1. How long does it normally take to build and host a web site?
It normally takes less than 14 days to build a web site. Hosting requires a domain name that can be purchased for as little as US$8.85 per year. Website design together with hosting takes less than two weeks, and for web sites where lot of interactivity is to be built in, it may take about 4 weeks.
2. How is a web page different from a MS word or text document?
HTML (Short for HyperText Markup Language) is the language used to create web pages. A web page may contain text, graphics, audio or even video. A web page may link to other web pages or files by using hyperlinks. One big benefit of a HTML is that the language is understood by any computer with a browser, and Internet connectivity irrespective of the Operating System used.
3. Do I need to know HTML to design a simple web site?
No. It is not necessary to know HTML to design a simple web site. You can use GUI (Graphical User Interface) editors such as FrontPage, Netscape composer, or Mozilla to create a web page. Though one need not know HTML to design a web page, knowledge of HTML is desirable to optimize the web page. By knowing HTML, you can fine tune the web page so that the users will have better experience.
4. Do my business need to have a computer etc. to host or maintain a web site?
Not necessarily. You can hire web site design and hosting services. All you need to an Internet connection through your local ISP. e-mail contact is almost a necessity for hosting or maintaining a web site.
5. What are the things that you expect from my company to complete the web site design?
Brochures, logos, photographs, product descriptions, business cards etc. are all recommended resources to use. For new businesses we will help you get started from scratch. A dedicated person will answer any questions during your website project.
6. Is there any maintenance required after designing and hosting a web site?
Depending on the business, some amount of maintenance would be required. As your business evolves, it may require some things to be added, deleted, or modified. If there is no much change in the business from time to time, the maintenance will also be minimal.
7. What is a website architecture?
It's something that will help us visualize all your website sections. This its very helpful as it will help the development process. You as the owner, will know what areas your website will cover; a web designer will know exactly what pages he needs to build and the content developer (writer) will know what content he needs to build for each specific areas.
8. What is a page layout?
Page layout is the geometry of a page. It will help us to define how many regions will appear and how they are visually organized.
9. Why are Privacy Policies and Terms of Use important for a website?
People who visit your website deserve to know what you're doing or what you will do with the information you ask from them online. Respect that privilege and tell them why you're asking for some personal or business information on your website. Serious people do serious things. Terms of Use are the rules people should know to navigate your website. It usually contains information about price and/or content changes on your website, it must advise people that information on your website might change without having to inform all your visitors about those changes and that you're the owner so you set the rules.
10. Do I need to edit my website myself?
On small business brochure websites, not necessarily but yes, you can. As technology changes fast these days, its not common to have validated websites with clean code using frontpage extensions to update content on a website. There are a few new tools to help you edit some content on your website however you must be sure that the WYSIWYG editor you will use to edit content directly supports the new standards to update content on your website. We also offer some good online tools (add ons) to help you with content and picture changes on your website. You might ask for more details if you're planning to update your website yourself. If you're getting a e-commerce or database solution from us, those tools give you a back-end where you can define and update content on your website fairly easy.
11. What does it means CSS?
That's an acronym that means Cascading Style Sheets. CSS allows web designers to attache styles (fonts, colors, size, margins, etc.) to HTML documents. It works like a template allowing web developers to define a style for an HTML element and then apply it to as many web pages as they want/need. We can also use styles to display different elements for different media (screen, printers). It simplifies web site maintenance and also helps the way a page displays content for Search Engine robots on the Internet (and that's a good thing!).
12. How much does a Web Site cost?
There are quite a few factors that are going to affect the ultimate cost of your web site. These factors include how many pages you are going to have, what special features do you need, and how interactive your future web site will be? What additional services are you going to order? Do you need web hosting and domain name registration? Although costs always vary according to complexity of the service ordered, we believe our prices cannot be beaten when you take into account the quality of web site and service we provide.
13. I live abroad. Can I use your services?
We create web sites for clients who are local as well as out of the country. By using the Internet, email and the telephone, it is possible to communicate effectively with clients in any location. It is fast, cost effective and On Line !
14. Have you paid for a web site that will never be found?
Web pages without Search Engine Optimization will not have much chance of being found and indexed by the SE Spiders/Bots. Even the best of the badly programmed sites will be way too far down the rankings to provide a decent flow of traffic to your business.
Web Pages coded in the wrong manner will remain invisible to the Search Engines !
15. Why can't I find my web site in the search engines?
You need to submit your Web Page to Search Engines first and Search Engine Optimize it, please read more about our SEO and SE Submission services. Once it has been submitted to the Major Search Engines they may require several weeks, up to few months to list your site in their directory. We suggest you use Guaranteed Search Engine Submit and Search Engine Optimization. Your site can be listed on AOL, MSN, Overture in a few days.


