A new WordPress Content Management System for AIDS Housing Association of Tacoma.

Another nonprofit client converted from a WordPress.com standard theme to a self-hosted WordPress theme skinned to match their existing brand ID.

In 2002, I managed the redesign of Cascade Bicycle Club’s website. Roll forward 8 years: the Club is building community by blogging.

If the blog is half as popular as the bike club’s 5-topic message board (which serves 9,600+ cyclists), then my volunteer Cyclist of the Month column will be a bigger hit. The blog features advocacy, event, and I Saw You posts – as well as action alerts and RSS subscriptions.

The Cascade Blog is powered by WordPress, an award-winning open source content management system. The theme was designed to match Cascade.org. To help visitors navigate, I added a ‘utility bar’ to the top of both sites. For aesthetic reasons, we also centered site content.

This is my climbing partner, Dan Azer, leading the first pitch of the famous 5.6 Beckey Route on Liberty Bell in the North Cascades. As we geared up for the climb, a family of mountain goats approached us – looking for food and, particularly, ‘salt.’

This photo was selected from more than 750 entries as an Editor’s Favorite in the Washington Trails Association’s Northwest Exposure photo contest. Learning The Ropes will be featured in the January/February edition of Washington Trails magazine.

WTA’s photo contest promotes Washington’s wonderful hiking destinations and the importance of advocating for these wild lands.

More pictures from the Liberty Bell slideshow.