Dan Steinmiller

Front-end web developer

I collaborate with like-minded professionals to solve creative challenges and build web experiences that give users joy. 😊

Skills

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • PHP
  • SCSS
  • SVG Implementation
  • CSS Animation
  • QA
  • Accessibility Improvements
  • Smoke Testing
  • Troubleshooting

Tools

  • VS Code
  • Webpack
  • Git & GitHub
  • WordPress
  • Docker
  • Local WP
  • Figma
  • WHM & cPanel
  • Google Search Console
  • Browser DevTools

Processes

  • Build Planning & Research
  • Responsive Development
  • Technical SEO Optimization
  • JavaScript / jQuery Library Utilization
  • Web Performance
  • DNS Updates
  • Website Deployment

Portfolio Highlights

Projects I'm proud to say I've contributed to and learned a lot from.

Check out each one to get a look into what I contributed and gain insight into .

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Idea Marketing Group

My experience building a new website for Idea Marketing Group and optimizing it for SEO rankings with Google Search Console.

BW Manufacturing

Heavily customized WooCommerce quote build where I used plugin hooks to completely change the default Product output.

Best Day Toys

Developed a playful website that allowed me to use Lordicon and Lottie in combination to great effect.

Mothers & Babies

See how I built a custom asset gate feature and why my team and I won a Web Excellence award for this Non-Profit client.

Latest Posts

Masking Techniques and CSS Animation Performance

Steps that went into creating the intro animation component on this website. Diving into all the wins and losses along the way and explaining how issues were solved. Also, ideas for future improvements.

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Resolving CLS Issues with Browser Tools

Let's take a look at how CLS issues can be solved with debugging and reporting. See how a real world example was encountered and fixed along with some tips on Core Web Vital Assessments.

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AboutContact Me
Enjoy seeing numbers go up?

So do I! I've been fascinated with games and game development for many years and evenwent to school to study the subject. You can read about my skills and experience to learn more about what I do.

I enjoy mingling this hobby and knowledge into web development. Games have never beenmore accessible to be played directly on the web than they are today!

Check back in the future for more website gamification and game related fun!

P.s. let me know what your favorite theme is 😉.

P.p.s. Sorry there's no prize for clicking each square...

The importance of joy

To me a sense of joy, in a website context, is the foundation of user experience, customer satisfaction, and even workingtogether with your colleagues. It is a pillar of development that will guide decisions from concept to release day.

How is it achieved? A lot of it can be summarized as empathy, planning for the future, and asking yourself a lot of questions.Let's look at a few:

In my experience following this idea causes less friction and a much more successful end result. It also allows buildingupon the website and continuing a relationship with clients a lot easier.

CSS preprocessors

These days, for personal projects, I prefer to keep it simple and use plain CSS as much as possible instead of defaulting to a preprocessor. Modern CSS is very powerful and feature rich with great browser support.In fact, this website doesn't use a preprocessor at all!

I use SCSS daily on professional projects, but I try to put the decision under more scrutiny.If the project will benefit from it, great!

I think occasional audits like these are always great to help clear the tool cobwebs and keep processes up to date.