Thread: Need a good web designer like Dreamstar or WebsDelight (Michelle Joyce)

Greetings fellow dancers. Looking for a great web site designer who can design a belly dancer web site similar to Dreamstar or Michelle Joyce Websitedelight.
Here's the situation. Dreamstar is way to expensive for someone like me just transitioning from just restaurant dancing to more pro, private gigs. Michelle Joyce of Websitedelight, contacted her. She states she is way too busy to take on web design project for me . I LOVE BOTH OF THEIR WORK! Checked out other websites of dancers but none of them do impress me like theirs. They look VERY professional, not too busy, just the right information and flow. Any suggestions on another web designer who can undertake something similar. I love how Michelle Jocye's and 1 she did for Victoria, sigh....

madcat, aka Rebecca Clayton, here on bhuz is an amazing designer. She did my site (which is awesome!).

I'm sure cost depends on how fancy a site you need done.

Hathor Dance Collective, Salt Lake City, UT

Hathor Dance Collective

Shems' website is great. I've also bookmarked a few websites that I like and you can think about contacting the designer to get bids.

Belly Dance Classes in Arlington, Washington DC, Northern Virginia | saffrondance.com
Kaitlyn Bellydance
Belly Motions

You may also want to consider purchasing a template and having someone tweak it for you. It will be cheaper than something from scratch. I bought my template and had my beau tweak it for me. It helped that he knows coding, but I could have done a lot of those tweaks myself.

Example: Berita | BizzThemes -- All these sites use the same basic template as my site. Pretty cool what you can do!

Thanks so much ladies! I will check into them. I really appreciate help.

I'm going to add Mariza's site as a lovely example
Mariza - Belly dance in Baltimore, MD

I'm having DreamStar do my next design, so I totally understand your love of his creations. :) I will say- yes, the price adds up, BUT he charges very reasonable rates for what he does and his communication is excellent. One great thing about his designs is that they really reflect the personality of the dancer:
Hannah Nour | Belly Dance Lehigh Valley | Sensual, Ravishing, and always Spectacular
Cristina | New York Professional Belly Dancer
Jaida Dance | Professional Bellydance Artist
FMA - Future Media Architects

Those are all very different from each other and really show the dancer's personality and style.

I would suggest taking your time to find someone who is a good fit for you. In addition to finding someone who can insert all the SEO stuff properly, and someone who understands the need for simplicity and ease of use, find someone who communicates with you clearly, gets back to you in a timely manner (even after they have all your money) and who tries to reflect your personality as a dancer. :)

I should also mention Kendra, who did Belladonna's site, as another great designer with a unique style:

Belladonna Bohemian Belly Dance | Tribal Fusion | Classes, Workshops, Performances | Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland

If you contact Belladonna, I know she will gladly give you Kendra's contact info.

My friend Victoria, who is also a bellydance hobbyist, makes gorgeous websites. Here is her personal site and there is a gallery of websites she has made in her portfolio. : Weyakin Designs : Illustration, Graphic/Web Design, Hand Crafts, Costuming and More by Victoria Chapman

I just had mine redone, very cheap, and is joomla, so you can edit from anywhere with no html experience.

Raq-on.net - Welcome

If you're interested, I can give you the person's contact info.

I just finished Orit Maftsir's new website, and now working on Eilat Festival's, rewriting it from scratch, just like I did to Orit's. I love working with dancers, being a dancer myself, and I get a special kick out of combining my passion to dance with 12 years of software engineering. You can contact me at bellysophie@gmail.com for a quote and for more samples of work.

Oh! That reminds me...Bhuzzer Khalida is also a website designer who does beautiful work:

Khalida - International Belly Dance Performer and Instructor - Homepage
Zafirah - Modern Egyptian Bellydance - Belly Dance in South London and Surrey - Bellydancer Surrey
Ozma Bellydance - Dancer, Teacher, Costume Designer

Originally Posted by shems

madcat, aka Rebecca Clayton, here on bhuz is an amazing designer. She did my site (which is awesome!).

I'm sure cost depends on how fancy a site you need done.

Hathor Dance Collective, Salt Lake City, UT

Hathor Dance Collective

Hi Shem, I really like Rebacca's work but she is not responding to me on facebook

Originally Posted by andalee-oriental

Shems' website is great. I've also bookmarked a few websites that I like and you can think about contacting the designer to get bids.

Belly Dance Classes in Arlington, Washington DC, Northern Virginia | saffrondance.com
Kaitlyn Bellydance
Belly Motions

You may also want to consider purchasing a template and having someone tweak it for you. It will be cheaper than something from scratch. I bought my template and had my beau tweak it for me. It helped that he knows coding, but I could have done a lot of those tweaks myself.

Example: Berita | BizzThemes -- All these sites use the same basic template as my site. Pretty cool what you can do!

Hi, Checked into these. I really like Kaitlyn's site. I contacted website designer of her site, Michaella Manning on facebook but no response. I don't know what is up with these web site designers. Are they interested in business or not?

Originally Posted by andalee-oriental

Oh! That reminds me...Bhuzzer Khalida is also a website designer who does beautiful work:

Khalida - International Belly Dance Performer and Instructor - Homepage
Zafirah - Modern Egyptian Bellydance - Belly Dance in South London and Surrey - Bellydancer Surrey
Ozma Bellydance - Dancer, Teacher, Costume Designer

Thank you so much! I have contacted Khalida. Her web sites are lovely! Cross your fingers that she actually responds.

Hi there! Didnt receive a message yet but bumped into this thread ( thank you Andalee for the shout-out:) ) Sent you a pm!

Khalida

Originally Posted by dreamkitaro

Hi Shems, I really like Rebacca's work but she is not responding to me on facebook

you forgot an 's' there, I'll go put it in, in red. :-)

I'll pm you Rebecca's email just in case. It is possible she doesn't check her facebook as often.

Originally Posted by shems

you forgot an 's' there, I'll go put it in, in red. :-)

I'll pm you Rebecca's email just in case. It is possible she doesn't check her facebook as often.

My apologize for not quite getting your name correct Shems.
Your web site is gorgeous as are you. Thank you so much for your help.
I emailed Rebecca. Have a wonderful weekend. Cheers!

Obviously I'm a huge supporter of DreamStar Studios DreamStar Studios | Web, Graphic, & Identity Design Studio (Delaware) | Photoshop, CSS, xHTML, & Web Design Blog - he did mine - Shiraz | Delaware Belly Dancer (Philadelphia & Baltimore)
I know you said he's not an option at this point, but just throwing it out there that he does AMAZING promotional materials/design work as well... business cards, postcards posters..... exc, so you can always keep his email for things like that later on too. Glad he's doing your site Samira - can't wait to see it and the future success it brings you!!!

Before hire any php development services so as per my knowledge they would be provide services like:



Specialists at the work
Reliable organization
Highly experienced and proficient team
Dedicated developer for a project
Very less cost investment
Privacy and no leakage of information
Trustworthy

I am having a local guy redo mine. He is great to work with and Im going to throw his name out there. Michael Stroebel
My site isn't complete yet but you can view it at: Professional Middle Eastern Dance // Nadirah Johara
xoxo,
-Nadirah Johara