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The first step of the design process is to
understand the online goals of your business. After consulting with you to establish
the type of site you need and desire, we will custom design your own unique presence on
the Internet.
Your website will be the face, and sometimes the only face, you
present to your online visitors. It is important to maintain the level of
professionalism and reliability of your business in your Internet identity. It is
our intention for your site to make a strong impact--to be vivid and interesting,
easy to navigate, and invite visitors to bookmark the site and return often for updated
information and content.
It is important to us for you to be involved throughout
the design process of your site. In order to capture the image you wish
to convey on the Internet, we offer a variety of options including detailed
design work, HTML, JavaScript, Flash animation, server side programming,
content management (easily update your own website), e-commerce and much more.
A domain name is not only a
website's Internet address, but it is also the way others locate your site from around
the world. Besides providing international potential, registering a domain name
provides you with a way of promoting your business under its own name--it allows for your
site to be found and recognized more quickly.
Statistics vary, but on average Internet domain names are disappearing
at 1,000,000 per MONTH! MoonRay Web Designs can help
you choose and register your domain name through an authorized domain name registrar, plus
provide you with sufficient Web space for your website.
Our sites are hosted on state-of-the-art servers, the fasted servers
on the planet. These servers feature triple redundancy for maximum reliability, plus
extremely fast connections to the Internet backbone.
Once your domain name is registered, it can be accessed from anywhere on
the Internet, anywhere in the world!
Example: Having a domain name created specifically for you
allows you to put your business name or product in the address: www.yourbusinessname.com
Some
rules to consider when registering a domain name:
You may use .com, .net, .org, .us, .ws,
.info and many others
Use only letters, numbers, or dashes ("-").
A domain name cannot begin or end with a dash.
Underlined characters are not allowed in a domain name.
Domain names are NOT case sensitive.
Domain name cannot have more than 63 characters total (new expanded
length!).
For more information about domain names and hosting, please e-mail or call us for a free consultation.
The constant maintenance
required to keep a website new and updated for visitors is a difficult and time-consuming
process. We will gladly update, alter and refresh your website, leaving you
worry-free and able to concentrate on your business and personal life.
Updating can be performed on a weekly, monthly or as-needed
basis. For more information about updating, please e-mail or call us for a free consultation.
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Once your website is completed, it is crucial to promote and advertise your site
on the Internet. There are literally millions of people around the world accessing
the Web everyday, utilizing a variety of search engines to find what it is they're looking
for.
In order to reach the proper audience, how you promote your site
becomes an important process to continued success. We employ numerous methods to
help you promote your new website to your new and existing customers.
MoonRay Web Designs will also add your website
to the appropriate categories on search engines so visitors will be able to find you.
Your site will be listed on SurfGaston.com
and other local websites. Pay for placement options on most search engines
is also available.
For more information about online marketing and promotion, please e-mail or call us for a free consultation.
We offer Pop 3 email accounts for your domain name (you@yourdomain.com).
This service is included at no extra charge with your hosting.
We also offer email forwarding. If you already happen to have an e-mail box
through your ISP, this is not a problem--We can create a custom
e-mail address that will forward mail directly into your existing box!
This is a great feature because it limits the amount of e-mail boxes
you must check and also hides your personal or home e-mail address from clients on the
Web.
Example: If you already have the personal e-mail address
john123@aol.com, we can create an e-mail
address like john@yourcompany.com that will automatically send
mail to john123@aol.com.
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The importance of web content management is clear. Anyone who wants to update
website content in a quick and cost effective manner could consider Content
Management.
In a nutshell, we can create certain areas of your
website where you can log in with a password, and update content yourself at any
time. This could be simple text, calendars, or even your products
database. You can easily add/edit/remove items from your shopping cart,
items for sale, etc.
Web sites are never finished, they remain constantly under
construction, always evolving and constantly responding to what visitors want.
Content Management allows you to keep your site to stay updated and fresh to
visitors.
Although initial set-up costs are going to be higher than
producing a static web site, the long-term costs will be less.
For more information about content management, please e-mail or call us for a free consultation.
While some Web designers only accept pre-scanned images provided by the client, we are
capable of digitally scanning and editing photographs and images for you. Simply
mail the photos and/or graphics to us.
If your business is located in Gaston County, NC, or within
reasonable driving distance, we also offer a service of taking professional photographs or
your business and/or products for you.
For more information about scanning and photography, please e-mail or call us for a free
consultation.
We can create a logo for your website to help promote your online business with custom
word art and graphics. From a basic one color/one word style to a more complex logo,
we can help capture the essence of your website with a custom logo design.
For more information about logo creation, please e-mail or
call us for a free consultation.
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MoonRay Web Designs
PO Box 550543
Gastonia, N.C. 28055
e-Mail: info@moonraydesigns.com
Phone: (704) 854-4-WEB
Fax: (704) 867-9316
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