The first thing you may be saying to yourself when wanting a web site
is, Can I do this myself? or Why can't I do it myself?
Can I do this myself? absolutely, you can do it yourself, but do you want it done properly,
to standard, and search engine friendly? Designers like myself have been designing web sites for
years through study of techniques, software, books, and lots of mistakes. If you can afford the
time to do it yourself like others have told me they have, then give it a shot, in my experience
most of those people never complete what they have started because of time or functionality that
they want and aren't able to create.
Why can't I do it myself?
The answer is for much of the same reasons as above. Time, research or
lack of, don't know what to do or where to start, there are more reasons to seek professional services
than there are reasons for attempting a web site design yourself. If you're in business for your self or representing
a larger business or organization, you need a professional look and feel to keep your web site visitors
coming back, plain and simple.
Wondering what you need to get going with your web designer?
I think most designers of web sites
need the same thing, and that is the information you want on your web site. You may want a personal web site
or professional web site, the main thing to remember is that all the information supplied must pertain
to the web site subject. What I mean by this is that you wouldn't want a web site made for oranges and
supply images and content on apples. Your web designer should plan out and talk with you the client about
the content and how you want it presented.
You will also need some more important details such as a domain name and a web host. Your web host if you do not have one
already can be suggested by your web designer based on your web site needs and how it's developed. There are a number of good reliable web site hosts
and listening to what your designer suggests is a good start to good hosting.
How much is the web site going to cost me?
First let me say this, your web site is an
investment whether its personal for family
and fun or for a more serious business aspect
and it should be treated as such. With that
being said, the answer to this question
really depends on the type of web site you
want. The amount of pages, forms, images,
database and programming if necessary and
other variables determine how much you site
will cost. Some designer's such as myself
have web site packages that we have outlined
but will also create the site based on what
you want or need outside of those packages.
The price range could be anywhere from a
few hundred to a few thousand dollars.
How long will the web site take to create?
About 80% of the progress depends on you the client, why is this? Because the information for the web site
comes from you whether it's the images or text, when you enter into a contract with the designer, you in part become
an information supplier. The other 20% depends on the designer and what he or she is doing to produce you web site. As an example, if a 1 page web site is needed
it could be only a matter of hours to develop and produce with information given, if a 10 page site is needed, it could be a week to a month or more depending on the complexity of the
web site.
Why should SarJen develop and create my web site?
This is a tough question to answer because there are a lot of good web designer and developers out there, each of
us different in the techniques we use and the knowledge we have. Why SarJen? Because SarJen Web Design is a
work in progress striving to do better each time whether it's a $50.00 web site or a $1000.00 web site, why is this?
I enjoy my work tremendously! Creating, developing, working with people, and learning new things about my
trade gives me a great source of pride in what I do. For this reason I have kept my rates low and
affordable and have given breaks to new businesses and non profit organizations. I have the resources to
research what I don't know and learn it so I can create the web site you have in mind. For an idea of the
satisfaction SarJen Web Design gives to its clients, go to the Client
Testimonial page and see what some of my clients have said.