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All of the pages that house your content, shopping cart, photo gallery, flash graphics, calendars, terms of use, privacy statements, site optimization, and contact information, to name a few, are considered a website package. A Professional Web Designer can create one just for you!
A professional web designer will work with you to set up the look, feel, and functionality of your website to reflect your business, your idea, your blog, or even your picture gallery. Colors, color schemes, font type, and graphics are all part of the initial design.
Once you have your domain you need to purchase a hosting package. Hosting means that someone has a machine that will store all your website files (content) so that anyone with internet access around the world can view and have access to your content.
A Domain is the name of your website. An example is www.dshsolutions.com. Domain names should be as short and as memorable as possible. Your domain name must be registered with ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
dsh Solutions FAQs
Q. What does it take to have a Web Presence?
A. You need a Domain, a Hosting Package, a Website Design, and a Website Content Package.
Q. What is the cost of having a Web Presence?
A. That would depend upon the complexity of your web presence. There is a hard cost for the domain, which is billed by resellers monthly, with a yearly discount. The further you pay in advance, the deeper the discount. There is also a hard cost for hosting. Many different companies offer hosting, but trust your Professional Web Designer to find hosting that is economical for your needs, has enough bandwidth and server space to accommodate your needs, and has a support team with 24/7 support. As with domains, the longer the hosting service, the deeper the discount.
Please note: While a domain is transferrable from one individual or company or Professional Web Designer to another, hosting services are not. Most Professional Web Designers will guarantee a year of hosting.
After your domain and hosting are purchased, the design comes next. dsh Solutions offers a flat rate for the first 3 mockups. That means you get to change your mind 3 times during the design process for no extra charge.
Last, but not least, comes the content website package. dsh Solutions offers the first six pages of a basic website for one flat rate. This package consists of your home page, your terms of use page, the privacy statement page, your contact page, your mission statement, and your about page. All other content added after this package is done at a reasonable professional hourly rate.
Q. How can I help keep my web design & maintenance costs down?
A. Maintaining a web presence requires planning and organization on your part. Designing the site with a good foundation from the beginning is extremely important because a redesign at a later time can be very costly.
Additionally, the more complete the content is when given to your webmaster, the less time is billed to you. For example, if you want parts of text from a pdf file on your web page, the webmaster has to convert the text and then format it for your site, and this takes time. Whenever your webmaster has to search the internet for content or images on your behalf, that has to be billed to you. The more complete the content given to your webmaster is, the more cost effective it is for you.
Most people do not realize that disorganization is the most costly web expense, including duplicative effort and redesigns. You would not give your time and services away for free, so you should not expect a professional web designer to give theirs away either.
Q. Why am I getting so much Spam?
A. Where have you been submitting you email address? When you give your email address out most times you are tacitly agreeing to allow your email address to be sold or traded. Even with a security disclaimer or opt out, many sites will give your email to their subsidiaries and associated businesses. So, for large corporations, that could be over 40 or 50 additional companies.
Tip: Don't use your personal or business email account to shop or blog online. Keeping a hotmail or yahoo free account for use when purchasing items or registering on sites you are not familiar with is a good way to cut down on spam for your personal or business account. Then set your free account to a high spam setting. You won't miss any important emails because those won't be coming to your free accounts.