Our design experience will breathe new life into your old site!
We design with customer interaction in mind, increasing sales and profits!
Our security measures increase trust and protects you against threats!
Your site will look great, no matter the device it is viewed on!
All web designs and development needs are handled in-house. We collaborate with you to develop a site that you are 100% happy with. As a special value-added service, I also include security hardening as a built-in part of website development. This security hardening is important for the safety of your website visitors as well as the website itself. With security compliant with FDIC guidelines and The Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (GLBA), you can rest comfortable with the knowledge that you and your visitors are protected. Take a look at the slideshow below for some examples but note that not all sites were designed by me but they were all worked on by me, either design or code.
Buena Vista National Bank needed a fresh redesign with depth and curved lines! We were delighted to have been selected to provide their new design, as well as ongoing security and maintenance services.
URL: https://www.bvnb.com
Germantown Trust & Savings Bank needed a fresh new look for their website. It was my sincere pleasure to provide a 100% customized solution for their design needs, as well as ongoing security, maintenance, and support needs!
URL: https://www.gtsb.com
Capstone Hemp needed a developer to help them to bring their revised vision to life! It was my pleasure to provide security and maintenance services to Capstone Hemp, as well as their new design to make it 100% their own!
The Streator Home Savings Bank needed a fresh design for their old website!
The State Bank of Pearl City is a long-standing valued client and needed a fresh new look for their website. I was honored to have been selected to provide this service for them and continue our working relationship!
A full website redesign for Community Bank of Illinois. They needed a major overhaul of their entire site with updated graphics, layout, and custom code. I also updated their site-icon to a fresh, updated design featuring a snippet of their official logo.
Site URL: https://www.cbcommunitybank.com
Central State Bank contacted me when they had an upcoming emergency situation with their website. In addition to saving their then-current website, I designed a completely fresh and new site for them! Boasting a new high-resolution logo, modern design, and a bold new navigation system their site is informative, easy to navigate, stylish, and a quick customer favorite! As a CBAI Member, CSB reaped high benefits and savings through our special CBAI Member deals!
Site link: https://www.csb123.com
I will install and setup the software necessary to transform your website into a Web App! Your customers can install your web app right from your website, any time they visit from any mobile device, so it will be available to them right on their home screen with just a tap! They can also use this Web App to access your online banking platform. Visit this site on your phone or tablet to see an example of the Web App–it is installed on this site!
Every client receives the same enhanced security, regardless of size or location. I specialize in security for the financial industry. Never worry about your application audits again! As a website designer and developer who has specialized in financial institutions for years now, I guarantee website application compliance as a part of my services. Whether your site is for a bank, store, or personal venture, you can feel secure that your website is locked down tight!
Kristen has over 25 years of experience in web design and development. Our team is our family, literally. Kristen’s husband is a programmer with over 30 years of experience. Most designers graduate having learned only color theory and basic design principles, then go on to create templates that they use time and time again, changing only the smallest details from site to site. I call these cookie-cutter websites, and I do not design cookie-cutter-type sites. It is my extensive, decades-long experience that powers my knowledge of industry-specific security requirements, as well as my creativity and design expertise. I don’t offer cookie-cutter websites because I offer so much more.
25 years ago, I was building websites for banks who needed to establish their very first online presence and maintaining the email, DNS, and hosting servers at the same time! I also created a custom-coded website system that interfaced with a store’s point-of-sale system to update pricing and inventory YEARS before this became a standard technology. Today, I help banks to enhance and grow their online presence. In addition to my work in the financial sector, I enjoy working on e-commerce, blog, vlog, gaming/streaming, and all sorts of other websites! Staying up to date with current emerging technology is my superpower in this world of rapidly changing tech.
I give personal care to each and every client. You are too important to leave to a support ticket system– I am available via email, text, or phone from all of my clients whenever I am needed. I do not view my clients as customers: customers are impersonal, transaction-based short term relationships. I believe that a truly successful working relationship comes from the client-perspective where my clients are appreciated and nurtured in the long-term.
As an Independent Contractor, I utilize a 50/50 invoicing structure where you are invoiced for the initial 50% of your development cost plus your annual Maintenance fee and Web Application Firewall fee which are part of your bundled services. Upon receipt of the payment for the initial invoice, I begin work on your website.
When your website is ready to launch and go live, I invoice you for the final 50% of the development fee only. This means that the last invoice is actually lower than the first because the last does not include your annual bundled fees. The final 50% development fee secures the final launch of your new website to it’s production servers and your training on how to use your new website.
Two services are bundled into your web development service agreement: your Web Application Firewall annual subscription fee and an annual fee for your Maintenance and Updates service agreement with Kristen’s Koncepts. Your Web Application Firewall annual subscription fee consists of a yearly pass-through subscription fee for your Web Application Firewall, WordFence. This charge is $149 per year and is only a pass-through fee, meaning Kristen’s Koncepts does not profit financially from this fee at all. When we receive payment from you on your annual fee, we pay the Web Application Firewall annual
subscription fee on your behalf.
