Prices begin at $60 a page for professional, customized, indexed and searchable pages. We require a deposit of $150, due at the time of the "mock up". Website Hosting is outsourced and in addition to the creation of your website. Website hosting can run from $65 to $500 providing on the technology used and your individual needs.

Of course you could build the site yourself or spend thousands of dollars someplace else - but why! You will be pleasantly surprised how affordable development and hosting can be. The website theme is what is visible and consistent on every page of a website. It includes the design, layout and the site navigation offering a professional look and feel that loads fast and easy to navigate.

We are looking forward to hearing from you personally; so that we may talk about your specific project and give you a firm quote based on your individual requirements. All web sites include keywords, metatags and index submission to the major search engines. These website services produce results for much less than than your template services that only care about their paycheck and a quick score; at Harbor Web Design, we are concerned about your success and customer satisfaction - we are interested in long term relationships.

HarborWeb Website Presence:

This type of site puts your name and business on the Internet. This type of website typically costs from $300 to $500. This is the most affordable solution to get a great, custom web site. You provide the text; we will provide the layout, links and navigation, and customized images.

Traditional Website:

Fairly complex websites typically cost $500 to $800, either because of the navigation menu or the graphic complexity or a more unusual website layout. Navigation can include JavaScript or simple Flash, customized hover buttons and simple forms. Having a professional website is one of the most important forms of advertising for a business. Don't wait any longer to get your name out there on the Internet; call (616) 405-5026 or contact us today. Don't forget to ask about our special veteran pricing.

Harbor Web Design is founded here in West Michigan - and this is the area we serve. Don't waste your money by sending it to another state or even another country by using a WordPress template service, you get what you pay for. We listen to our client's situation and unique needs and find solutions to problems. We ask questions, learn about your business, we isolate the key components of your business, and present to your customers the essence of who you are and what you do. A thorough understanding of future goals is paramount while creating a web presence. We deliver on promises made, our business solutions are characterized by thoughtfulness and consideration, to create content, form and function. We create interactions consistent with site goals, and define media and site structure whose navigation reflects and reveals it's content and easy to use.

Muskegon Website design

Web design is similar (in a very simplistic way) to traditional print publishing. Every website is an information display container, just as a book is a container; and every web page is like the page in a book. However, web design uses a framework based on digital code and display technology to construct and maintain an environment to distribute information in multiple formats. Taken to its fullest potential, web design is undoubtedly the most sophisticated and increasingly complex method to support communication in today's world.

For the typical web sites, the basic aspects of design are:

* The content: the substance, and information on the site should be relevant to the site and should target the area of the public that the website is concerned with.

* The usability: the site should be user-friendly, with the interface and navigation simple and reliable.
* The appearance: the graphics and text should include a single style that flows throughout, to show consistency. The style should be professional, appealing and relevant.
* The visibility: the site must also be easy to find via most, if not all, major search engines and advertisement media.

A web site typically consists of text and images. The first page of a web site is known as the Home page or Index. Some web sites use what is commonly called a Splash Page. Splash pages might include a welcome message, language or region selection, or disclaimer. Each web page within a web site is an HTML file which has its own URL. After each web page is created, they are typically linked together using a navigation menu composed of hyperlinks. Faster browsing speeds have led to shorter attention spans and more demanding online visitors and this has resulted in less use of Splash Pages, particularly where commercial web sites are concerned.

Once a web site is completed, it must be published or uploaded in order to be viewable to the public over the internet. This may be done using an FTP client. Once published, the web master may use a variety of techniques to increase the traffic, or hits, that the web site receives. This may include submitting the web site to a search engine such as Google, Yahoo or Bing, exchanging links with other web sites, creating affiliations with similar web sites, etc.