Dandelionweb Design

Ruth Martin Maude runs Dandelion Web Design from Etobicoke, in Toronto's west end, building WordPress sites for art galleries, art organizations, artist portfolios, course portals, and online shops. The practice has served clients throughout the GTA — including Mississauga, Brampton, and Oakville — as well as across Ontario and Canada, with a focus on creative businesses and independent artists who need a web presence built around their work rather than a generic template.

Projects run from new website design through full redesigns, with attention to on-page SEO so sites rank in search, mobile performance, and accessibility built into the design rather than bolted on afterward. Wireframing, UX research, and usability testing inform how pages are structured before development begins. Beyond launch, Ruth Martin Maude offers training so clients can make their own updates, translating technical WordPress concepts into plain language for gallery owners and artists who aren't developers.

That training extends to more than ten years of running WordPress workshops, a byproduct of 25 years spent designing websites specifically for creative businesses. The specialization shows in the range of deliverables — artist portfolios that showcase individual bodies of work, course portals for organizations running educational programming, and online shops for creative entrepreneurs selling directly to buyers. The combination of longevity, a narrow creative-sector focus, and hands-on client training distinguishes the practice from broader web design shops working across unrelated industries.