Questions and Answers

Depending on what you need on your site, I will suggest of an hourly or contract rate. My hourly rate is $35 per hour with 1 hour min time. So send me what you got for 1 hour!

No unless I have to do monthly updates for you, such as adding content etc. That will be determined on a one on one basis.

most people ask what I charge to do a web site. This ranges individually depending on what you need. Just ask me and let me give you a quote.

TIP – If you have lavish ideas for a web site, lets hear them, however I will tell you the truth if this will benefit you or your business or not. The final choice is yours however with my many years of experience in bulding web sites, I know what works and what doesn’t.

After you have purchased a domain name for your web site, you must now set up hosting. This is where your web site will be placed to develop. Yes you have to have hosting in order to have a web site. Prices range so don’t always go for the lowest price. I have seen people purchase low priced hosting and lose their site when servers went down with no back up.

Tip – ASK ME for the best hosting!

Make sure that hosting has a strong support team incase something happens or to target shoot problems.

Consider hosting paid annually than monthly, this usually saves you money in the long run.

Depending on what you need, graphic design costs range.  Graphic design can be for web or print or both and each one has to be in different formats. So I have to quote these individually. Just contact me so I can quote you.

Before developing any site you must have a domain name. You can search for a domain name here.

FAQS – When you purchase a domain name you are purchasing the usage of that name through a registar. It is like renting the name for as long as you are using it.

TIP – Usage of a domain name can be purchased from 1 year and multiple years. If you purchase multiple years you usually get a discount and locked in at that price incase domain registration prices go up in the future.

After you have purchased a domain name for your web site, you must now set up hosting. This is where your web site will be placed to develop. Yes you have to have hosting in order to have a web site. Prices range so don’t always go for the lowest price. I have seen people purchase low priced hosting and lose their site when servers went down with no back up.

Tip – ASK ME for the best hosting!

Make sure that hosting has a strong support team incase something happens or to target shoot problems.

Consider hosting paid annually than monthly, this usually saves you money in the long run.

I can not stress this enough. The most important steps in having a web site is CONTROL over your accounts! This means you should have an account with user names and passwords to manage your own domain, hosting and if you have a content management system, control as the administrator. Even if you do not manage your site, your web developer should give you ALL of this information. It should be yours and not under their account. Not having control over your accounts can lead to devistating results if you get involved with the wrong person.

FAQs – I can help you set up your accounts and send you all the information you need. Always keep these for your records in multiple places.

Yes you can manage your own web site! I can set up and install and you can build from there or I can build a custom template for you. It is very affordable. I can also train you how to manage your own site. If you have any questions, I answer support questions all the time!

Hosting is important because web site are built using different platforms. If you want a dynamic web site or content management system I suggest you get hosting that is a linux platform (the other choice would be Windows – which I only build static sites with). Don’t know what that is? Ask me!

Setting up the wrong kind of hosting leads to frustration and probably having to start over and go it again project!

TIP – always plan for the future when it comes to web development. Things may change as they have over the years so purchase according to what might happen in the future. That is why I suggest Linux.

Yes you can manage your own web site! I can set up and install and you can build from there or I can build a custom template for you. It is very affordable. I can also train you how to manage your own site. If you have any questions, I answer support questions all the time!

Depending on what your site is built in, I can help you, your staff or someone who is going to manage your web site. Content management systems today are more reasonable than ever. I suggest that sites be built using a CMS so there is not any software needed in managing your web site. You are able to login from a browser anywhere and manage your web site.

Hosting is important because web site are built using different platforms. If you want a dynamic web site or content management system I suggest you get hosting that is a linux platform (the other choice would be Windows – which I only build static sites with). Don’t know what that is? Ask me!

Setting up the wrong kind of hosting leads to frustration and probably having to start over and go it again project!

TIP – always plan for the future when it comes to web development. Things may change as they have over the years so purchase according to what might happen in the future. That is why I suggest Linux.