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Are you looking for an effective way of sharing information? Do you want to use the Internet to promote and sell a product or service? These are some of the things you can do with a web site, whether you're a business person or a guy or girl who is about to get married. Do you have pictures to share? Is there a birth on the way? Maybe the birth already took place and you want to share that with the world. Maybe you just got married and you want a way of sharing the memories. Do you have a hobby? Do you want a way of sharing tips on a particular subject? If you're a job seeker, why not display that resume online? If any of these statements and questions apply to you, then I am extremely interested in helping you build or maintain a web site. Let me help you

• Improve your image.
• Increase your productivity (have a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on your site).
• Give your business a competitive edge.
• Effectively communicate with your customers.
• Effectively create brand identification.
• Grow as your business grows.
• Significantly reduce business expenses – transaction fees, mailing expenses, and printing costs.

To see what separates me from my competitors, click here.

The following sections will explain what you can expect from me.

Here are some of the things I'll do for you.

• Add links to different pages
• set up a guestbook
• Add email links
• Add email forms, [with or without a file upload feature]
• Set up PayPal buttons
• Position graphics supplied by the client, [along with text labels for each graphic]
• Add audio
• Upload files to the web site
• Add any colors that are specified by the client

I can, upon request, set up the web hosting plan and domain name as well, however, you must agree to take responsibility for web hosting and domain name registration fees. A domain name is The "address" or URL of a particular Web site. For example: johndoe.com. The web host provides the space for the web site. The amount of material we put on the site is limited only by the space considerations offered by your Hosting Service. Web hosting and domain name registration will be handled by a third party, and you'll be billed monthly. For this reason, I'll need your mailing address and credit card information. This information will be kept confidential. If you do not feel comfortable giving that information to strangers, I'll give you the information you need in order to fill out any forms and make any purchases that are required.

This service includes minor webpage maintenance to regular webpages over a six-month period, including updating links and making minor changes to a sentence or paragraph. It does not include removing nearly all the text from a page and replacing it with new text. The six-month maintenance period commences when all files are uploaded and payment is received. Changes requested by the client beyond those limits will be billed according to the pricing policy as stated on the price list.

We will work together to complete the website in a timely manner.

Things to Consider

1. Know what you want to get across.
2. The content should be provided in an organized manner. Example: unformatted plain text files organized by page and section sent either in the body of an email message or as a single email attachment - If you have a detailed brochure, I might be able to work from that.
3. As stated at Beast-Blog.com, the site needs to be promoted. For this reason, I will ask you to provide a list of keywords and phrases, ... for the purpose of defining how you want your site to be found. - What do you think potential visitors will be typing into search fields?
4. Please provide all graphics, and communicate, to the best of your ability, where you want each image placed. There are several ways of incorporating graphics into web documents. I'll discuss some of them here.
   • Images that are part of the essential content of a document, just like the text. For example, photographs on a news site.
   • Purely decorative images that are part of the styling of the document. For example, background patterns, fancy bullets for lists, wavy borders.
   • Images depicting text. Ideally, text should never be depicted using images, partly because such text may prove hard to read for people with color-blindness or other visual impairments.

Before the work can begin

I'll need the following information:

• Name:
• Is this the best email address to use?
• Phone, [if you live in the United States]:
• Best time to call you, [if I need to do so]:
• Will regular, ongoing updates be required?

When testing my work, I will ask myself the following questions.

• Are links labeled so that they are read by a screen reader? Do they function properly when worked with from the keyboard?
• Do the pages on the site have headings that are coded as headings that, when a screen reader user comes across the page, they can be moved to by pressing a key? for example, on a college's web site, after the navigation links, is there a heading such as Student Affairs, or, on a registration page something like Registration Process?
• When I, as a visually impaired computer user, read a table with my screen reader's table navigation commands, are columns and rows read correctly?
• When I, as a visually impaired computer user, come across a combo box, Am I able to move through it with my screen reader?
• Does a page take a long time to load?
• Are there other controls on the page? If so, are they clearly labeled?

Web hosting service recommendations will be based on the following.

• Does a domain name come with the package? If not, can I purchase one through this provider?
• How much disk space will I get?
• Will I be able to set up at least one email account?
• Will I be able to send and receive email?
• How long will the account activation process take?
• What billing options are available?
• How manageable will the content be once it has been uploaded?

Submitting Content

Use the following button if you plan to send content to me.

pricing

The costs involved in owning a Web site fall into two categories:

• One-time - up-front fees to create the Web site
• On-going - periodic fees to host and maintain it

Choose this link to learn what the prices are.

payment

[See my payment page for details on my payment policy.]

For an up-to-date list of web sites I manage, click here.

I look forward to working with you and for you.