Administrative (domains, hosting)
My current site needs help!
Web maker fees
Web site features
How soon can I be on the web?
How to start a web site (we do this together)
A
web site starts as an idea. Information needs to be
gathered and arranged by topic. The presentation,
including web layout and color scheme, needs to be
planned. Several steps later a site is coded, tested,
and set onto the world wide web.
I will help you every step of the way, to create a web site that you will like (and others will envy)!
Administrative (domains, hosting)
What is a domain name?
A domain name is a web address; a "www.yoursite.com" . It is also called a URL (Universal Resource Locator).
How do I get a domain name?
Think of something that defines your website. If no one else is using that domain name, registering it to you is easy enough. The registering comany does charge a modest fee for a yearly registration.
What is web hosting?
Once your site is made, it has to go onto a server to be seen on the world wide web. I use a Long Island, New York, based server. This is where your web site is hosted.
Hosting fee is dependent on web site size. My web hosting provider sets these fees. They are his charges.
Modification or Overhaul
Time and cost to modify or overhaul an existing web site, (one that I did not create), depends on what you present to me and what needs to be done.
Upgrades and Updates
Upgrades and updates to existing pages, on a site I created, are charged by the hour.
If your site was created by someone else, I need to access how much work is needed to update your site.
Web Technologies & SEO
These change with time. I know many tricks, all legal to search engines, that may bring your web site to the top of search engine listings.
A price quote can not be given until we decide:
- how many pages are needed
- the number of forms needed
- how much text you supply
- what special effects to include
- how many photographs need manipulation or need to be drawn
- if it is to be a new webiste or a refurbished website
See domains and hosting, on this page, for those costs.
Contact me with your needs and ideas.
Here are some of the features that could enhance your web site
Text
Change font color and style to match your theme.
Small animations
Animations make your page look more interesting, if not alive! 
Images/Photographs
A picture worth a thousand words.
Forms
Forms are used to get information from your visitor.
Javascripts
Javascripts can be used for special effects
With your help in writing the text and supplying photographs that are ready to use, a very basic web site can be up and running in about two weeks.