Mark
New .Net — Web Design
Total access to your web
designer — responsive to your dreams, goals and needs — creating
a unique web presence for you...
My web clients range from those who utilize total support
of their websites (initial creation, control panel management
and updates) to client maintained sites which I have created.
Designing Your Site
- Consultation — The
first stage of building your website is an initial consultation
when we will talk about your goals for your business and/or
organization and how this relates to your site. We'll outline
the various parts of the site, discuss color schemes, graphics,
photos and text. We'll determine whether or not you would
benefit from a Flash enabled site or whether some Flash pieces
scattered throughout the site might be effective. (See "Web
Site Options" below.) If you have a budget, we'll discuss
what we can do for what you have budgeted. We'll also discuss
web hosting if you don't already have a server. (See "Hosting"
under "Managing and Maintaining Your Website" below.) Finally,
we'll figure out what you'll need to get to me to begin work
(text, graphics or photos).
- Estimate — After the initial consultation, I'll provide
you an estimate within 24 hours. The estimate is not firm,
but I will keep you informed at all stages if it looks like
we need to re-adjust the estimate. Most often, going over
the estimate will be because of added elements we didn't
figure into the initial estimate.
- Preview — After agreeing
to the initial estimate, I'll put together a preview
of the homepage and make it available on-line in a secure
directory on my server. We'll agree to a deadline on getting
the preview up for you to view.
- Fashioning the site —
Once the preview is approved, I'll put together the entire
site and have you view it — again, in a secure directory
on my server. We can go back and forth on this several times
as part of a creative process.
- Testing the Site — I'll test the site in a number of browsers
during the entire process to insure that the site has the
best consistency possible, no matter what browser is used.
- Publishing the Site — When the entire site is approved,
it will be uploaded to the server.
Web Site Options
- HTML site with Fireworks components, CSS supporting text.
- HTML site with Fireworks and Flash components, CSS supporting text.
- HTML site with Flash "splash" page.
- Flash site.
- JavaScript support of all of the above.
Managing & Maintaining Your Website
- Updates — Periodic updates keep your website alive and
current. I try to perform updates for my clients within
24 hours of notification.
- Secure Directories — You might want a portion of your
site to be available to a few select individuals or group.
I can password protect these areas when desired.
- Adding New Pages or Elements — Since I have the original
source files for your site, it's easy for me to create
new pages which will fit seamlessly with what's there already.
- Creating/Managing Email — You may need a new email address
from time to time since people may know you from disparate
parts of your life or business. Or, you may add staff members
who need their own email boxes.
Re-working or Adding to Pre-existing Sites
Some of the sites I now maintain were
sites I inherited from other designers or clients. Often,
I've cleaned them up, fixed what doesn't work or added
pages and features that were not already present. Give
me a call, tell me what you'd like to accomplish — I'll
look at your site and give you a quote.
Creating a Site for You to Maintain
Many designers won't build sites they
won't be maintaining for clients. I'm fine with building
a site for you and having you take care of it from there.
I'll also provide tutorial time to make sure you have the
skills necessary to manage your site on your own. (See
side-bar note at right "Should
you have me maintain your site or should you maintain it
yourself?")
Creating Components for Your
Site
I also design components for clients
and/other designers to use in their work. Some of these
include but are not limited to the following:
- Rollover navigation buttons
- Site headers
- Flash banners or buttons
- Flash introductory "splash" pages
- Basic homepage templates
Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is
highly suggested for all sites since it will affect your
site's search enging rankings and the ability of users
to find your site on the internet. I employ a number of
methods to insure that your site is easy to find by others.
Web Services
Most of my clients have asked me to make arrangements
for hosting, securing URL's, setting up email and managing
settings for their sites through a hosting control panel.
Not only does this help the client, it enables me to have
greater control over the site and how it functions. |
