Web Site development that even you can afford...
So, you are thinking of getting a web site built. You are shopping around for someone to do the job. You want a quality job, you deserve quality work. It's your money. If you have been on the Internet for any length of time, you know quality in a web page when you see it. You notice the 'little things' that makes a web page look good. If you are like most people, you can get overwhelmed when you shop around to find someone to build you a page. You may not consider all the choices available to you. Options include page layout, font selection, graphics selections [backgrounds and clip art] and any other thing that you do not think of.

Like many other people - I build web pages. I try to build a technicially superior page while keeping the page simple. It does not sound like much - but the little details do count. Anyone can throw together a web page, but if it takes your visitors 5 minutes to download your page, or if they cannot clearly see your content, they will not come back. Typically, most people will not wait over 30 seconds for a page to load. For this reason, I have worked hard on developing not only eye pleasing web pages, but also web pages that are modem friendly so they will quickly display to people using dial-up services. No matter what your ideas are for your web page, I'll work with you to make it exactly what you want. You provide the content for your page, be it about yourself, your family, your pet, a business, whatever. Your content is what you want the web site to say.

DesertFoxx -- When you want the best bang for the buck
DesertFoxx Design - Quality Work - Low overhead

Everyone wants to add photos to their web page. Have you ever looked at some of the photos that are added to some of the sites that you have visited? They looked terrible!

To make the photo more presentable for your web site, I will re-work it in PhotoShop to enhance it for the best possible presentation on a computer's monitor. In addition, the photo will be optimized for quicker download times. To give the appearance of the photo laying on your page, I can add a drop shadow effect.

Page Layout is very important. We have all seen pages that have no layout at all. If the page is poorly laid out it's hard to look at -or- painful to look at. Prime examples of bad page design can be found on the majority of GeoCities web sites. I'm sure that you have seen your share of these sites.

Looking at the layout of this page. I use a neutral background. I personalize the background of the site to suit the owner of the site. That in itself makes the site unique. However, if you want something different we can work from a pre-made site template. Some of these templates are free. Other commerical templates cost a few dollars extra. Any template that you select can be modified to suit your site's needs.

There's more to good web page design than the visible elements that the end user sees. There is an unseen portion of the page that requires the designer's attention too. It is here that we embed special scripting and Meta Tags to customize your page. Meta Tags are used internally for Search Engines to identify the content of your page. My service includes adding Meta Tags or working with already existing Tags to alert the search engines your site is out there. Along with submitting your pages, keywords, and Meta Tags, I will work with you to make a description for your web site that will be displayed for everyone to see when they find your site on a web browser.

What I provide:

What I offer in the line of web page development is this. A simple one page layout [the same as this page] for about $50.00 . You can use my design or select a free template. I base this on the amount of time that I have to invest in your project. Included in my estimate this is the inclusion of up to 3 photos, a custom background [on the same scale as the sample background shown], your choice of font selection and size. If desired, I can add some clip art [like the dog on the bottom right] to complement your page theme. Keep in mind if the amount of material you want in the page takes longer than 3 hours to complete - I will charge at a rate of $20 an hour. Multiple pages requires more development time. Typical three pages cost around $100 to produce. It really depends on how long it takes at $20/hr. When you consider the amount of effort to put it all together, the graphics and layout times you will find my rates extremely reasonable.

But wait, there's more I can do for you...

For a little more money I can provide you with an Internet Domain Name and Hosting services at extremely affordable rates. Rates so reasonable that you can even have a Dot.com for the family Pet .

Your web site can be as fancy as what you want. Guest book, web cam streaming, slide shows, E-mail accounts, Applet inclusion, Flash. All can be included into your web site. Your only additional costs is for the time I take to add these items [at $20/hour] to the basic web site.

Take a look at my own personal web site . I'd like you to see how I lay out pages and the amount of detail in them. If you think that I may be of some assistance to you - send me an E-mail and we'll talk about it. Even if you don't consider my services, perhaps I can assist you to someone that can provide you with what you are looking for.