About

My name is Kristin Falkner and I am a 28 year-old self-employed web designer and developer, specializing in WordPress.

Currently based out of Los Angeles but originally from the Midwest, I have been creating websites since I was only a teenager. I developed my first professional website for a web design firm at the age of 16 and I have continued pursuing it ever since.

My work shifted to focus more heavily on WordPress-based work when I noticed the growing trend of clients wanting an end product that they could update themselves without needing to rely on a developer to do so. With the learned ability to create custom WordPress themes from scratch, I am able to combine the aesthetic flexibility of a regular HTML site with the dynamic content management system power that WordPress possesses. The ability to create custom themes allows me to turn any design (whether self-created or one supplied to me) into a pixel-perfect WordPress theme. My work has been featured in the WordPress Showcase and I have also spoken at WordCamp, a one-day conference dedicated to WordPress.

With WordPress, I excel at custom theme design and development, PSD to WordPress and customizing existing themes. I also have experience with WordPress-based e-Commerce plug-ins. I’m also skilled in HTML/XHTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, jQuery and MySQL. I hand-code. I use valid code that is W3C standards-compliant. For design, I work within the Adobe Creative Suite.

I genuinely love the work that I do and I work to create a positive working relationship with each one of my clients. One of the things that I most love about web design and development is the constantly evolving nature of the industry and how there is always something new to learn. I’m always quick to add to my existing skills and will to continue to grow along with the industry.

When I’m not staring at a computer screen, you will probably find me at the movie theater, volunteering with Much Love Animal Rescue, staring at my Kindle’s screen lost in a book or spending time with friends and family.