# Elephant Ear Design

> Custom Web Engineering, Bespoke WordPress Development, and Code-Level Technical SEO based in West Columbia, SC.

Elephant Ear Design builds hand-coded, high-performance web platforms and digital infrastructure for high-stakes B2B enterprises, government entities, healthcare organizations, and regional market leaders across South Carolina and North America.

## Core Capabilities
- **Custom Website Development**: Zero-bloat, hand-crafted WordPress themes built with native PHP, semantic HTML5, and CSS Grid. No heavy page builders (Elementor, Divi) or unnecessary plugins.
- **Web Application Architecture**: Tailored client portals, custom interactive tools/calculators, and secure REST API integrations built to handle complex business logic.
- **Technical SEO & Search Visibility**: Code-level optimization, Core Web Vitals targeting sub-second loads, and custom cross-linked JSON-LD Schema.org graphs.
- **Conversion-First UI/UX Design**: Mobile-first responsive layouts, WCAG 2.1 / ADA accessibility compliance, and high-converting user journeys.

## Selected Work & Client Impact
- **Economic Development**: Chester County Economic Development, County of Lexington Dept. of Economic Development, SC I-77 Alliance.
- **Financial & Corporate**: Business Development Corporation (BDC), The Cason Group.
- **Healthcare & MedTech**: Fertility Pharmacy of America, CogniLive, TrueBloom.
- **Legal & Public Sector**: Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, Richland Library.

## Company & Contact Details
- **Location**: 1800 Saluda River Drive, West Columbia, SC 29169
- **Phone**: (803) 546-8926
- **Email**: Steven@elephanteardesign.com
- **Experience**: 14+ years in business under Elephant Ear Design; 30+ years industry experience.

## Full Technical Documentation
- [llms-full.txt](https://elephanteardesign.com/llms-full.txt): Full agency services specification, technical architecture breakdown, case studies, and primary location landing pages.