Web Site Design questions you may be asking yourself answered here!

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 it 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.

Should I build my own website?

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. Don Allen - Graphic Design Studio offers good reliable web site hosting at rock-bottom pricing!

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. We have several website packages to fit all needs.

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 Don Allen - Graphic Design Studio 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 Don Allen - Graphic Design Studio? Because Don Allen - Graphic Design Studio is a work in progress striving to do better each time whether it's a $150.00 web site or a $10,000.00 web site, why is this? I enjoy my work tremendously! Creating, developing, working with people, 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 special requests so I can create the web site you have in mind. For an idea of the satisfaction we give to my clients, go to the profile page and see what I have done for others!