// websites + the tech behind them · since 1995
Your website and the tech behind it, handled by one person who likes solving problems.
I build and look after WordPress sites for small businesses, authors, publishers and artists. When a problem goes deeper than the website, into forms, spreadsheets or customer lists, I follow it there and fix it.
01 listen
You tell me what's going wrong, in your own words.
02 find the real cause
Not just the symptom. The plugin, the server, the data, wherever it lives.
03 fix it properly
So it stays fixed, and doesn't break the next thing.
04 explain it plainly
What happened and what I did, without the jargon.
// what I do
One person for the website, and for the problems that start where the website ends.
[ build ]
Websites
New sites and redesigns in WordPress, built to be easy for you to update yourself.
- Author, publisher and artist sites
- Online stores in WordPress or Shopify, and book carts
- Fixing a site someone else built
[ care ]
Hosting & maintenance
Your site on a server I run and watch, kept updated, backed up and secure.
- Updates, backups, monitoring
- Security checks
- Help when something breaks
[ beyond the website ]
Your business data
Thirty years of databases, from online banking to state bridge inspections, now put to work on small-business headaches.
- Send website forms and orders where they're needed
- Clean up and merge customer lists
- Turn sales exports into a simple monthly picture
- Automate the report someone builds by hand
// what you won't get
All the experience of a big IT shop. None of the overhead.
− support tickets and hold music
− account managers and handoffs
− meetings about meetings
+ you talk to the person doing the work
// problems solved
Recent work
Paul Axtell
problem
Readers wanted several books at once, shipped all over.
fix
A shopping cart so one order covers multiple titles.
Jackson Creek Press
client says
“Bar none, the most responsive web person I’ve ever worked with.”
why
Creative and detail-oriented, always looking for a more effective solution.
Torch Flame Books
problem
A publisher wanted a professional site that also helped its authors get seen by book buyers.
fix
Author-focused features for every book, plus ongoing care to keep the site fine-tuned.
“He even takes the time to explain things to me in a way I can understand.”
“Steven is timely, well-organized, smart, and creative, making my role much easier so I can focus on publishing great books.”
// care plans
Ongoing care, plain pricing
Your domain, content and data always stay yours. Move whenever you like.
Hosting
$20/mo
Managed cloud hosting, SSL, automated backups, uptime monitoring.
Maintenance
$45/mo
WordPress and plugin updates, security checks, backup oversight, troubleshooting.
Complete care
best value$60/mo
Hosting and maintenance together, one person to call.
Content updates $35/hr for care clients · development and data projects quoted per job · full pricing
// 1995 → today
It started with a webpage that replaced a paper memo.
In 1995, doing tech support for an early online gaming service, I built a simple page so the team could see which servers were down before customers called. Management wasn't thrilled it made their memos unnecessary. I was hooked.
Since then I've been a programmer, database administrator, project manager and webmaster, at Intel, in banking, publishing and government. In 2018 I started Wolffpress to bring that experience to people who'd never get it from a big firm.
// let's talk
Tell me what's broken, or what's slowing you down.
A website problem, a messy spreadsheet, a form that goes nowhere. I'll take a look and tell you honestly what it'll take.