Many of my websites are designed and developed uniquely and bespoke to order. Whilst this is a great solution which provides the client with an individual website, the expense involved is greater than some clients can justify.
That is why I offer a low cost web build service from just $14.95 per month!
low cost web design
For some clients with a small business, a charitable organisation or a hobby, the right solution to having an effective web presence is to use a personalised, but basic, design template rather than a unique design for their site. I can create you a fully-featured, content-managed, effective website for just $14.95 per month.
Don't confuse this offer with shoddy sites built by an amateur or fly-by-night snake oil salesmen though! I have many years of experience in building effective websites using the latest technology, and you will have access to my help and advice to support your site.
is there a setup cost?
If you are happy to put content into your site yourself using the easy-to-use content management system, then all you will ever pay for your website is $14.95 per month.
If you want me to load the site initially, or you want a bespoke design created, or some special features such as shopping cart, membership database, html newsletter, blog etc. then there will be an additional one-off fee. We can discuss this at the time of site creation, or at any time in the future as your needs change.
You would be well advised to register a domain name, the address for your site - I can register one on your behalf and that will cost a small amount each year.
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Send me your name and email address, and I will contact you to answer any questions you may have and give you full details of this offer.
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portfolio
Here is a sample list of sites that I have built. Some were built for lanetech, and some were developed in collaboration with a designer:
what's new?
I've been using jQuery a lot, all of a sudden. For those who don't know, jQuery is a library of javascript functions, meaning we don't have to re-invent the wheel when it comes to writing code to do many common web tasks. Javascript runs on your browser rather than at the server, which makes it fast and responsive because the website doesn't have to do a round trip across the internet to manipulate information. Traditionally, client-side code was pretty limited though, as you often still need to communicate with databases and suchlike on the server and connecting the two halves was tricky. Now, jQuery, with other technology such as Ajax, makes it much much easier. Add to Cart buttons, or contact form submissions can be done without having to refresh the page, they happen in the background.
Javascript was also useful for moving things around on a page, and jQuery has taken this to a new level - we can drag and drop list items, fade messages in and out, rotate images and slide menus up and down. Most of that is eye candy, but it can make for a slick user interface - the bit you interact with. Much of that animated stuff was once the preserve of Flash, produced by Macromedia and now by Adobe. Designers love the movy, slidy style you can produce with Flash, but there are significant problems with it. Generally speaking, a website that is based on flash will perform poorly in search engines, because there is no indexable content, it's all just a closed object. Flash isn't supported on Apple handheld devices, so the site won't work on iPod, iPhone or iPad - whether you see that as significant is your shout, but as open source and industry standards handle animated interfaces and embedded video, you have to wonder what role flash will play in the future.
I've been busy working with robotransfer.com building sites for design agencies on the US west coast - and I have been enjoying building sites like indidesign.com, kicklabs.com, gloto.com and the dealer locator app for espguitars.com - working with designers again has been fun and takes some of the stress out as I'm primarily a developer, not a designer. Ken O'Neil at robotransfer is a good project manager and long may the association continue - we make a crack team!