Creating Your Web Pages

Online Template Examples

• Choose a theme
• Choose the type of layout you want
• Choose your fonts
• Choose your images

• www.godaddy.com

Online Template Examples

• www.smallbusiness.yahoo.com

• Choose a design
• Choose the type of layout you want
• Personalize
• Choose your pages / enter text

Do-It-Yourself Web site Development Tools

• Graphics Clip Art Create a banner, logo or button with free or fee online graphics generators
• 3DTextMaker.com
• CoolText.com
• QuickBanner.com

Dedicated Software Packages

• Most professional Web sites will be built with “fancier” software packages:
• Microsoft Sharepoint Designer (~$150)
• Adobe Dreamweaver (~$420)
• These give much more control to the designer and allow for more complex designs / features

Cost Summary for a Traditional Web site

• Design it yourself
• Domain Name: $10-$35/yr
• Web Host: $50-$200/yr
• Template: Free-$200
• Dedicated Software: $150- $450
• What about having someone else build a site for you?

Having Someone Else Build Your Site

• Most people are NOT Web site designers
• Putting together a Web site that reflects highly on your business requires a significant amount of time and money
• Lots of businesses pay others to design Web sites for them
• Can look at several different layouts / styles
• Review the Web site before it goes “live”
• They are probably more artistic than you!
• Costs
• Can be all over the place!
• Some ballpark estimates: $300 for a home page, $100 for each additional page

Having Someone Else Build Your Site

• Who are you hiring?
• Evaluate sites they’ve worked on
• Speak to clients and see how they were to work with
• Is it worth it to hire your nephew, cousin, etc.? They can probably do the job fairly cheaply, but will they be around when you need to update the site TODAY?
• A good Web developer can save you time and money – and headaches!