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Web Design

Many web designers claim that they are building you a "custom" web site, when they are in fact using a pre-designed template that they simply update with your information. They also use graphics that are available for free from a variety of galleries on the internet. After spending 4 or 5 hours to customize their template, they bill the customer based on how long it would have taken them to build the site from scratch, not how long it actually took them to just use the template. While this practice probably isn't illegal, I believe it is wrong. Using a template is a great way to save time, and templates can be customized to a certain degree to satisfy certain requirements. So I will be honest with you and give you the choice if you want to save money and use a slightly customized template, or a fully customized site that will cost a little more.

I use the following software for web and multimedia design: Macromedia Studio 8 includes: Dreamweaver Fireworks Flash Homesite Adobe Production Studio CS2 includes: Photoshop Illustrator Audition Premiere Image Ready After Effects Araneae Microsoft Visual Studio

I have experience using the following technologies and techniques: XHTML - standards compliant HTML that works in all major browsers CSS - Cascading Style Sheets for the visual aspects of the site JavaScript - to enhance functionality and provide interactivity ASP.NET - Microsoft's Active Server Pages to handle advance functionality Visual Basic Scripting Flash - Animations and multimedia applications for the web Wordpress - popular free blogging software for servers Many others...

If you have an idea, I can translate it into reality. I can design just about anything from a basic web page with only contact information, to a full-featured site with forms, databases and interactive content. If you just need someone to make changes to your existing site, or if you want a total overhaul, I can take care of everything for you. I also offer maintenance packages to save you money when you know you are going to need to make basic changes regularly to your site. More information and links to sites I've created are coming soon...

Web Hosting

Unless you are a fairly large business with your own web servers, you are going to need web hosting to make your site available to the world. I have negotiated with my host to give you the best deal on the web. Instead of paying for tons of stuff you won't ever use with your website, I will only charge you for what you need. If I develop and maintain your site, you will only have to worry about paying one person for everything instead of getting bills from many different places. I can register new domains for you with my registrar, transfer your current domain to my registrar to save you money, or you can keep your current registrar and simply point the domain to my host. I have set up packages for hosting with no maintenance and hosting with maintenance. If you already have hosting through another provider, check out my packages to see if it is worth the switch, otherwise I am more than willing to work with your current web host to meet your needs.