Web hosting is a monthly fee that you pay to have your site physically stored on a web server which makes your site accessible on the Internet. Kimberley Web Design can help you through the signing up process and make recommendations as to the best value for money. Often for a small business, the least expensive package is sufficient. Hosting companies require that you own your domain in order to host with them and it is often good practice to obtain hosting and domain registration with the same company. Most hosting companies employ technical engineers to make sure your website is always available and support staff for when website owners are in need of help. They also provide free email services.

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Q: What Is A Merchant Account And Do I Need One?

You will need to open a merchant account with your bank to be able to access their payment gateway. Most of the big banks provide their own payment gateways. More often than not, banks charges per transaction are significantly cheaper than other payment gateways, such as PayPal and Stripe and if you are doing a lot of transactions on your e-Commerce site this may be the best solution for you. They are often a little more complicated to set up but banks will provide good support staff to help you or your web designer out.

Q: What Is A Responsive Website?

A Responsive website “responds” in size and format to the device that it is being viewed on. It shrinks if you are looking at it on a smart phone and expands when viewing on a large computer monitor. Millions of people are now playing with devices that can be held in 2 ways, portrait and landscape and content and images on the website need to shift, to accommodate both orientations. Responsive Web Design is achieved by adapting the content, design, navigation and method of interaction to deliver the same comfort and usability to the mobile user as to the desktop user.

Q: Does the number of pages in a website affect the cost of a website

The answer to that, is of course yes. That being said most costs are taken up with designing the website. Design will include things like how big the font is, what colour, what size titles in a page, whether a page has a centred title and then 3 columns underneath. All these settings are input in the initial design of the website and then used over and over again, without having to enter these details in every time, in other words globally across the site. Therefore making a new page when all these settings are in place, is less time consuming and therefore less costly.

Q: How Much Does A Website Cost?

The cost of a web site varies depending on the size and complexity. A small HTML Website with one page could cost as little as 2,000 whereas an E-Commerce website with a large number of pages and many products, could cost $10,000 or more. A CMS (Content Management System) is a little more expensive than an HTML Website, as it is more complex to develop. A CMS without custom functionality, is usually between $2,500 and $5,000. Training is usually over and above the final cost of the website. Of course, ways can be found to bring down costs. For example with either an e-commerce or CMS, if much of the data entry (images or text) is done by yourself, this can reduce costs considerably. There are many factors that determine the cost, that’s why it’s a good idea to contact us so that we can get an idea of your business goals and how your website can best be put to work for you.

Q: What is the difference between dedicated and shared hosting

The most common form of web hosting is shared hosting. In this scenario, you rent a space on a companies server, for your website to live. Shared hosting servers can store up to 1000's of websites on a server. They employ systems engineers to make sure that all websites run smoothly. Shared hosting is more affordable for most businesses. Dedicated hosting on the other hand requires that you rent the entire web server where your website lives. Management of the server is controlled by you. Dedicated servers are expensive. They are mostly used by big companies.

Q: Should my hosting provider be in Australia

The short answer to that is yes. Having your hosting company and therefore the servers where your website is stored, will provide speeds up to 3 times faster, than buying hosting elsewhere.

Can I Use A Photo For My Logo?

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