SERVICES
Big Stuff
Brand new websites, website makeovers, website overhauls, custom web applications, etc. With over 10 years of experience, working on high-end development projects, we can handle just about anything you can throw at us. We love a challenge!
Small Stuff
Blog posts, social media management, social media graphics, website “tweaks”, color changes, etc. Knowledge is power and where you could spend hours trying to figure out how to get your site “just right”, you could hire us to get it done quick and get it done right.
In Between
Have a site, but certain pages or features don’t “do” exactly what you want them to? We can hop in and customize existing code or even extend current code to do what you need. We love that type of stuff!
About
Mike Cotton was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Growing up, his father introduced him to the world of computers and even programming. Little did his dad know that he had planted a seed.
After high school, Mike decided to follow his passion of music. He earned a BS degree in Music Business and set off to pursue his dream of working in the music industry. After several attempts to make a living in the music business, he started to re-think his career.
While working at an insurance company, he decided to teach himself how to program and build websites and web apps. He started his own business in 2005 and the rest is history.
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Programming Language
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Programming Language
Vanilla, jQuery, Bootstrap, AngularJS -
Markup Language
HTML5, SEO Knowledge -
Styling Language
LESS, SASS, CSS 3
Testimonials
Latest Blog Posts
Client: Ty Shaw Voice-Overs
Ty Shaw is a talented voice-over artist that was in need of a site to show off his demo. He is just starting out and didn’t have much content, so I told him to just get me his demo and a few pics and I’d handle the rest. I created a simple, one-page site for Read more about Client: Ty Shaw Voice-Overs[…]
VIDEO: Do you Really Need a Website?
I decided to start making videos about stuff. I’m just going to start calling the series ‘From the Desk of Mike Cotton’. I have thoughts and ideas that come to mind about different things. Mostly business related, but sometimes not. My first video is about why I feel that every business that wants to have Read more about VIDEO: Do you Really Need a Website?[…]
Journey Home: TX
I don’t do a lot of charity work, but this organization came across our path and my wife and I felt that it was for a reason. I was happy to offer my services to them for free. Journey Home is a non-profit, maternity home that is working to provide a safe place for expecting Read more about Journey Home: TX[…]
Client: Comfortable Concealment
The owner of this start-up contacted me needing an eCommerce website for their product. I immediately thought of the WordPress plugin, WooCommerce. WooCommerce is a robust plugin that offers all kind of ways to sell products online. It event had an Add-on for printing shipping labels, which is one feature this client required. They sent Read more about Client: Comfortable Concealment[…]
Client: Whiterock Services
Whiterock Services contacted me regarding a redesign of their website. They were attempting to build a WordPress site by themselves and decided to reach out and hire me to do it instead. I was happy to help. We chose a nice template and a few stock images to create a very professional look and feel. Read more about Client: Whiterock Services[…]
Videos.Fishing
Videos.Fishing is basically a YouTube alternative for fishing enthusiasts. This is great for fishing guides to show off their skills and maybe even drum up some business. Rather than showing a bunch of images of the site, I decided to record a video that explains all the tech that’s involved in it. Here it is: Read more about Videos.Fishing[…]
Day of the Infected
Rather than try to type everything that went into this site, I recorded a video. Only so much can be shown with an image.
In Play Rewards
In Play Rewards is a rewards site for gamers. Users create a free account, then complete a series of online tasks, such as watching videos, browsing websites, playing games, etc. For each of these tasks, they earn different amounts of coins. They can exchange these coins for gift cards to different online gaming sites, such Read more about In Play Rewards[…]
Client: Oil-Max.com
Oil-Max is a product of Sparkler Filters. They hired me to update and upgrade their original site, then hired me to do the same for the Oil-Max site. Unfortunately, I don’t have a before picture to show for this one, but needless to say, it was outdated and there were a lot of errors going Read more about Client: Oil-Max.com[…]
How the Mobile Web is Changing Everything
Back in the day, a good website was known for it’s cutting edge graphics, intricate background images, cleverly chosen fonts and unique layout. Companies took pride in how beautiful and creative their website was. Things have changed, though. Websites these days have to be more flexible. With the popularity of other types of devices other than a desktop computer, the world wide web just got a little more complex. Read more about How the Mobile Web is Changing Everything