WHY DO I NEED A WEB SITE?
As a business Owner a web site can provide your clients with a
description of your business, what services you offer, and how they
can contact you. A web site provides actual and potential
clients with a connection to your business twenty four hours a day.
Web sites also serve to legitimatize your business, supply examples
of what you have to offer, and enhance your image as a business
Owner.Personal web sites can be used to keep in touch with family
and friends abroad, and supply photographs of family outings and
vacations.
WHAT MAKES UP A WEB SITE?
A web site can consist of a single past, or multiple pages with
varied content. Each page within the site can contain multiple
images or photographs, written content, links to other pages or web
sites, and animation presentations. Each page design should be
unique to meet the needs of the site Owner, while staying within the
master theme of the site.
HOW DO PEOPLE FIND MY WEB SITE?
Web sites can be registered with various search engines.
Search engines are those sites that allow viewers to search for web
site based on keywords. Digital Shell Designs places those
keywords in the code of the website to assist with search engine
optimization. Various search engine optimization methods are
put in place to make sure your website can be found by those looking
for the services you provide. Other methods of advertising your web site
include reciprocal links, exchanging web links with other sites,
placing ads on your site, listing your web address on your company
letterhead, business cards, yellow pages ads, and other outgoing
advertising and correspondence.
WHAT IS A WEB ADDRESS & HOW DO I GET ONE?
A web site address, also known as a URL (Uniform Resource
Locator), is the way in which people access your web site. A
web site address resembles "http://www.websitename.com".
A web site address is also called a domain name. Once a domain
name is registered it belongs to the web site Owner for the duration
of the time that the domain name is paid for. Digital Shell
Designs can assist you in picking a domain name, as well as
purchasing and configuring it to your web space.
WHAT IS A WEB SERVER?
A web server is the host that holds the web site so that it can
be viewed on the internet. Digital Shell Designs can assist
you in picking a web server that matches your needs, as well as
purchasing and configuring the server space to work with your domain
name.
ARE THEIR ANY LIMITATIONS TO WHAT MY WEB SITE CAN CONTAIN?
Yes. Web sites are limited by a variety of things.
These include the design or programming limitations of the site
creator, and the restraints imposed by the web server. It is
important to know what type of content you would like to use on your
web site prior to buying web space with a host. It is equally
important to buy enough web space to hold your web site, and to
accommodate future growth.
CAN PEOPLE CONTACT ME THROUGH MY WEB SITE?
Yes! Links to your email can be easily added to your web
site. Additionally, forms can be created that are unique to
your business needs, and allow interested parties to answer or ask
questions, and respond to specific areas of interest. These
forms are emailed directly to your email account for review, or can
be downloaded by your viewers to be mailed or filled out before
meeting with you.
Your web site will also display your business address and phone
numbers.
