Creative Web Design

My name is Oba­diah Metivier. I am pas­sion­ate about web design & development.

Transforming ideas into designsDo you need a web site? You’ve come to the right place. I design beau­ti­ful and func­tional web sites with Search Engine Opti­miza­tion in mind using HTML, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Look­ing for some­thing more like a blog, CMS, or e-commerce plat­form? No prob­lem. I spe­cial­ize in design­ing and devel­op­ing cus­tom WordPress-based sites using PHP, MySQL, CSS and JavaScript.

Work with me! I’ll help you get the results you need.

Would you like to see exam­ples? Check out my port­fo­lio…

Fea­tured posts from the BLOG.

Let’s All Help Stop SOPA/PIPA

I just wanted to do my part to show my sup­port and help save the inter­net. What’s wrong with the inter­net? You may have heard about SOPA — the Stop Online Piracy Act or its sis­ter bill in the Sen­ate, PIPA — Pro­tect IP Act, but do you really know what will hap­pen if these […]

Why DIY Websites are a bad idea

The sales pitch for a Do It Your­self web­site might seem attrac­tive when you see the ad on TV or in the side­bar of your favorite social net­work, but do you really have the time? Do you really have the moti­va­tion? For most peo­ple, the answer to these ques­tions is no. Let’s take a look […]

HTML5 To-do List

The under­ly­ing pro­gram­ming lan­guages that make the web what it is have been evolv­ing over the years, but never have they been as pow­er­ful as they are now. While these new abil­i­ties are great, it’s not very prac­ti­cal to use them unless there is cross-browser sup­port. Lucky for us the newer ver­sions of most major […]

Save The Wild UP

Save The Wild UP is a non profit orga­ni­za­tion that oper­ates in the Mar­quette area. Through pub­lic aware­ness and edu­ca­tion they strive to pro­tect the Upper Penin­sula of Michi­gan from unsus­tain­able devel­op­ment, degra­da­tion and dan­ger­ous con­t­a­m­i­na­tion. Their orig­i­nal web site was designed in 2007 and had been mod­i­fied numer­ous times since. It was in need […]

Chris Pot­ter Photo

Chris Pot­ter recently had me redesign his pho­tog­ra­phy web site. The old site was in a blog for­mat and con­tained his “photo a day” project, where he added a new photo each day for an entire year. For the redesign, he wanted to fea­ture these pho­tos promi­nently and make it eas­ier to view all 365 […]

Tamarack Custom Builders

Tama­rack Cus­tom Builders are known for apply­ing sus­tain­able ideas to their cus­tom built homes and remod­els. Owner Mike Potts and his tal­ented crew were some of the first in the Mar­quette area to embrace green and sus­tain­able build­ing tech­niques. I designed and devel­oped a web site for Tama­rack Cus­tom Builders ear­lier this year. The site […]

How to Blog (Part 1)

So, you finally have your own blog. Now what? You’ve been anx­iously await­ing the moment, and now that you have the abil­ity to share your thoughts with the entire world, you can’t think of any­thing to say. Maybe you feel intim­i­dated by the whole con­cept of a world-wide pub­lish­ing sys­tem at your fin­ger­tips. Maybe the […]

White’s Party Store

White’s Party Store now has a web site! Known through­out the area for their per­son­al­ized cus­tomer ser­vice, and great selec­tion, White’s is the place to go. White’s is a clas­sic Mar­quette neigh­bor­hood store spe­cial­iz­ing in qual­ity wines, beers, liquors, and brew­ing and wine-making sup­plies. Their new web site includes a photo gallery, his­tor­i­cal infor­ma­tion about […]

Sisu Spine, LLC

Sisu Spine, LLC is an inde­pen­dent dis­trib­u­tor­ship based out of the Mar­quette area that pro­vides con­sul­ta­tive solu­tions to spine sur­geons in north­ern Michi­gan and north­ern Wis­con­sin. They dis­trib­ute spinal implants used to treat mal­adies of the spine includ­ing degen­er­a­tive disc dis­ease, defor­mity (such as sco­l­io­sis), trauma, etc. Their brand new web site is now online […]

Dead River Coffee

I’m very pleased to announce the roll out of an e-commerce web­site for Dead River Cof­fee. They are located down­town Mar­quette, Michi­gan and are the area’s pre­miere cof­fee roast­ers. Go ahead, ask any­body. For years, the only way to get your hands on their fresh roasted cof­fee beans was to drive down to their shop […]

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