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How to choose your webmaster?

Web design is something between an art and a science. A web designer needs to be both objective and subjective in his objectives, strategies, methodology and evaluation. While the term webmaster is often used (most time inappropriately) web designer is more accurate although the world wide web cannot exactly be crafted by a designer, it really refers to an abbreviation of web site designer but for convenience has been shortened to simply web designer. Other terms used commonly are webmaster, website developer and web site designer.

It really is quite difficult to quantify the talent of web designer because it truly depends on what area of expertise is involved in their related fields. Some web designers specialize in HTML static design, some do multimedia and flash sites while others concentrate their talents on designing and developing CMS dynamic websites. Another problem clients will also have when trying to decide and who to choose to develop their website is the their level of experience. Unfortunately, more often than not clients will be confused and have very little knowledge of the design process. How can you tel if the web designer actually knows what he is talking about? How do you know if he will provide your project with the appropriate technology?

CMS web designers

CMS stands for content management systems. The most popular ones in existence are Joomla, WordPress and Drupal. All these software applications are free and what are referred to as web based. This means that the website can be managed online either by the web designer or the client. The site can be designed and developed both online and offline and as is the case with Joomla CMS most of the work offline. All these CMS have their advantages, Drupal and Wordpress are very user friendly but Joomla is a lot more powerfull and expandable and is the platform we will be concentrating on now. As with any other web designer skill that you need to investigate before choosing the webmaster service for your project, check references and portfolio. You Joomla web designer should have expertise and experience in HTML, CSS and PHP. He should be familiar with Dreamweaver, Photoshop (Joomla of course) and a multitude of other website designing applications and platforms. A Joomla site is particularly difficult to develop because the development process in non intuitive unlike a plain HTML site than can be built using WYISYG (what you see is what you get) editors. A Joomla site needs to be created with 3 basic tool sets. Dreamweaver with Joomla extensions, and Apache Joomla stand alone server, Photoshop (Gimp, Paint.net) and Firefox with the Firebug and Chris Pen web developer extensions. Could be an idea to ask you Joomla web designer if he is familiar with any of the applications mentioned above, if not, he might not be who are are looking for.

Basic HTML web designer knowledge and experience

Evaluating your web designer's basic HTML skills. HTML(hypertext markup language) is the basic language used to create websites. It never hurts to do some research on Wikipedia to get familiar with maybe about a dozen HTML basic terms to that you can actually understand the design process and "feel" through some properly asked questions if your web designer actually has some basic knowledge it his field, all web developers should have a minimum of basic HTML skills.

Flash Web designers

Flash animation is a multimedia technology conceptualized by Adobe systems to display animation and movies and sound on website. It is not recommended for most websites as alternative and original technology such as animated gif files or embedded MPEG files are usually more accessible for your audience. Flash animation requires the Adobe plugin and will often cause the website to loose visitors...however, in some cases like movie sites and entertainment websites, Flash can be used (but cautiously). So how do you know if your web designer can develop some nice flash movies for your site? This is even harder to quantify than HTML or CMS web designer skills, after all? Everyone has different taste in movies, book, food and music...the same goes with Flash website module development. So the best way to find out is to check out the portfolio and references, if you like what you see, your web designer probably shares your artistic values and everything should be fine. However, be careful about template work, some webmasters might use some flash templates to do your web site. While this might not be a problem in most cases, it could make you look like a copycat if your visitors recognize the flash template you web developer created for you from another website...

Basic Web Design Guidelines

Try to avoid excessive Flash animation if any Macromedia plugins
Use external style sheets for the .css
Try to have 3 color scheme for the website
A great large banner to give the site style without blotting the code and compromising between SEO and design
Use .CSS instead of regular HTML whenever possible to streamline the code
Use color picker to have a smooth color theme for all website elements

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Joomla Web Design Price List and Options

± $500* Template Package

Our most economical option is the "available template solution". We have over Joomla 1400 templates available for you to view. You will need to choose your 5 top choices and then we will tell you what template would be appropriate for your website depending on your industry and what you are trying to achieve. The odds of someone else having the same Joomla template for the same industry as you do is slim to none, so for small businesses on a limited budget this is often a good choice. Content and text for the website must be provided by the client (only you know what to write about your industry). Individual pages will reflect the look of the template, images and photos are included if part of our graphics database, just like the templates, you will be able to view the images and match them to your desired content. For example, if you need a picture of a dog for a pet foods store, you will be able to browse our "dogs" category from there.

