Who
- Francesca Aisha d’Ath
- Design francesdath.name
- email email@francesdath.name
- LinkedIn Frances d’Ath
- Home: Berlin DE
Currently I’m working on a couple of projects, & freelancing for some agencies I like on a per-project basis. hmu if you’d like to chat with me about your new website / internet life / fave artist: email@francesdath.name
What
I make design & code (& other things).
I work a lot in the arts and for small businesses and NGOs. I’ve made websites for artists of all types, literary awards, translation agencies, vehicles manufacturers, engineering firms, and a wide variety of projects in agencies.
My aim is to simplify and demystify the whole process of building, designing, using, and maintaining a website for people, organisations, and companies who want to be responsible for and have full, uncomplicated control over their website.
I provide consulting and advice on all aspects of design and development, accessibility, performance and security, localisation, and general webserver and hosting support.
With
- Inclusive design is the first thing.
- Things I care about: Intersectionality, Accessibility, Usability, Aesthetics, Performance.
- I’m good anywhere in the LAMP & CSS/JS/HTML stacks.
- Things I use daily: CSS, HTML, PHP, WordPress, JavaScript & jQuery, MySQL, Vagrant, Git, Bash, WP-CLI.
Things I’m solid in:
- a11y. Yup, four incomprehensible characters for big subject. For me accessibility is semantic HTML, CSS, responsive design, UX & UI, typography, aesthetics, image, video, and media management, structured data, and generally making things easier for people. Everything I do comes back to this.
- Content management and structuring data and information.
- Project management and consulting.
- GRPR / DSVGO, Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), privacy and customer protection
- Webhosting setup & management, Apache server setup, Linux VM setup. Necessary stuff like .htaccess, SSH, caching & performance, opcache, security, HTTPS & HSTS, Let’s Encrypt.
- Also: photography, image editing, &
PhotoshopAffinity Photo (I use FujiFilm, Panasonic, and Canon); video, camera, editing, & Final Cut Pro X; and pretty much anything in MacOS.
WordPress & adjacent stuff I write and / or use on the regular:
- Custom functions and plugins, theme development, Advanced Custom Fields, WP REST API & AJAX, WPML, WooCommerce, media handling, DataTables, WP-CLI, NextCloud, Laravel.
&:
I live in Berlin. Other cities mountain and /or ocean-adjacent are attractive to me. Most interesting stuff is on my blog, supernaut