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Comment on Q&A: Couple Web Design Questions? by Sean Atkinson

Sean Atkinson — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:30:16 +0000

A web designer is just someone who knows how to code the files so yes, if that was all you wanted to do then fine, however, that would be reflected in your price tag. Small companies will often offer an entire package, when if it is just you, you would be responsible for starting the designs and building the files, all the way to the finished product and the client having a fully-functional website. If, however, you work for a larger company then you are more likely to have a specific job which may well be just the coding aspect. Then you would hand over to whoever is in charge of hosting etc.

You could by all means just offer a service where you just make the files, however, a lot of people would then be unsure what to do from there so are more likely to opt for a “full package” service.

As to price, web design falls in a bit of a hole. If you go to the right place, you could get something like that for around the £100 mark. Or you could be charged as much as £1500. Also, don’t be fooled into thinking that a larger price tag means a superior product. When looking for a web designer, look at the quality of their portfolio and compare that to several others.

General expectations? That part is really just common sense. As long as you remain professional and well-mannered you should be fine. You should also try to give a bug-free finished product. If you charge consultation fees to fix bugs that are your fault (as you coded it) that is bad business practice and a very quick way to loose clients. As a final note, give the customer what they want. even if you disagree, it is their website to mess up at the end of the day. By all means, voice your concerns but if the customer is happy, thats your priority.

Bit of a lengthy answer but I hope that helped.

Comment on Q&A: Couple Web Design Questions? by Miser Dog

Miser Dog — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:30:59 +0000

The best way i would suggest is as i know u would be aware that there are some companies which offers web hosting gives Website builder, which allows you to build good sites in no time , i can recommend http://www.thewebpole.com/

Comment on How would I become a freelance web developer? by crly

crly — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:29:24 +0000

get a business number and trading name (in aust it’s ABN), then start charging your clients for the work you’re doing.

build your own web site and put your portfolio on there.

put a byline on your clients sites linking to yours, and start telling people to go and have a look once your site is finished.

Comment on How would I become a freelance web developer? by mikeduptwo

mikeduptwo — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:29:48 +0000

Get the software needed to become a freelance guy and start your own business.

Comment on I have a Master of IT, wanna operate my own business “Web Solution” but what next degree to learn? by amontef

amontef — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:26:47 +0000

Hi. For the type of business you wish to start, I would suggest a combination of business law and marketing.
Business Law because of all the contractual agreements that will arrive from providing hosting and web design.
Marketing because it is the main ingredient in every field you wish to pursue. Please do not take offense to this, but you can have all the IT knowledge in the world, and be the best, but without successful marketing it is all for not in my opinion. This is especially true if you want to create your own social network site.

Comment on What all should I have on my computer services website? by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters

HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:51:25 +0000

put a selection of interesting web sites,have a theme for a week then change it~
pets~sport~puzzles etc
something to interest people~especialy the ones who do not require your services at the moment.By offering something of interest,they will keep returning to your site~which will keep your main buisness interest in their mind~then they will contact you on the day they need some IT advice
hope this helps

Comment on Java EE 6 and GlassFish 3 with NetBeans 6.9 (1 of 5) – JSP + Servlets + EJB by erneb

erneb — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:19:28 +0000

thx. I like this thing!
But one: you should slow down, when inserting some code….

Comment on Java EE 6 and GlassFish 3 with NetBeans 6.9 (1 of 5) – JSP + Servlets + EJB by harpreetkhakh

harpreetkhakh — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:03:46 +0000

@insolex1 : you got to create your own templates. Upside with creating templates is that you don’t have to type repetitive code. “session” was probably name of the code template that Arun created to facilitate the tutorial. There are some inbuilt templates like fori, forj, etc……

Comment on Java EE 6 and GlassFish 3 with NetBeans 6.9 (1 of 5) – JSP + Servlets + EJB by korean08

korean08 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:49:35 +0000

@harpreetkhakh : Thanks very much for this tip

Comment on Java EE 6 and GlassFish 3 with NetBeans 6.9 (1 of 5) – JSP + Servlets + EJB by sostupidyoutude

sostupidyoutude — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:10:34 +0000

Really helpful. Thanks a lot