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Your Web Site Should Be As Unique As You Are

Our aim is to get you on the Web as fast and painlessly as possible while providing a web site and related services of the highest quality. Gibson Grafx does not use templates or produce "cookie cutter" web sites. Each site that we produce is custom designed to your needs and specifications.

All of our Option 2 web sites include:

What Does A Website Cost?

The cost of your web site can be calculated hourly, per page or per job depending on what you prefer. Generally we find a per page price easier to work with. While all web sites are certainly not the same, the following 2 pricing schedules are designed to create a balance between low cost and great service and should be used to get a ballpark figure of cost.

Option 1 offers quality at a very low price.

First page is $200.00. Each additional page is priced according to the following scale.

Up to 10 pages
Page 11 and up
$150.00 per page
$125.00 per page

This package includes the following:

Option 2 adds additional services for convience and value.

First page is $200.00. Each additional page is priced according to the following scale.

Up to 10 pages
Page 11 and up
$175.00 per page
$150.00 per page

Option 2 web sites can include all of the following:

Depending on the size of your project I would estimate a completion time of two weeks after I get all of your site content materials. You can add a week to that time if we need a couple of additional revisions or programming.

Pricing is for static web sites only. Interactive features, database design, e-commerce capabilities or additional programming will incur extra fees.

What Do I Get With A Website?

Our web sites are fully customizable and may include the features listed below depending on which option you choose.


Web Page Features

Consultation

Knowing the purpose of a website is the first step in a successful development effort. Many sites are put online because "the other guy has one". Some businesses may not do well on the internet, others very well. It is important for you to determine if your business will benefit from what the web offers before you invest the time and money.

Text Preparation

Unlike the printed page, a web page can be as long as you want. However it is best to limit the amount of scrolling that a visitor has to do to reach the bottom. We recommend a limit of 5-6 screens. Research has also shown that the ideal line length for reading is about 10 words. Gibson Grafx makes use of tables or style sheets to format text to optimize readability. Text can be provided to us electronically via e-mail, on a floppy (pc formatted), zip disk, or printed. Printed pages will incur additional scanning charges. Text should be in its final form or there could be charges for editing.

Main page title graphic

The main graphic on your front page is the door to your site and must be inviting. It should give the visitor a feel for who you are and the purpose of your site. At Gibson Grafx we excel at designing just the right look. We will start with your existing logo, if you have one, and develop the image that best represents your business or project.

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Second Level Title Graphic

This is the main graphic at the top of the interior pages. The second level title graphic serves several different purposes. Often it incorporates navigation. It provides a title for the page and helps to provide continuity for the site.

Navigational graphics

Navigation is achieved through the use of buttons, most often down the side, bars, image maps, and text links. Most sites benefit from a combination of these methods, ensuring that all visitors are able to take advantage of your entire site.

Javascript Mouseovers

This is what is used to cause one image to change into another when the mouse moves over it. Also call "rollovers".

Background graphic

Gibson Grafx will provide an appropriate background image or color to enhance the entire theme of your website. The design process will start with a color preference from a client. The image or color chosen is very important. It can make or break the legibility of the written word. Any image that is used as a background must not interfere with the text on top of it. It is also important to remember that the web browser allows a user to specify his own colors. It is possible that a dark background and light text could be utterly unreadable should a visitor come to your site with their default background color set as white. Printing also becomes a problem with light text as backgrounds do not print when printing a web page.

One recommended method consists of using a border background which is a white or very light background color with a strip of coordinating and contrasting color or pattern down the left side.

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Bullet and divider graphics

Gibson Grafx will provide these as needed.

Photos and Graphics

A website can be greatly enhanced with the placement of appropriate photos or graphics. Though a picture may be worth a thousand words, on the web that picture will take much longer to download. It is vitally important that all images used be designed to convey the ideas necessary while not causing long wait times for your visitors. Gibson Grafx is very adept at reducing images to their minimum size while maintaining an acceptable picture quality. When large images are necessary, thumbnails are best employed.

We will scan any images you already have or find the appropriate images from our extensive image libraries.

E-Mail Link

Links to your E-Mail address is provided on every page of your site for the convenience of your visitors.

Response Form

The easiest way for your visitors to contact you is with an e-mail response form. If you are in the business of selling, it is an excellent way for a customer to ask for more information about a product or service. Since you can ask for their name, address, and phone number it is a good way for you to develop a database of potential customers.

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Keywords, Descriptions and Meta Tags

Proper preparation of the pages with keywords, descriptions and Meta Tag are vital to the successful ranking of your website with the search engines.

The meta description tag is used to assist those search engines which are meta capable in summarizing your website. It must tell the reader what they will find on the website. The size of the meta description tag should be under 200 characters.

It is important that the first text on your pages contain a summary paragraph of your web page which can be used by the Search Engines which do not use the meta tags. It should contain the common keywords and phrases that will be used in searching for your site. It should also be under 200 characters in length.

Better results can be obtained with the keywords meta tag by using a narrow set of keywords than you do with a broad set. Each page should have its own set of key words and unique description. This also means that each page needs to be registered individually with the search engines.

Installing Your Web Pages

Once your site is completed it will need to be put online. This can either be with your ISP (Internet Service Provider) or an independent hosting company. We will work with which ever option you choose to get your directories set up and your Web site working. See Hosting

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Maintenance

The package price includes two hours of maintenance time per month for updates or changes for twelve months. Additional time needed will be billed at an hourly rate of $45.00. Maintenance time may not be used for new page construction. Additional pages will be billed for at a rate of $200.00 each. Maintenance charges after the first year are discounted depending on the amount of time needed per month.


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