Website Design
Professional Website Design
For companies that want a customized professional website design, Tampa Bay Hosting specializes in taking the hassle out of getting your business onto the Internet. Tampa Bay Hosting can be relied on to work closely with you to provide on-going assistance from web design to servicing and updating of your web site. Your customers will continually be informed with the most current information on your company and its products. Tampa Bay Hosting & LTC Hosting has been providing web development to the business community since 1998.
Most business customers want help getting started with their web site and then start to maintain it themselves. We highly suggest using a web content management system (WCMS) like Joomla. Joomla 1.7 allows you to build and expand your site with little or no web experience. Many inexpensive templates exist that you can use to give your site a rich look and feel. Because Joomla is an Open Source project there is no cost for the system. You pay only to get it installed for you, setup, configured and customized to meet your requirements. This allows you to have a site that would have would have cost tens of thousands of dollars just a few years ago for a small fraction of that cost.
Most initial implementations of a CMS system installed, customized with a template, configured and input of initial content cost from $500 to $1000. More complex implementations that include Virtuemart shopping cart can run between $1000 and $2000.
It really depends on your timetable and how much of the initial content and configuration you want to do. With our DIY hosting plans you can do all the work for just the cost of the hosting plan, as we offer "Click to install" right from the hosting H-Shpere control panel.
We will work with you to give your site a professional web design and once you feel comfortable, you can maintain the site yourself. If you want us to do all the work we can arrange that through one of our managed hosting packages, You provide us the changes and we will update it for you. When you need additional ideas or add an E-Commerce shopping cart, we are available to assist you in developing whatever you need.
Tampa Bay Hosting demands of itself, to keep your costs to a minimum. That is why we post our prices right here on our website. You don't see our competitors doing it. They want you to call for a vague quote. We want your business and your trust, as that is how we have built our business.
We therefore offer web site designs and small business consulting that will best suit your company's requirements. Prices are based on you providing the written and graphic material (logos, images ET.) to be used in the web site. You retain all ownership and copyrights to your materials and those we develop for you. For larger sites that require displaying a large quanty of data we can work with you to develop an on-line data base to provide an easy to maintain and updated web site. Want an online store? We will design your store around our OS Commerce shopping cart that has all the features of the big guys but has your store's own unique look and feel.
Pricing
Web Design costs can vary greatly depending on your specific requirements. To get you started,,we have provided some get started pricing below. With this pricing you should have a good idea as what to expect to pay, whether you select us or one of our competitors. Be suspisious of those that don't advertise their prices.
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BASIC JOOMLA CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS) SITE - So you can add, change or delete site content. This is best deal for those sites over 4 pages or sites where the content changes regularly and you want to update it your self, but don't want to learn HTML and all it complexities. You also have the flexibility to add the VirtueMart Shopping Cart any time in the future. Includes the following: Includes a $50 Joomla Template allowance and 1 hour of training - Extra Training $75 per hour. |
$550-$750 |
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BASIC ECOMMERCE SITE – The best way to get started selling your products on-line. We will make initial configuration of the categories and products. (3 Categories and 12 products included). We will customize the look and feel to include existing company logo and graphics you provide. We also will turn off unused features. Includes 2 hour of on-site training - Extra Training $75 per hour. Note: Hosting must be provided by Tampa Bay Hosting for this price. We also provide this service if hosting is elsewhere. However, the cost of working on other hosting servers will be higher. |
$750- $1000 |
| BASIC FOUR PAGE CUSTOM HTML STATIC SITE – Good for Small Businesses, Lodgings, organizations or Restaurants where the content will not change very often. (CREATED IN STANDARD HTML) |
$750 |
| Includes the following: Home Page: Includes basic navigation design, color scheme and layout using existing graphics and logos. |
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| Page Two: About us, Rooms, additional info etc. – may include floor plans and pictures. | |
| Page Three: Products/Rates/Menu etc. – typically includes a table with multiple cells that describes the products and/or services you provide. | |
| Page Four: Map link to Google Maps – two views of location | |
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Hourly rate for consultations, customization, graphics and administrative tasks is $60/hr.
* Tampa Bay Hosting reserves the right to change pricing without notice. |