Specifications and Features:

Set Up:

- Joomla installation and configuration
- Domain (.com) registration for 1 year
- Free 1 month of web hosting
- 3 email accounts IE ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Graphics:

- Free images from our database**
- Basic Logo from our templates
- All images included in template

Content/Text:

N/A Text and content to be provided by client

Search Engine Optimization:

- Site Wide Meta description, content and keyword tags
- Joomla Search Engine Friendly URL's***
- Alt on content image tags (up to 5)
- H1 tags on 10 pages
- Link to index on all pages
- Canonical URL conversion

Joomla Functionality:

- Joomla Explorer Component
- JCE editor Component
- Joomla SEF 404 Component
- Polls Component
- User Registration
- Contact form

Joomla Tutoring/Training

- 1 free hour of phone or live chat training.

± $750 Joomla Template Conversion

This option consists in taking an existing design provided by you and to convert it to a Joomla template. The site will have full Joomla functionality and it will be transparent, your clients will never know you converted to Joomla. Content and text for the website must be provided by the client (only you know what to write about your industry). All the links will be converted to dynamic content and content will be converted to database organized information. The conversion includes an identical copy of the homepage of your template, same look, same feel but 100% Joomla functionality. Any aditional pages that have a different look and feel from the homepage might or might not be included in this package. This will be decided on a case by case basis, please contact us for details.

Set Up:

- Joomla installation and configuration
- Domain (.com) registration for 1 year
- Free 2 month of web hosting
- 6 email accounts IE ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Graphics:

- Free images from our database**

Content/Text:

N/A Text and content to be provided by client

Search Engine Optimization:

- Site Wide Meta description, content and keyword tags
- Joomla Search Engine Friendly URL's***
- Alt on content image tags (up to 10)
- H1 tags on 20 pages
- Link to index on all pages
- Canonical URL conversion

Joomla Functionality:

- Joomla Explorer Component
- JCE editor Component
- Joomla SEF 404 Component
- User Registration
- Contact form

Custom Joomla Website:

± $1000 Custom Joomla Website

This is the design of your Joomla website from scratch. You will need to provide us with an idea of what you are trying to achieve and with examples. We then present you with a mock-up of what the Joomla site will look like with precise and detailed graphical specifications. Once you agree on the design we sign the contract and develop the site for you. Changes after approval of the mockup are extra so you need to be absolutely sure that you are happy with the design before development begins. We will also provide you with the full functionality features that the site will feature. This price is for a standard Joomla website, any additional features such as ecommerce, credit card processing, ordering and subscription might or might not be included. This will be decided on a case by case basis, please contact us for details.

Set Up:

- Joomla installation and configuration
- Domain (.com) registration for 3 years
- Free 3 month of web hosting
- 9 email accounts IE ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Graphics:

- Free images from our database**

Content/Text:

N/A Text and content to be provided by client

Search Engine Optimization:

- Site Wide Meta description, content and keyword tags
- Joomla Search Engine Friendly URL's***
- Alt on content image tags (up to 20)
- H1 tags on 20 pages
- Link to index on all pages
- Canonical URL conversion

Joomla Functionality:

- Joomla Explorer Component
- JCE editor Component
- Joomla SEF 404 Component
- User Registration
- Contact form

*All prices in US dollars, this is for standard features outlined above, additional custom options and features extra.
** If you can't find images we can find ones for you for a research fee or custom design for a graphic design fee.
***This depends on what component you are using, some components are not compatible with SEF integration

Tutoring:

In order to have control of your Joomla website it's important to have an understanding of how things work. While there might be some manuals and resources out there, it's sometimes better to simply have a certified Joomla expert that already has been down this path to hold your hand and help you achieve what you are trying to do in less time. Understanding your Joomla website will greatly improve you productivity and reduce you Joomla maintenance and management cost. Lessons are available online via live chat, phone or both. Rates start at $45 per hour and there is a 2 hours minimum.

What you can expect to learn:

- Modify/Manage contact form
- Add content items
- Use the editor to decorate your text and insert images
- Install mambots, components and modules
- Set module positions
- Create menus
- Create sections
- Create categories
- Create sub menus and categories
- Modify/create custom metatags
- Add, delete, block users
- Insert Images into content
- Use Joomla Explorer to FTP
- Set up email campaigns
-and much, much more...