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Why do I, or my business need a website? |
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How much will a website cost
me? |
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What are domain names? What
options do I have? |
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What is web hosting? What
options do I have? |
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Can I get e-mail with my
website? |
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Do you re-design existing
websites? |
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How long would it take to have
a website finished? |
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I am currently using another
company's service, can I change now? |
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Website maintenance/updates,
can I do this myself? |
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I cant find my website in the
search engines. Can you help? |
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Once my website design is
completed -what after sales service do you
offer? |
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Do I have to keep my website
with you forever, or can I move it to
another supplier to host it if I wish? |
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Are there any hidden costs or
charges associated with your services? |
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I've made my decision - I want
you to design my web site. Now what do I do? |
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Why do I, or my business need a website? |
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There
are several reasons why a business,
organisation or individual would need a
website. The most common use is to
make/showcase your business online, however
there are a lot of other purposes where a
website might be very helpful. A website can
be used to:
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Advertise your products and services on
the web.
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Promote your business and brand online.
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Promote oneself personally or
professionally (Political career,
artists, singers, dancers, designers)
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Improve communication with your
clients/group/organisation members.
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Receive information from your
customers/general public/group members.
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Generate awareness; such as petitions,
political campaigns, information
campaigns
One
has to keep in mind that a website is
available 24/7 and visible absolutely
worldwide. So this makes it a perfect medium
to get your message along.
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How much will a website cost me? |
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There
are quite a few factors that are going to
affect the ultimate cost of your web site.
These factors include how many pages you are
going to have, if you will sell products on
your website, the amount of graphic work
involved, and how interactive your future
web site will be. You will also need web
hosting and domain name registration.
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here for a free price quote.
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What are domain names? What
options do I have? |
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A domain
name is a specific web site address that you
choose for your website and we can register
and maintain this for you for an annual fee.
For example, our domain is storm-design.net.
Other options include, .com / .net / .org /
.com.mt / .net.mt / .org.mt / .ws / .info /
.tv - These are just a few from what's
available. Most opt in for the most obvious
choice which is the .com, however there is
no rule on which extension you have to
chose. We however recommend that if your
website is targeting a specific market
targeted by country, one should chose a
domain name which is country specific; .com.mt
for Maltese sites, .it for Italian sites,
.de for German sites etc... It's also
important to chose a domain that is
memorable and non confusing.
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What is web hosting? What options do I have? |
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Web
hosting is like a space on the web so your
website can be uploaded to this location so
it can be accessed from everyone. Website
hosting is usually paid for with a monthly
or yearly fee.
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Can I get e-mail with my website? |
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Along
with your web hosting service, we can also
provide email accounts that carry your
chosen domain name; for example yourname@yourwebsiteaddress.com.
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Do you re-design existing websites? |
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Once a
website has been established for a long
time, the design will start to look
outdated. After some years, some clients
decide to re-design or refresh their image.
There are various methods how this can be
achieved. We would need to talk to you to
establish your requirements and the best
method for your company.
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How long would it take to have a website
finished? |
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The time
frame is determined by the size of your web
site, the complexity of your site design,
and our current client design schedule.
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I am currently using another company's
service, can I change now? |
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You would
first need to check with your current
company and read any contracts that you
might have signed. Some companies claim
complete ownership of the sites they create,
domains registered and any content
management systems that might be running on
the website back end. Some sites can be
easily and seamlessly be moved from one
company to the other, however one has to
evaluate each case individually. Please
get in touch with us
and let us know what you need, and we
can take up your case and offer you a free
consultation.
Important : If you are planning to
have a website designed for you, make sure
that the provider is not locking you in with
a contract that binds your website to his
service. Make sure that you have full rights
to move the website to another provider
quickly and easily without and hidden fees
or charges.
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Website maintenance/updates, can I do
this myself? |
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A
frequently updated website is one of the
secrets to it's success. No one likes
website that are old, stale and never
updated. Some companies, due to lack of time
opt in to have the updates performed by the
company for a fee. Others might prefer to do
the updates themselves. The changes can be
either done directly in the website files,
or alternatively, a content management
system can be installed to make website
updating as easy as using an office
application, however this significantly
increases the website final cost.
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I cant find my website in the search
engines. Can you help? |
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A
website is useless if it cant be found in
the search engines. for your website to
appear in the search results, the sites have
to be submitted to search engines and get a
reasonable amount of links to it. A service
that can help a lot in this case is SEO
(Search Engine Optimisation) We can optimise
your website so that it is easily read by
search engines, get more links to your
website, submit your site to the relevant
directories and promote your website through
Google Adverts.
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Once my website design is completed -what
after sales service do you offer? |
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After
the completion of a website project we are
available for after sales service. Any
slight tweaks or amendments are carried out
to the site free of charge in the first
month. Any support thereafter will be
charged at an hourly rate.
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Do I have to keep my website with you
forever, or can I move it to another
supplier to host it if I wish? |
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We do
not claim ownership of any website we
create. The website will be owned fully by
the client. The client has complete liberty
to take the website over and move to any
other company if the need arises.
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Are there any hidden costs or charges
associated with your services? |
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No,
there are no hidden charges associated with
any of our services.
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I've made my decision - I want you to design
my web site. Now what do I do? |
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We
are thrilled to hear that you chose us to
take care of your website.
Click here to get
in touch with us, so we can discuss your
project. |
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