hen you are ready to establish yourself on the WWW, we are ready to help guide you every step of the way. For someone without professional assistance the process may seem like a confusing maze, but with CWSD as your partner it will make complete sense. We will take you from no position at all to the point where you will have a solid and dependable web presence.

In the meantime, here is some background info for you to consider....

At it's essence, a well designed website has fundamentally two components: Interface & Content.

The content also has two parts:   Text   ·   Graphics.

Our job is to take your content and create an attractive & professional cross-platform interface, that will make it more likely for you to get good placement in search engines, and is easy for your visitors to use as they navigate through your site.

The first step for you in the preparation of your website is to gather together your own content: the text and graphics.

GATHERING CONTENT:

TEXT:  Much of your text will likely be available in your brochures and catalogs; or if you've been profiled in any press stories, then that can also be a useful source of some descriptive wording. What is most important is to be concise and informative -- people do need to know about you and your work, but realistically they can only read so much on a computer screen, so brevity is best.

GRAPHICS:  Your graphics may be in several forms:

• Slides;
• Photographs;
• Digital images; and
• Printed material such as brochures.

The first three of these can make very good web graphics, however the last category -- commercially printed material -- may not work as well because scanned printwork can create distracting "moire" patterns. In general, we recommend that you stick with slides, photos, or digital images whenever possible.

If you are selling a product, then decide how many items you wish to include -- we recommend at the minimum that you carefully select between 5 and 15 of your best product images. If you are presenting information about your services, then the graphics will need to exemplify the finest aspects of what you do (to see what makes up effective website graphics, check out these guidelines).

As you are gathering together this content, you should also reserve a slot on our work schedule, as each new client is placed in chronological order. You can quickly do that by submitting the form on our CONTACT page.

If you have any questions, give us a call at 304.824.5651 or read our informative FAQ. You can also view some examples of our work by going to the sampling of Client Sites. Finally, if you'd like to see a sample pricing, go to our "Turnkey Start Site" page...