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Establshing Your Web Presence
Introduction This
article shows you what is involved to get your own website up
and running. This information can help you with preparing the
requirements for your website. Having well defined requirements
will result in a better website while making it easier for both
you and the web designer to whom you outsourced your project.
Outsourcing your web development project You are planning
on outsourcing your web development project, right? A mistake
commonly made by small businesses is to think that they can
simply throw together their own website by using basic knowledge
of HTML, the language in which webpages are written.
I agree that having a basic understanding of HTML or tools such
as Microsoft Frontpage and Macromedia Dreamweaver can lower your
costs in the long run. This allows you to do the maintenance on
the website contents yourself. However, please don't make the
mistake of setting up your webpage yourself. Trust me that
outsourcing your web development project will save you a
significant amount of time and frustration.
Making preparations Before outsourcing your project,
collect the information as written in this section.
What to ask for After
collecting all this information, you are ready to contact your
web designer. Here is a good hint: request your web designer to
first deliver a design of your website for your approval before
he starts implementing the website. Ask for at least the
following tasks to be completed:
How much it will cost There or two
types of costs involved, one time costs and recurring costs. The
latter consist of your hosting account and the renewal of your
domain name. Even if your web designer obtained these for you,
they are your responsibility. These can vary greatly depending
on your provider and website size and complexity. For a basic
website you can expect these recurring costs to be approximately
$100/year.
The one time costs consist of the actual website development. A
basic website containing up to 10 pages will take approximately
1 week to design and implement. The hourly rate for web
designers varies greatly based on their location and skills and
will be somewhere between $15 and $75.
Conclusion The contents of this article outlined what you
should do to obtain a website that satisfies your requirements
and expectations. It also gives you a guideline for calculating
the costs allowing you to properly budget your web development
project. Let me emphasize it one more time: don't waste your
time and energy, outsource your web development project to a
professional web designer.
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