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We have the pleasure to
introduce our comprehensive web design service. There are several methods
to have your own website on the internet. The maintenance of the site is
also an important element to
be kept in mind. The site should be updated from time to time by adding some new
things and removing what has became old and out of date.
In fact designing the site
and then keeping it running are two separate things. After having your site designed (say for affordable
price), you should ask yourself and the designer: "how can update it and
for how much?". Usually the cost of such service is about fifty dollars
per hour (with 1/Hr minimum. charge) or "go and do it yourself !". It
doesn't sound funny, you will discover after a while that some text you
had published contained errors or part of it sounds clumsy enough to pay
that amount of money to get it removed or altered. The problem will be
more difficult, if you do not know how to get into the server and how and where to find that piece of text
and
how to edit it.
Generally speaking, there are
several methods for website design:
1) The traditional HTML method:
The design is based mostly on HTML design language and it's your problem what to do with it in the future,
that all for not less than hundred pounds or hundred euro for two pages
only and one hundred box for every additional page. Please see the
following links:
DesignOven (£99 for 2 pages)
or
2jdesign (£99
for
2pages)
or
lineofsite
(£195 for 2 pages) or
123triad ($480 for 2 pages)
2) Content Management
System (CMS): The designer may select
another method not based solely on HTML design
language. You need to have CMS software to do it for you. It may cost 200
dollars from one firm or even free from another firm. Two years ago group
of young people in the UK introduced to the market and for free new system for
website design called "Joomla" where the owner of the site can personally
modify the contains of the pages without prior knowledge in design
techniques exactly as in writing letters with any simple text editor. Of course
that can be done only after having the site installed and fixed to run which is
the hurdle of the whole story. Once the site has been designed (and put in action), you
can alter the contains with little efforts whenever you want to. The other
side of the coin, this system could be raged and hacked unless
you know how to keep it secure and that needs some additional efforts each
time you want to alter something on the pages. Still, it is excellent
system as long as you do not have dangerous competitors who may hire hackers
to disrupt your site. We have searched the first 100 entries in several
search engines but didn't find frank straight forward offer for how much it
costs to fix such a site. Only one provided the service for about $400,
which seems to be it is only for installing the free copy with its original 8 demo pages. The
question is about the cost of removing that pile of unwanted rubbish from the site and fixing sensible template instead of the
gray original one. It looks like this. (Click here)
3) There is another method
worked out by us. It sounds incredible but still true. It is based on
applying the traditional HTML method and with some of the advantages of the second
method mentioned above but with some limitations. With Joomla one can change the text and all its
properties (font type, size, color, background color and so on). Here you
can alter only the substance of the text without additional precautions
about the security of the page.
In all cases; to have a site
published on the web you need to have
- Domain Name, which you can
buy for seven dollars or have free sub-domain
- Hosting Firm, to put the
site on secured running computer. It could be paid service or for free
from some firms.
- The code itself for the site
The web designer should carry
on all those three steps to have your site running, though it is preferred by
many people to have the first two steps under their full control. Buying domain name and
hiring disk space on a server can all be done online in
minutes. It is better to select trustful hosting firm with traditions in
this business. The designing firm are mostly run by young people, today
they are in this business the other day they upgrade to a better one.
It is obvious that it is very
important to have the code for site fully installed and you can see it working on the
server. The outlook of the site is subject of personal preference. Some
people think attractive looking template is the most important while others look
for practicality that the site should be informative and well ranked in
order to be
easily found by the viewers. It is not always easy to keep these two
factors fully combined all the time. Probably you have noticed that templates
with fine artistic appearance contain less text in the first page, as they
concentrate on images and colors. Unfortunately, search engines crawlers
pay attention only to the substance of the page. Exporting the indicative
text into inner pages
of the site is not the same as having reasonable amount of it
on the first page. For ranking and evaluating the site, crawlers search
among the words of the site rather than among colors and images which are
equally important to leave good impression on the viewers. Templates
are available in all colors and shapes and in varied prices as well. The cost of
what is called "unique template" (will not be sold for others after
you) is about several thousands dollars. The cost of the same template which
will be used by you and other users is about seventy dollars.
Therefore, without having it
adjusted to convoy sensible text on the first page it will be as piece of
art in remote desert. It is clear now that the role of the designer for couple
of hundred dollars service is rather limited to injecting the few words
text in whatever form and hanging it on the server so everyone will be
happy.
We hope our experience in astrology
and web design can help astrologers and non-astrologers as well as small
firms to have their own web pages at very low cost (50%
less to any offer presented by any designing firm you select). Also, you can
participate live on-line in your site design for little charges. we can
put on your page lots of
unique applets, gages, plug ins and offer enormous number of templates for "Joomla"
web design all could be done live online in couple of days.
Tell us what you want and we
shall do our best to help. |
