About US
Rockford Originals
Founding partner and project manager Chris is a Rockford native With over 30 years of for-profit and non-profit business experience. He has spent the last 15 years as an online ecommerce site designer and manager. The creative visual partner, Elaine brings her skills with design, color, fonts and editing to projects.
815-979-9693
Location
815 Web Designs is based in Rockford, IL with cloud staff located around the US.
Mailing Address: 1643 N Alpine Rd.
Suite 104 Box 145, Rockford, IL 61107
The Dynamic Duo+
Partners in life and business Chris and Elaine, together with their other super-hero technical partners make sure clients get the best site possible.

Chris Weickert
Project Manager - Lead Designer
German perfectionist from birth

Elaine
Creative Director
The queen of colors and visual design

Cloud Staff
As it best serves a project we tap the skills of numerous freelance experts
“This work is personal. The families of our client and their employees depend on the success of their business. We do all we can to ensure that the sites we build do all they can to take care of the business, their customers and the people who work there.”
~Chris
Services and Skills
Website Design
Create a custom new site design and structure to improve visitor interaction and conversions.
Content Writing
Rewrite and expand existing content, to improve readability and enhance search potential.
SEO
Incorporate SEO best practices from day one, providing clear information for search engines to assist with indexing and rank.
Ecommerce
Develop product catalog for incorporation into a high converting shopping cart.
Payment Integration
Built connection between shopping cart and payment gateway or create an invoice payment gateway.
Develop Blog Section
Developed an article area where fresh content related to products, the season or the business can be created by the client.
Graphic Design/Images
Developed color pallet for site. Worked with clients images and located and edited additional relevant images.
Mobile Optimization
Optimize and test layouts for best display and function on cellphones and tablets.
Security and Hosting
Implement SSL (security) on all pages and forms for the site. Migrate site to fast, world class hosting environment.
Live Chat Integration
Integrated live chat portal so customer service reps can directly interact with customers on the website.
Logo Development
Coordinate development of a logo through a competitive process involving multiple designers to give clients more options.
Google Business Listing Optimization
Claim Business listing for client and optimize it to best present their business.
Website Auditing
Review existing website to identify any technical or SEO weakness creating an action list to improve the website you already have.
Social Media Integration
Connect social media activities of client to website
Consulting
Consult one-on-one with client to identify purpose and functional requirements for new website.