An opening "splash
page" to introduce your site - our gift to you...
!! IMPORTANT !!The purpose of this document is to give you a general idea of the costs involved in designing and building a custom website. We CANNOT give a firm quote on a proposed site unless you submit a COMPLETED Design Quote Request Form!!! Click here for a printable explanation of the form you MUST complete |
On average the price per page for a regular HTML page with 6 (six) pictures is from $50 to $75. If this is less than what others charge it is because we REFUSE to build overlong pages that go on forever!
"Extras" listed below such as custom guest books, customized bulletin boards, Flash introductory pages, and special photo presentations and picture editing are charged at the additional hourly rate of $35/hour.
If protection from copying of your images is a concern we will safeguard your images with an application we use which will absolutely prevent all but the most determined and knowledgeable hacker from taking pictures from your site. We do not just use a script for this, we use a sophisticated application which offers a very high level of protection. (Most scripts only work to prevent Explorer users from taking graphics and leave your pictures unprotected to Netscape users.)
We can do custom Guest Books in your site's theme using several formats (samples on request) and will install the script if you have CGI access on your server (Installation cost depends on how many problems crop up - all servers are not configured the same way - around $35/hour is a rule of thumb.).
JAVA applet slide show presentations can be done if you have a large number of pictures to display (pricing depends on size and number of pictures and method of presentation and is charged at the hourly rate - samples on request).
We will scan your pictures if you do not have them in digital format - the scan of a maximum of 6 pictures per page is included in the page price. If you have additional pictures, or pictures that require editing or special effects the price is dependant on the numbers and requirements and is charged at the hourly rate.
We do JAVA scripts for many different kinds of text and graphic effects - please inquire if you are interested.
For sites requiring more than the four updates included as part of every site we design we will perform updates on a fee for service or contractual basis - please inquire if you want more information.
We also offer two fully modified (in terms of theme) bulletin board systems.
One using the phpBB 2.0 open source code. (Please note that in order to run
this you must meet the following requirements: A webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System.
A SQL database system, one of: MySQL (3.22 or higher), PostgreSQL 7.0.3 or higher (preferably 7.1.x or 7.2.x),
MS SQL Server (7 or 2000) directly or via ODBC, MS Access (2000 or XP) via ODBC.
PHP (3.0.9 and above or preferably a recent 4.x) with support for the database you intend to use above.
If your server or hosting account does not meet the requirements above I am afraid phpBB 2.0 is not for you.)
The other using the open source YaBB 1 Gold system, which does NOT require a
database. (For this board you must have your site on a server which
supports Perl and allows
you to have your own cgi-bin).
Please inquire if you want more information.
We are now pleased to be able to offer Flash introductory pages - all Flash
programming is charged at the hourly rate. Please inquire if you want more
information
An opening "splash
page" to introduce your site - our gift to you...
Custom site theme - this is the layout, colour
scheme and graphics
(headers, paragraph headings, buttons, dividers, etc. as required by the
theme) designed to project your "image".Page transition
effects - colour
co-ordinated scroll bars - removal of all link underlines and the ugly lines
around clicked links, and use of mouse-over link hover colour change for all
links - font embedding for special text and text effects (none of which is Netscape supported, but your Explorer users will love
it!) if you wish..Custom
menu - not just buttons or text (JAVA applet special effects, mouse-over
effects, cascading DHTML menus, etc.).All
pictures optimized for fastest possible load times without sacrifice of picture
quality.
Completed web site burned to a CD with appropriate directory structures and
uploaded (FTP only - sorry no Front Page) to your server. (Please note - upload
does NOT include CGI script installation.)META
tags on all pages (if YOU have given us the list ~ if WE have to come up with
the META tags we charge $25/page) and submission to major (free) search engines.
We absolutely guarantee the text on our sites will be free of grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors!!
Quarterly site updates for the first year the site is up.We do not charge for applying for your domain name registration or for arranging for your paid site hosting if we are doing your design (we do include the actual cost of the aforementioned in your total design cost).
We're sorry, but we do not do Flash sites - if you require a Flash site we will be happy to provide links to Flash designers.
We will not put those tacky counters, masses of animated GIFS, overpowering mouse trails or annoying "custom cursors" on any of the pages we design. If you want a site with those kinds of things please look elsewhere for a designer...