Also included is an annual Maintenance and Updates service agreement. With most companies, maintenance agreement services are performed once a month. Kristen performs standard updates and maintenance a minimum of 3 times per week, up to and commonly every day during the workweek. Your website uptime will be monitored and remediation measures taken on an as-needed basis should your site become unresponsive at no additional cost. As a standard part of this service, you will receive a weekly report on the maintenance work performed on your website.
For sites that are not part of the financial industry, we can also bundle an annual hosting and domain name into your package. Just ask for more information!
I offer website Maintenance and Updates at the most affordable rates available! The maintenance work performed on your site includes software updates, security scans, and minor content updates as needed. I also monitor your website for uptime and can recover crashed websites quickly without the need to bring in the server administrator in most instances. I will perform software updates, security scans, and filesystem backups a minimum of three times per
workweek and up to five days per week.
Your Maintenance and Updates agreement means that any time your site experiences downtime or any other problems, I am on the task regardless of the time of day or which day of the week it happens without additional cost to you. Most other companies only perform this maintenance once a month and charge premium fees for off-hours work if a site crashes. You will also receive weekly reports detailing the work performed on your website for your records. Most companies charge a lot more for a lot less work.
I specialize in developing WordPress websites. Any page builders needed in your design will be easy to use, and I always provide training. I gravitate towards using Elementor Page Builder because it is very easy for my clients to learn to use and provides a robust enough interface with advanced options that a seasoned designer can utilize for more styling and functionality.
My clients like that Elementor has an intuitive interface, extensive customization options, a wide range of templates for use, flexibility for different users and different levels of expertise, and a large community for support and help. I like that my clients feel comfortable using Elementor whereas they often feel like they need a special college degree to use other page builders like WPBakery, Divi, and others. Updating your site in an attractive way shouldn’t be hard for the end-user and I love that Elementor keeps it simple enough for my end-users to be comfortable.
I work with a close-knit team of systems administrators to ensure your site has the resources it needs to be a top performer. CBAI Web Hosting Services has been my hosting partner for financial institutions for over 25 years. They offer a highly specialized, secured host for financial institutions. For my non-financial clients, I utilize services by LiquidNet, Ltd. which has been a reliable hosting partner of mine for over 12 years.
This option includes the design of updated/modernized graphics and layout for the website. A theme will be selected and installed, then customized for your website design. This design will provide greater functionality and options for a larger website footprint than the Quick-Up Website. Stock photos will be used where appropriate when client-provided photos are not available.
Add-Ons Available:
Annual WordFence WAF License
Annual Maintenance & Updates
Progressive Web App install & Setup
Enhanced Security Package
This option includes the design of updated/modernized graphics and layout for the website. Installation and minor theme customization is included. This option will get you the fastest turnaround time. Stock photos will be used where appropriate when client-provided photos are not available.
Add-Ons Available:
Annual WordFence WAF License
Annual Maintenance & Updates
Progressive Web App install & Setup
Enhanced Security Package
This option includes the design of updated/modernized graphics and layout for the website. This design will provide greater functionality, a more modern approach, and options for a larger website footprint. This option is ideal for very large websites, highly interactive websites, or those who want plenty of room to grow.
Add-Ons Available:
Annual WordFence WAF License
Annual Maintenance & Updates
Progressive Web App install & Setup
Enhanced Security Package
Changing servers for your existing website? Need to switch Linux servers? We can transfer your site painlessly!
Add-Ons Available:
Annual WordFence WAF License
Annual Maintenance & Updates
Progressive Web App install & Setup
Enhanced Security Package
Changing servers for your existing website? Moving to a more secure Linux environment? We can transfer your site painlessly!
Add-Ons Available:
Annual WordFence WAF License
Annual Maintenance & Updates
Progressive Web App install & Setup
Enhanced Security Package
As technology evolves, it is increasingly important to stay on top of new and emerging technology. Search engines are constantly updating their algorithms. The impact of social media channels on website traffic has grown over 300% in the last two years!
I utilize Analytics to see what drives traffic to your site, which are the best-performing pages, and where improvement is needed. Leveraging search engine optimization is a simple way to increase traffic in an organic way that will continue to grow over time.
I have worked off and on with Kristen Rogers for more than 25 years. She is an exceptional WordPress developer and offers a high-end affordable website. She develops and deploys a website from front to back and understands the risks associated with each step in the development lifecycle and can mitigate those risks to ensure a smooth transition. She works closely with Linux engineers and knows the Linux server environment and what is required on the backend to ensure website functionality is always at its best and performs for your customers. She also knows the security and compliance requirements for financial institutions to have an online presence, mobile applications, online forms, including email. Kristen offers social media integration and understands how vital it is for everything to work together efficiently. Kristen enjoys what she does and shares her enthusiasm with her customers and will recommend an ongoing relationship and develop a website plan, so your website is fresh, delivers dynamic content, and interacts with your customers. Kristen is also our go to person for banks websites that have not retained an ongoing relationship with a web developer as well as assisting these banks to ensure their website is fully updated, patched, and reviewed for errors to ensure a smooth migration to CBAI’s new hosting infrastructure.
