FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
What is your process?
1) We need half down to begin. All the design work
will be original and we will create all the required graphics ourselves.
We will use royalty free images/pictures or your images when provided.
2) We specialize in cross-browser compatible
websites. So, your website will work perfectly fine on all the major
browsers like Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, and Safari etc.
3) We will provide you with a pre implementation
mockup of the website design to insure we are on the same page. We will
work with you on this mock-up until you are completely satisfied with
the theme of the site.
5) We will then add the requested animations.
6) After the animations are approved then we will
meld in the rest of the sites contents.
7) After the site is complete the Balance will be
due.
Who owns the site when it is done?
This is a good question to ask, as some web site services retain all the
rights to the sites they build and they may charge you a fee if you want
to take the site and move it to another ISP or host.
When you hire us to build your site, you own the site when it is all
done. You can move it to any server, reproduce it on a CD to distribute
to your clients, change it or add to it...whatever you want — it’s yours
to do as you see fit!
What about site maintenance?
Most sites need regular maintenance — to check for broken links, to make
sure that the code is keeping up with new technology and browsers, to
update products and services or other content or feature updates. We can
maintain your sites for you or we can train you in the technology needed
to do the maintenance yourself.
How do I get my own web address (www.yourname.com)?
Also known as a Domain Name or URL, your web address is how people find
you on the web. The domain name is the identity of your business on the
net. A domain name costs about $15.00 a year. Since there are so many
companies on the web, the name you choose might not be available, and
you might have to get creative. Try to make it memorable and easy to say
and type.
Where will my site live?
I will help you obtain a place where your site will live (be Hosted as
we say in the business) If you already have a site hosted with an ISP,
you can continue using them if you like. Or, if you have an ISP that you
use for email and dial-up access, you can contact them to see what they
offer for site hosting options.
Costs and services tend to vary significantly from one company to the
next, so this can be a confusing decision to make. We work with several
ISP’s and hosting companies and can help you find the best hosting
service for your site and situation.
What browsers do you design for?
People are browsing the Web using all kinds of browser and operating
system configurations and this is one of the most difficult challenges a
Web developer faces. Except in cases where we are building an intranet
site or designing for very targeted audiences, all of our sites are
developed with cross-browser compatible code. Whenever possible, we use
features that are available to all browsers or at least degrade
acceptably to the older browsers.
Which search engines do you submit to?
Ninety percent of your search engine traffic is going to come from the
following search engines and indexes:
We hand-submit each page of a site to the search engines listed above to
ensure successful placement. Depending on the site and its audience, we
may submit it to a handful of additional targeted services.
What tools do you use?
For designing, creating or manipulating artwork, we use
Jasc Paint Shop Pro. We can integrate
existing logos and colors into the design. We use tools that require
writing code by hand — which means optimized web pages that load as fast
as possible, work the way they are supposed to, and look great in all
the popular browsers.
