Spectral Web Services
Working with Ghost? Hire me!
A short run-down of some of the Ghost development work I've done for clients.
Is Ghost misbehaving? Do you need some help? Want your website to include a feature that isn't in your theme? Wish someone else would wrangle that CSS into submission?
I'm your gal. Please use my contact form.
Small jobs are welcome. I can mod your theme to switch to dark mode, add a drop-down menu or table of contents, change image sizes, retrieve some values from a public API, make custom pages for your theme, and more!
Get in touch and let's see how I can help you make your Ghost site exactly how you want it!
How I work
Hourly
I work primarily hourly. That means you only pay for the time your job needs, and I don't have to spend multiple hours trying to nail down your job's details, or overquote you to have a margin for error. Just send some details on over and I'll give you a guess-timate on time! Except for very small jobs, I require a 50% deposit to get on my calendar, and the other 50% on completion. You can find my calendar here:
Ghost Expert Developer on Retainer
If you have a number of small ongoing needs, perhaps you need a "fractional" Ghost developer. Please check out my retainer plan!
Some testimonials (more on the homepage)
On a forum for Ghost users and developers, I posted a particular feature I wanted to add to my site, and asked if anyone was interested in building it. Ms. Sarisky immediately contacted me, and after a few emails to make sure the details were agreed upon, got to work. In a few days I had the feature I wanted, coded very cleanly and professionally. I installed it, and it worked perfectly the first time I tested it.
If you are looking for software development work, you should definitely contact Cathy Sarisky. Iāve now got her in my contact list with an A+ beside the name.
--Bruce Maples, Publisher, Forward Kentucky
Cathy's expertise in all things Ghost is unparalleled. Her straightforward advice and guidance are not only freely given but incredibly valuable. So valuable, in fact, that I willingly invested in her services to streamline my backend operations.
Cathy operates with a refreshing blend of professionalism, service orientation, and unwavering honesty. Her approach is direct, her service impeccable, and her depth of knowledge and talent undeniable.
I wholeheartedly recommend Cathy to anyone seeking to maximise their Ghost experience. With her at the helm, you're not just getting assistance; you're getting a partner committed to your success.
--John Savage, Zero BS Estate Agency
-- Guy S., Starbuck's Exploring
Can I see some of your work?
Yes and no. Much of the work I do is smaller jobs, not entire sites, where I'm customizing a theme, not creating a whole site from zero. I encourage clients to buy/choose a theme that gets them 'close' to the goal, because that's a strategy for saving money compared to starting from zero! Much of the credit for the looks of the sites below goes to the theme creator, who I've linked to credit for their awesome work.
Here are some examples of my work:
- Full theme development for https://www.csofutures.com
- Ghost-editable footer, breadcrumbs, and topics page for https://bubble.io/blog
- Alternate payment processor for https://www.activatorhq.com/ . (It's complicated, and I should probably write a post about it. We had to disable and replace a lot of membership-related text and links.) (Tripoli Theme with some modifications.)
- Bulk repricing of subscriptions (via Stripe API) and MailChimp/MemberPress to Ghost import for https://austinpolitics.net/
- Convert a Webflow export to Ghost for https://grand.io
- Set up Cloudflare to enable institutional access (IP-based) to Ghost, along with access logging, for https://chinatrademonitor.com.
- Set up full text indexing, including PDF file content, for https://library.rolltoroll.org.
- Full text search for https://www.thechillydog.com/
- Custom landing pages, layout system, and menu fixes for Vigeo Physio.
- Social share buttons, full-text search, recommended posts using Algolia Recommend, and style tweaks for https://shesabeast.co
- Layout tweaks and ad slots for Duluth Times. (Tripoli Theme)
- Tripoli theme ad slots (with Google Tag Manager) for Our Weekly. (Tripoli Theme)
- Fox Wizard - add podcast functionality (including RSS feed). Substack migration. Font and layout tweaks.
- Seb Agresti - add infinite scrolling, tweak typography and layouts.
- The Stack - add full text search, add embedding of Youtube videos that play on the homepage. (Tripoli Theme)
- Roostyreports.com - add 'QuickLinks' section automatically generated for each product card. (Reiro theme customization)
- Forwardky.com - add page views counter (integration with clicky) to the Krabi theme. Add dropdown menus to Tripoli theme.
- Drashti.com - customize Siskin theme, add testimonials carousel & forms
- Starbuck.org - edit layout of authors page. (Edition theme)
- The Sustainable Investor - add a user-editable banner box across the top of Tripoli. (This is before banners.)
- City pages and geo-localization for CityMyWay (like subsites!) (Tripoli Theme)
- Deeply nested content for https://elenaeleadi.com.
- Drop down menus, related and featured posts for https://www.digitaltourbus.com/ (10k posts!)
I've also been known to work on other platforms... Here's a review from work I did (via Catch A Fire) on a troublesome Wix migration:
--Patrick C., Group Against Smog & Pollution
Can I help you make your site awesome? Get in touch!
