It depends. Smaller sites run about a month, and larger sites take longer than that. The key to creating an appropriate timeline is deciding exactly which features you want on your website.
Don't worry, you don't need to decide all of that before meeting with us. We'll guide you through with always-appropriate counsel.
Also, remember a complicated site needs a testing period in order to iron out all the bugs. The length of this testing period varies.
Avant Hill Design continues to design and develop for a wide range of companies. Chances are we've done something similar to your needs already. Feel free to ask us about a specific need.
Because we're so awesome.
We focus on products that are the absolute best-of-the-web in every way: modern design, ease of use, and great, efficient code.
If you like our work, let us work for you.
We do it all, and we feel we design and develop equally well. If you have need of only one or the other, that works just dandy, too.
Yes. While we recommend writing the content for your website yourself, Avant Hill Design was founded by publishers who write and edit at a professional level. Let us know when you request a proposal that you need content writing or editing for your website.
There is a difference between graphic designer and artist. Our staff is experienced in the former with some ability in the latter.
Thus, an appropriate route is to work with both us and an artist to put together the perfect look for your company.
That said, most of our clients prefer to work through our staff for the development of the entire look-and-feel of their respective sites.
Often referred to as content management, a backend is a web program for a site admin to login and use for content management.
With a backend, a site owner may update text, images, even add pages to his or her site without knowing any HTML or PHP code.
Generally considered a must for modern websites, nearly all our clients have us build fully-featured backends for their websites.
Yes. You may use your own hosting company or work through our partnership hosting with Western Virtual. (They give our clients a discount).
Whoever you choose, your site must be hosted on a Linux (or Mac) server in order to run PHP and MySQL. Please, please, please—for your own sake—choose a host that provides good customer support and fast connection speeds.
Also, remember all web hosts are not created equal.
For more information about our hosting plans, please write us.
Yes, and in many circumstances the most appropriate path is to have us educate your in-house web staff on how to do things—whatever those things may be.
We understand staying on top of all the latest trends, design, programming and writing techniques is often more than a busy (overworked?) in-house staff can do. Let us work with you.
We are happy to answer all of your questions. If you didn't find your anser on our site, please contact us.