In my spare time (when I'm not blogging) I do some website design work.
I don't use Flash or Java or any of the super-duper new technologies. I prefer to work with good old HTML and CSS. Believe it or not, many people do still cruise the web on older, slower computers. Just go to a library or senior center and you will see that most of the networked PCs in use are 6 years old or older.
Teri Knipe, who owns www.teriknipe.com and runs her own massage business approached me a few months ago about a web page. She was getting ready to take her business on line and wanted to be ready to launch at the local town fair.
She had already hired a professional graphic designer to make her logo and had pamplets ready to go to press. the only thing she still needed was a website. That's where I came in.
I looked over her pamphlet and she gave me digital copies of her logo as well as color numbers to use when designing her site.
I looked around for a good open source package to use to develop her site with and I settled on CMS Made Simple.
CMS Made Simple is a new player in the CMS market. They do not have all of the features you may want or need but they have enough for Teri and they have a very easy to use back-end.
It did not take long to get her site up and working. With a little bit of CSS tweaking and graphic manipulation she was on line and ready for her big launch day!
The only problem I had with her website was her desire to use a non-standard font, papyrus. Because she used a non-standard font many visitors will go to her site and not see it as she wants it to be seen. Also the content font does not match the font in the images unless the visitor has that font installed.
Healing Touch Therapy is a Mobile Massage Company offering therapeutic and relaxing services in your home or office. Massage is beneficial for everyone from birth to 105!
You can check out her entire site by visiting www.teriknipe.com
She covers the greater New Milford CT area so, if you live too far away be sure to click here instead!
If you are interested in having me do a website for you:
Base cost: $1200 - This includes registering your domain name and one year of "shared" server hosting and installation of an open source solution package. Extra years of hosting can be added on for a small fee.
I charge extra for customizations. These fees vary depending on how much customization you want.