand Rapids is rife

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Grand Circus

Everyone can learn to code at Grand Circuses coding bootcamps. Their 12-week coding bootcamps help address the disparity between the size of Michigan’s tech workforce and the exploding demand for tech talent. Or upgrade your tech skills with one of their evening and weekend workshops to prepare for a promotion, start a completely new career or simply learn a new set of skills.

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Grand Circus

coLearning at The Factory

coLearning brings small groups of peers together to learn key skills in technology, design, and entrepreneurship through mentorship and programs. Meant for those looking to develop the new skills needed to get a job in a growing industry, those looking to make a move into a different industry or underemployed in their current role, and those already in their chosen career, looking to diversify skill-sets and become indispensable resources within their company.

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Start Garden

Start Garden is a hub for all things entrepreneurial in Grand Rapids. In addition to all of their networking and startup events, they have their Startup Digest events calendar that pulls all sorts of other events that might be interesting to the start up, many of which are coding classes. Check them and their events out for opportunities in Grand Rapids.

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Start Garden

Lynda

Learn how to build a website or blog in WordPress with our video tutorials. In these courses, you’ll learn how to install WordPress and configure it for SEO, design a WordPress theme, create an ecommerce website, and publish your images and posts with the open-source WordPress content management system.

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Take A Look At Some

Recent Projects

From nonprofits to corporations to musicians to online stores, we can build it all! Check out some of our projects listed below and if anything catches your eye, feel free to reach out and we can keep that in mind when build out your website.

Grand Rapids Website Design and Development

Take A Look At Some

Recent Projects

Andrea Napierkowski
Owner of CurlyHost

A good website makes it a business... makes it real... grows your ideas...

CurlyHost has worked on over 650 projects since we started back in 2011 and each one has given us insight into what works (and what doesn’t). We enjoy what we do and can’t wait to partner with your organization to tell your story online in an engaging and thoughtful way. Click around our website to check out our tools or see our past work to get inspired!

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Pet Tales ( @pettalesrescue ) is a non-profit rescue organization serving the greater West Michigan area. They are dedicated to rescuing dogs and cats left homeless in public shelters where they are at high risk of euthanasia, pets given up by their owners due to difficult circumstances, and those in danger of abuse or neglect.

Animals in their care are spayed or neutered, receive all appropriate veterinary care and treatment, and placed in nurturing foster homes while they await placement in their permanent homes. They all pets, regardless of age, breed, or ease of placement, which makes their rescue stand out from so many others.

CurlyHost, with the help of fantastic illustrations by Libby Vanderploeg ( @libbyvanderploeg ), helped bring digital life to a project that has helped so many people’s physical lives. The website now has a level of play appropriate for animal lovers and helps navigate users through the adoption and placement process. The site also features an online store where you can support Pet Tales in a variety of different ways.

In the spirit of this amazing project and the holiday season, please consider making a donation to Pet Tales directly OR check out their online shop where you can support your furry friends by sporting a Pet Tales teeshirt or Pet Tales mug.

#libbyvanderploeg #holidaygiftideas #shoplocal #adoptdontshop #shopsmallthischristmas #adoption #rescuedog #imgratefulfor #thinkbigshopsmall #petsofinstagram #shoppingwithsoul #dog #adopt #adoptapet #pet #petadoptions #cats #thoughtfulliving #rescuedogsarethebestdogs #rescuedogsarebest #fosteringsaveslives #rescueddogsarethegreatest #animalrescue #rescueme #adoptadoggie #petlovers #pets #animals #thanksgiving

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HeroRaise works tirelessly to serve our nation’s Heros, raising thousands of dollars for a variety of causes. With a growing following, HeroRaise needed a website with more functionality that allowed for automatic donations and payments, financial tracking, and less hands-on management. They were also looking to expand the site’s offerings with memorials and provider listings free of charge.
With a long list of needs and wants, HeroRaise turned to CurlyHost to design and build the new site. CurlyHost simplified the fundraising management immensely, creating a crowdfunding site that allows Heroes to create and manage their own campaigns completely free. Users looking to donate can browse listings by category or search by keyword or location. Donations are a simple checkout process and social sharing is seamlessly integrated to encourage spreading the word.
CurlyHost also added an obituary board where any user can post a picture and a message honoring a loved one completely free. Where other websites might rely on advertising or charge hefty fees to post an obituary, CurlyHost designed a simple, low-maintenance solution that allows HeroRaise to offer the service at no charge to the poster.
Check out the full website here: https://www.heroraise.com/
#webdesign #website #webdevelopment #webdesigner #digitalmarketing #websitedesign #web #webdeveloper #ui #ux #uidesign #wordpress #coding #crowdfunding
#fallenheroes #neverforget #military #memorial #usa #heroes #armystrong #coastguard #semperfi #usairforce #militarylove #usmarine #soldiers #supportourveterans #deployed #usarmedforces

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Robyn Gobbel is a trauma therapist turned speaker, writer, and educator. She has a
big personality that loves all things pink and sparkly, while also being very
passionate about neuroscience, understanding the human brain, and healing
trauma. As a speaker, her vibrant personality and empathetic understanding of
people and trauma allow her to connect deeply with her audience and create an
engaging and meaningful experience.

CurlyHost did a complete revamp of Robyn’s former site, starting with a cleaned-up
layout and adding in a new color palette as fresh and playful as she is. Her live
training events and tickets are fully integrated into the site, so clients can register
without clicking away to an Eventbrite site and getting confused. Her speaking page
has fully embedded speaking samples that make it easy to get a feel for Robyn’s flair
and book her right through the website.

Check out her project with the link in our bio!

#webdesign #graphicdesign #website #marketing #webdevelopment
#webdesigner #branding #digitalmarketing #websitedesign
#webdeveloper #wordpress #coding
#ecommerce #creative #therapy #mentalhealth #selfcare #childtherapist
#mentalhealthawareness #adoptiontherapy #psychology #health
#therapist #adoption #counseling #mentalhealthmatters #trauma #psychotherapy
#counselling #curlyhost

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Revolution Farms is just off a quiet country road in Caledonia, Michigan where they’ve created the ideal indoor environment for fresh lettuce to thrive during every month of the Midwest climate. Inside the facility is a 50,000 square foot state-of-the-art greenhouse and an on-site packaging line.

By blending technology and biology, supply chain, and advanced agriculture, their farm harnesses natural light, automatically adjusts temperature, wind, shade, humidity, and carbon dioxide. Their fresh greens are cut at the peak of growth, immediately packaged on-site and delivered to your local grocery store in 1-2 days.

With their product design and content strategy provided by Burch Partners, their website is a fun and creative way to highlight the difference in hydroponic lettuce! Check out their website and find them in your local grocery store throughout West Michigan!

https://www.revolutionfarms.com/ - link in bio.

#eatyourlettuce #letuseatlettuce #revolutionfarms #eatyourgreens #nutrientdensefood #hydroponic #creativewebsitedesign #websitedesign #wordpress #curlyhost

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Because bad websites

Just don’t cut it anymore!

CurlyHost is committed to making the web creation process feel accessible to you. From mood boards, to design iterations, to some coding basics, you’ll feel empowered to change your mind and give your opinion, every step of the way. Let’s build the website you’ve always wanted!

@curlyhost

Download our portfolio or follow us and be inspired to create, develop, and find the tools that will take your website to the next level.

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