REGALWISE WEB DESIGN SERVICES
Anyone can afford to have their own website. I can set it up for you and maintain it, or teach you how to make changes and additions yourself. Here are some options to consider:
1) Domain name.
This is the address of your website, what people
will type in their browser window that will take
them to your site. If you want to use a short,
easy to remember word or phrase, then you pay for
it, by the year, and it belongs to you. This will
cost $3-15 per year. Go Daddy offers some of
the best prices and service. Here's a link to
their site where you can see if your desired
domain name is available and what it would cost.
2) Hosting service. This is the computer system where your website is permanently connected to the internet so that it's always available for people to find. You have 2 main choices here:
- Free site hosting service. This type of hosting service will offer you space for free, but they have pop-up ads or border ads that will appear on your site (whether you like them or not!). The ads are paid for by all sorts of companies and this pays their bills so they can offer the space free. The address to your site may be long and difficult to remember. There may be restrictions about what you can or can't put on your site. (for instance, a few will not allow you to sell anything from your site.) They cater to newcomers with limited knowledge and experience, and usually have easy to follow instructions.
- Paid Hosting Service. This type of service will not require any ads on your site. You can use a web address that you choose. Some hosting services will even pay to establish a domain name of your choice for you when you are signing up for new service with them. These hosting services may or may not provide easy instructions for uploading additions and changes to your website (they tend to assume that you have experience). They run from $30-100 per year, some have an initial set-up charge. Go Daddy offers one of the best values. Here's a banner that you can click to check out their prices and services.
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3) Website designing. You can do it yourself or have someone else create and maintain your website. Or you could have someone else create it and then show you how to make the changes.
- If you want to learn to do it yourself, there are dozens of software programs available for designing websites. Some are free. Some are easier to learn than others. If you have Windows software on your computer, you may already have Frontpage Express installed. It's easy to learn and has a tutorial to help you. You will need a way to get pictures into your computer. This can be done with a regular camera, printed photos, and a scanner. Or you may have your film developer put the pictures on a computer disc or on a website where you can access them. Or it is easier if you have a digital camera.
- If you would rather pay me to create and make occasional additions or changes to your website, I can scan printed photos into digital form to use on your website. You would need to provide text (what you want to say) and photos or other specific images that you'd like to appear (a logo for instance). I would make additions or changes as needed.
I charge $20 per hour once the initial consultation is concluded where you and I discuss what your needs and preferences are. To give you an idea how much $20 will buy, text and photos arriving to me by email can be incorporated into an established website in just 10-15 minutes if the text does not need editing and the photos are pre-shrunk to 10-30 Kb size. Pedigrees are a pain and take much longer. My Regalwise website has grown to be pretty big over the years and would take days to do if I did it all at once. Here is an example of a simple website that I created and maintain for a friend. The basic structure took only a half an hour or so, but filling in the pedigrees takes 15-20 minutes each. www.Raebark.com
If you are interested in what I can do for you, jot me (Ronda) an email with Regalwise Web Design in the subject (so it doesn't get lost among the spam) or give me a call at 785-263-0321.