What's Involved

What are the steps?

After completing and submitting our online order form, we will contact you to discuss your website, clarify any further details and tell you what you will need to send us.

We will ensure that you fully understand the process and once you are happy to proceed you will be asked to pay a deposit of 20% of the cost of your website.

Once we have received your deposit and you have sent us all required text and graphics, we will produce some initial draft designs for you to review. Once you have approved your design, we will begin construction of the site itself.

When the initial construction is complete, you will receive a number of "screenshots" of your new site, for review. These are basically JPEG images of your site like this which enable you to see what we have built without actually having the source code.

You can then suggest any minor amendments which you would like to make (such as text changes or minor layout changes), which we will complete before sending a final set of screenshots for your confirmation.

Once you have approved your site design, you pay us the final amount due and we, by return, will provide you the source code for your site.

If required, we can also upload the new site to your web space once your hosting is in place.

What stuff do you need to give us?

Our order process will prompt you for some basic contact details, ask you to choose the layout you would like to use and give us some basic information about your website. Once your order is submitted you need to send us any of the following items which you would like to be included in your site:

• your company/website logo*
• page text
• any other photos or graphics

* if you don't have a logo, we can create a graphic for you consisting of your company/website name in a snazzy font (a bit like our logo).

You will be given more info on the types/formats of files we can accept and how to send them to us during the order process.

How much content can you have?

Obviously a "page" on a website could scroll on forever, so we have to draw a line somewhere at how much text/graphics you can have in each section of your site, but we like to try and be reasonable. As a rough guide we specify about twice the height of the viewable area on a 1024x768 screen with scrolling, but can be flexible depending upon specifics.

What do you do with your finished site ?

We will provide you with the files that make up your site; these will then need to be hosted somewhere to get your site online. The site we build will be in a standard format supported by 1000s of web hosts, enabling you to take your site to a host of your choice.

We do no supply hosting but can suggest some tried and tested hosting providers, as well as advise you on your options and what you need to do. Please note that hosting will be chargeable separately by your chosen host. We do not sell hosting and it is not included in the price of your Very Simple Website.

If you would like to learn about hosting, check out our free article, Hosting - What, Where, Why and Who?.

Payment Method

We currently accept payments via PayPal only. If you do not have a PayPal account, don't worry - you can still pay using your regular debit or credit card; just look out for the option when you get to the payment page. We use PayPal as our payment service to keep our costs down, which in turn keeps down the cost of your Very Simple Website. PayPal is safe, secure and you are protected against fraud just like you are with any other payment gateway method.

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