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you have a business, personal or community project that you
want to promote, Cyberfire will provide you with an informative
and personalised user friendly site that will adapt to change
as quickly as you do. Our aim is to get you online with an
effective website without any fuss. We will take the pain
out of the production process. Please read the information
below as it explains what Cyberfire can do for you.
The
Glossary may help you understand some of the terms
mentioned here.
- Things
you should know about website design.
- What
we need before work commences.
- How
do I get online?
- When
I'm online, then what?
- What
are your prices?
- I'm
on a fixed budget, what are Template websites?
- Site
maintenance, what is it?
- What
else do you do?
- Terms
and Conditions.
Things
you should know about website design.
When clients ask how much a website will cost, the answer
is not as straight forward as simply quoting a figure. There
are a few considerations to take into account such as:
- What
kind of website would you like?
- What
do you want it to say about you?
- Do
you have a fixed budget?
If you're
on a fixed budget, we have some website Templates
which we can adapt to suit you and they can all be viewed
online. Otherwise we can design you a Custom
Website on an individual basis if you're looking for
a more personal website.
Websites
are like a permanent advertisement which is globally available,
24 hours a day. If you measured that availability in printed
advertising terms, websites are very cost effective.
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What
we need before work commences.
We will free you of the worry of the design process. All
we need to do is ask you a few questions and for you to
give us any materials such as photos, logos and text that
you'd like included, perhaps a company brochure or similar.
When
we have submitted a quote for the work, we'll require a
deposit of 30% to secure the contract. We can't have you
nipping off after we've spent hours on your site can we?;-)
We'll
also need contact details and as mentioned before, all of
the information that you want to go on the site. We can
discuss this in more detail when you contact us.
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How
do I get online?
We'll do all this for you. We can arrange to put your website
online either on your free web space provided by your ISP
or have it hosted properly by an Online Provider. In either
case we'll need to know your server details and password to
allow us to upload the website.
Alternatively
you can do it yourself, but we can't provide support if
you choose this option.
If you
opt to have a domain name we can arrange the registration
of this and have your email forwarded to your current email
address. If you use your free web space, the web address
can be forwarded too. The cost of this depends on which
company you choose to register with, or again, leave it
up to us!
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When
I'm online, then what?
As part of our service we will submit your website to over
100 search engines (all of the well known popular ones like
Lycos, Alta Vista and Excite etc.,). Don't worry if your website
doesn't appear straight away as some search engines can take
up to 6 months to list new websites. In the meantime you can
spread the word via email, word of mouth, newspaper advertisements,
articles and stationary etc,.
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What
are your prices?
The cost of a site depends on how many pages and images it
has. Graphic design work such as buttons, logos, illustrations
or any scanning of images can add to the initial cost, but
the end result will have beneficial returns in the amount
of traffic the website receives. To give you an idea of the
cost of a basic custom site or template then see Prices
for details.
We do,
however, have some ready made websites, see the next question
for more information.
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I'm
on a fixed budget, what are Template websites?
Templates are a more cost affective alternative to having
a website built from scratch. You choose which template
you want, provide the necessary text and images and we'll
put it together for you. We have an Introductory Webpage
as well as multiple paged websites. If this option better
suits your needs, then you'll find more information in the
Templates
section.
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Site
maintenance, what is it?
If you'd like your site updated, text altered or have more
images added without involving a complete redesign, you
can take out a Site Maintenance contract. Details can be
found here.
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What
else do you do?
Prices
dependent on the type/amount of work required:
- Webpage/Website
design.
- Image
editing/retouching.
- Image
maps.
- Graphic
design and graphics optimization.
- Buttons
both rollover and static.
- Animated
images
- Website
banners both animated and static.
- Scanning
services.
- Site
maintenance.
- Text
formatting and spell checking.
- Compatibility
testing with the top 2 Browsers (Netscape & Internet
Explorer) on both Macs and Windows PC's.
- Submission
to the Top 100+ Search Engines and Directories.
- Domain
registration.
- Hosting
arrangements.
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