IF YOU PROVIDE ALL CONTENT in easily handled form, a simple one page website can cost less than £100 (€150) plus registering and online space fees. For more complex sites we should be able to estimate a price in advance, but the basic rule is that the more pages you have, the better value you get per page. We usually build websites online so clients can comment as they develop. When you're happy, the site will be transferred to your own domain, which we can arrange for you.
If you want more than a single page, we can offer you a site like this Crescent Moon one for just a few hundred pounds.
Look around on the net or through our samples to find a format that suits you as a starting point. Or else simply sketch out your ideas on a piece of paper. There are practical constraints to web design but just about anything you can visualise on paper is possible. It's often best to start with the most ideal notion and take it from there. It helps with the design if you have a general idea of what you want before starting.
Supplementary pages are useful for showing enlargements of pictures or attaching reports, reviews or other appendices. They
are useful for sites with a high picture or information content, by letting visitors choose whether or not to look at them in detail.
Or if you'd like a scolling news panel on your front page that's easily done, as you can see from the example below right.
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NEWS PANEL
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BREAKING NEWS
Here you can put details of recent developments or coming events.
The scrolling will stop when a visitor points their mouse at the text.
You can also add links to pages with more information.
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THE FIRST THING is to sit down and sketch out on paper what you want. We can advise from scratch if necessary but it's easiest all round if you have a rough idea of what you want to begin with. That will also make it easier for us to give you an estimate of the likely cost.
If you want your own domain name (i.e. www.joebloggs.com)
we can either just point you in the right direction or arrange it for
you. The advantage of getting your own domain (apart from the
neat address) is that you have full control over it and can let any web designer go in and make changes whenever you like. Alternatively you can save money by leaving your site attached to our address (i.e. www.CrescentMoonWeb.co.uk/joebloggs), which is free for the first year.
To register a .com domain name typically costs about £50, and this has to be renewed every two years. Other names such as .co.uk, .net or .biz cost about half this and may be preferable anyway depending on the nature of your site. Reserving a space with a commercial server also typically costs about £50 a year but prices vary constantly and this is just a very rough guide.
