Frequently Asked Questions About Web Services

How much will it cost to build my website?

Our web design (html, graphics, layout) is $85/hour. Flash programming is $100/hour. Copy writing, on location photography,research and content gathering is $50/hour. Perl, CGI, PHP3, MYSQL types of programming are $100/hour. Virtual Tours are $200 for intial setup and shoot and $85 for each additional site at same location. The cost of a website is determined by exactly how much image work, database complexity or how much text work is needed. Our websites range in price from $2000 - up.

How much will it cost to host my web site once it is finished and what is included?

Your commercial web site account will cost $29.95, $49.95 or $75 a month depending on server space, bandwidth, emails required and SEO stat tracking needed. SSL Encryption is available for secure Internet transactions, (Credit Cards, Medical Records, Legal Documents), for an additional charge of $20 per month.

What is the cost to transfer and renew a domain name?
Domain Name registrations, transfers and renewals are $35.00 each.

Can I personally update my site after it has been built?
With sites that have dynamic content (pages that changes on a regular basis) an updater tool can be implemented. This is a browser based application that allows the user (with proper Username and Password) to Login and change pictures, prices and even content on the page.

What are DNS Records?
DNS (Domain Name Service) Records are the directions on the internet that point to the exact location where your web site is hosted.

What is the World Wide Web?

The Web is a network of computers all over the world. All the computers in the Web can communicate with each other. All the computers use a communication standard called HTTP.

How does the WWW work?
Web information is stored in documents called web pages. Web pages are files stored on computers called web servers. Computers reading the web pages are called web clients. Web clients view the pages with a program called a web browser. Popular browsers are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.

What is a Web Server?
The collection of all your web pages is called your web site. To let others view your work, you must publish your web site. To publish your work, you must copy your site to a web server. Your own PC can act as a web server if it is connected to a network. Most common is to use an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

How does a Browser Fetch a Web Page?

A browser fetches a page from a web server by a request. A request is a standard HTTP request containing a page address. An address may look like this: http://www.someone.com/page.htm.

How does a Browser Display a Web Page?

All web pages contain instructions for display The browser displays the page by reading these instructions. The most common display instructions are called HTML tags. HTML tags look like this:
<p>This is a Paragraph Tag</p>
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