# skydog.world

> Web design and development by Stella Shaw. Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.

**skydog.world** is the studio of **Stella Shaw**, a web designer and developer based in Nelson, BC. She builds websites and the business tools that sit behind them, working in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP, with SQL and JSON underneath. Clients deal with her directly, from the first call through to launch.

- Location: Nelson, British Columbia (West Kootenay), Canada
- Time zone: America/Vancouver (Pacific Time)
- Status: Available for work
- Email: [stella@skydog.world](mailto:stella@skydog.world)
- LinkedIn: [stella-shaw-691864265](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stella-shaw-691864265/)
- GitHub: [sbeatrices](https://github.com/sbeatrices)
- Network: [Swifttech](https://swifttech.ca)

HTML site: [https://skydog.world/](https://skydog.world/)  
LLM index: [https://skydog.world/llms.txt](https://skydog.world/llms.txt)

## Services

### Static websites

Custom sites built around the client's brand, quick to load and comfortable to use on any screen or connection.

### Business applications

Backend systems that match how the operation actually runs, creating efficient business solutions and workflow.

### Database solutions

Structured data in SQL and JSON, designed to stay reliable as the business grows into it.

### Website overhauls

A fresh look, faster pages, and a clearer path through existing content for everyone who lands there.

### Content migration

Posts, pages and media moved to a new platform with the formatting intact and the old links still working.

### SEO and GEO

Sensible structure, complete metadata, fast loading, and generative engine optimization so people, search engines, and AI assistants can find the site, understand it, and cite it.

## Process

1. **Discovery** — Goals, audience, and must-haves.
2. **Design** — Visual direction for brand, typography, colour and layout, refined together on a staging site until it is ready to launch.
3. **Development** — The project is built with tidy code and light pages.
4. **Testing** — Checked on mobile and desktop, then optimized for efficiency and accessibility.
5. **Launch** — It goes live. Stella stays reachable for the questions and tweaks that follow.

## Selected work

### 33 Publishing

[33publishing.org](https://33publishing.org/) — Design and build. Independent scholarly press on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake. The site carries a multi-volume research series, so it needed a catalog that holds long-form work and a reading experience that stays comfortable in dense material. Includes a PDF viewer for excerpts and an email newsletter system.

### Modern Earth Landscaping

[modernearthlandscaping.com](https://modernearthlandscaping.com/) — Rebuild. Award-winning landscape design and construction company in St. Albert, Alberta. The new site leads with project galleries, a 3D design showcase and provincial awards, and keeps a quote request within reach on every screen.

### More recent work

- [Alborak Stable](https://alborakstable.com) — Design and build
- [Mountain Pizza](https://mountainpizza.ca) — Rebuild
- [Artic Therm](https://artictherm.com) — Rebuild
- [Sturgeon Auto Body](https://sturgeonautobody.com) — Rebuild
- [Let The Grape Speak](https://letthegrapespeak.com) — Design and build
- [Amanda Taylor Made Arts](https://amandataylormadearts.ca) — Portfolio

## Contact

Tell Stella what you are working on and she will tell you what it takes.

- Email: [stella@skydog.world](mailto:stella@skydog.world)
- LinkedIn: [Stella Shaw](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stella-shaw-691864265/)
- GitHub: [sbeatrices](https://github.com/sbeatrices)

Made in Nelson, BC. Part of the [Swifttech](https://swifttech.ca) network.