Project Phase Specifics

Development Phase

 

Website Development Contract

Once we have come to an agreement on project details, timeline and price, we will prepare a website development contract for you to review, sign and send back with your deposit.

Initial Deposit

The signed contract and 50% deposit is required before we schedule a time slot for your project. The remainder of your balance will be due upon project completion. Once we have received your 50% deposit and signed contract, we will provide you with a copy of the fully executed contract, a receipt for your deposit and your project start date. All projects are scheduled on a “first come, first served” basis.

Domain name registration & Website Hosting

If needed, we will immediately secure your desired domain name (pending availability) and include the first 2 years of service. The domain is registered in your name with your information and you will be the only registrant contact on file.

If you require hosting services, we recommend ENOM and Microsoft Office Live Web hosting services and we are an authorized reseller for these services.

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E-Commerce sites

For E-Commerce sites that require us to enter products for you, we will need you to supply an Excel spread sheet listing the following: Product Name, Unique Product ID Number (if any), Product Description, Options (if any – size, color, etc), Price, Approximate Weight, Number in Stock, as well as the product photos named in correspondence with the Product ID Number on the spread sheet.

Ideally, all of the above information should be supplied prior to us getting started.

Work will commence on your scheduled start date. The developer in charge of your project will contact you on that day to confirm that we are getting started.

Custom Designed Website Concepts

We will provide three possible custom designed home page concepts for your project. In most cases, we will be able to provide these designs within 3-5 business days following your start date.
 

This website was designed in-house with Free CSS Templates providing great resources and a great starting point.

After you have reviewed the designs and decided which one you would like to use, we will continue to make modifications to the design until the final desired look is achieved. Once the final desired look is achieved, we will create the interior page layout, convert the design to HTML, add programming, etc.

During this process, you will have the opportunity to review progress. (See next item.)

Site Content

Incorporation of your logo, photos and text content is included in all projects. Custom logo design is available for an additional fee, please inquire if interested. 

Response Forms / Email Contact Forms

We always recommend at least one contact form for your visitor’s convenience. Using a contact form, a visitor can email you directly from your website without needing to open their email program. This is especially convenient if a visitor is not using their own computer when their email program is not available.

Testing Phase

 

 

Search Engine Readiness Check

Meta Tags, Page Titles, Page Heading, Alt Image Tags, Link Text, and Page Body Text evaluation and adjustment where needed throughout the website. At no time can we guarantee when or where the search engines will place your website within their search results or directory.

Browser Compatibility Testing

Your website is tested on a variety of operating systems and browsers to insure proper display and functionality.

Grammar & Spell Check

Before the website is launched, a grammar and spell check is performed to insure there are no mistakes.

Dead Link Check

A thorough check for misdirected links and missing files is performed just prior to as well as after the launch of the website.

Forms / Programming

Any email contact forms and/or programming features included in your project are tested to confirm they are functioning as required.

Launch Phase

 

 

Final Payment

Final payment is always due before we take the website live on your domain. Upon receipt of final payment, you will be emailed a final/paid in full receipt.

Launch Website

All necessary website files and scripts are copied to your domain and databases are setup.

Error Testing

After the website is live, any interactive programming and scripts are tested to verify proper function. Since the design and testing phase often occurs on a different server, it is very important to once again verify that everything is working correctly after taking the website live.

Website Files

After launch and testing of the website, you are provided with a zipped archive of all website files.

Instructions & Documentation

When necessary, any documentation needed to use the administration functions of your website is included in PDF format.

Search Engine Submission

Hand submission and automated search engine submission occurs after launching, testing and fixing any issues there may have been.

Completion Phase

Minor Adjustments / Changes

Minor adjustments to the website are included at no charge for up to two weeks after the website has launched (maximum of up to 3 hours labor). Minor changes include adding changing text, adding or changing photos, etc. Any major revision requests will require additional discussion and possibly incur a fee.

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Web Site Hosting

A Suite of Robust Features

 

Built on an advanced platform, our clients will agree it is one of the best shared web hosting values around!

Customized Email - Addresses with your domain name, forwarding, auto responders
Advanced Hosting Control Panel - Instant configuration of all your hosting features
Host Multiple Websites & Subdomains - Host up to 50 domains with one account
Web Statistics - Analyze all your traffic stats in colorful online charts
Ecommerce - Install SSL osCommerce and Comersus Cart with ease
Photo Albums - Easily set up and manage your own online photo albums.
Blogs and Portals - Set up your own blog or Joomla! portal instantly.
Start promoting your business with an instant credit for Google AdWords®
Upgrades are available for each package
Many more domain hosting features and tools
 

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Search Engine Optimization

Site Results Optimization - by optimizing Meta data strings and merging this with the art of Search Engine Optimization, significant gains in appropriate web visits can be experienced.
 

One of our client's websites has already surpassed eighty million hits in response to targeted search request keywords!

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