Most web design companies won't advertise their prices. That's because websites can vary vastly in complexity and it's difficult to say that what works for one website will work for another. However, we think we've come up with a solution. By splitting a website down into modules we can give you a rough idea of the cost of a website by adding the cost of these modules together. Obviously, after we speak with you and understand your requirements fully we will give you a fixed price quotation for your website development but these price lists are to guide you while you're choosing a web design company.

But firstly you need to know what goes into building a website so that you have a better understanding of the processes involved. Creation of a website can be roughly split down into three distinct phases, with each phase consisting of a number of tasks:

Before development of the website can begin we need to put things in place so that we have somewhere to develop and have an idea of what the website is going to look like. At this stage the following tasks take place:

• Client interaction.
• Client provides a design brief.
• Preliminary design of look-and-feel.
• Design of navigation (menu) system.
• Domain registration (if required).
• Setup of web hosting.

To keep the cost of the website as low as possible, we need detailed input from our clients. Your design brief should have as much information in it as possible with regards to how you want your website to look and behave, what colours you would like as the main colours on the page, what pages you want in the website, and what images or logos you would like us to incorporate. We have a form that you can fill in for us asking all of the relevant questions to make your life easier.

This phase consists of the actual coding of the website in ASP.NET, PHP, HTML or whatever technology we deem most appropriate. For ease of understanding our quotations, website construction is based on a modular per-page basis. Cost of the page depends on its complexity and the tasks involved to create it. For example, a contact form will cost more than a normal static web page.

Development of a website does not end when it goes live to the public. At this stage we monitor the website traffic and its search engine ranking. Slight modifications for search engine optimisation purposes will occur during this phase. You may also want to subscribe to one of our search engine optimisation packages which help build your link popularity.

During our consultations with you, you will hear us speak about static and dynamic websites. A static website is one that is static i.e. it does not change. A dynamic website will change, usually according to the data stored in a database. Static websites account for the majority of websites in existence but dynamic websites are becoming more common. A good use for a dynamic website is at a real estate agent where they are changing property listings every day. In terms of search engines it is now agreed that a mixture of static and dynamic website is usually best for your ranking. This does not mean that costs become too great however. It could simply be obtained by adding a news section to your home page.

In order to keep our prices low, we have to limit the amount of time we can spend on certain tasks. This means that the price that you see in our price list contains a set amount of time or set amount of functionality for each task. Should we go over these limits on your request, we will have to charge for the extra time involved.