ScotStyle artist web sites

August 7, 2009

Get Started

Filed under: — scotstyle @ 3:56 pm

Put yourself into your user’s shoes before planning your site’s content. Why would they come to your site and what can you do to make sure their visit is rewarded? Ask yourself some basic questions. What is the goal of my site? Am I aiming it toward gallery owners as a presentation package? Is this an e-commerce site to sell paintings on the web? What will the viewer be looking for and how can I make it easier for them to find? Write a mission statement and stick to it. A good website requires forethought.

In order to be listed in most search engines the first page requires some special formatting and use of text relating to search terms. This precludes the use of flash splash pages and image based design. I like to be able to link to any section of the site from any page on the site and It’s important to have access to the most commonly sought after information right away.

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I can scan your slides for the web or accept a burned disc or even emailed files.

If you have digital files ready to email or burn to disc make sure they are tiff or pict files not jpeg and that they are at least 600 pixels longest side.

Any text I ask that you type in to the computer as a word proccessing document or even in an email and email or attach it to me. This saves you money as I won’t be charging you $50 per hour to type up your text.

I charge $50 an hour. If your slides are good and already digitized I can usually complete the site in ten hours. Two hours or so back and forth tuning it up and you get a custom website with 20 -40 images, CV, news page and even a guestbook for about $500

$0 initial server set up fee (12 month package)
app. $500 design and set up ($50 per hour and I work fast)
$7.95 a month server rent (12 month package)
free domain name (12 month package) otherwise $20 per year

Host your Web site with IPOWER!

If you have a burned CD (or zip disc) please prepare a list with medium and sizes next to the name of the image like this. Then email it to me.

Fugue # 1 19″x50″ Silk. Hand pieced, hand quilted. Price: $4,000  (IM54)
Fugue # 2  35″x58″ Silk. Hand pieced, hand quilted. Price: $6,000  (IM55)
Divertimento  17″x58″  Silk. Hand pieced, hand quilted.  Price: $4,000  (IM51)
Impromptu # 1  18″x18″ Silk. Hand quilted, framed.  Price: $1,500 (IM45)
Impromptu # 2  18″x18″ Silk. Hand quilted, framed.  Price: $1,500 (IM46)

The next step after that is to notify me by email and mail the CD to:
Stephen Beveridge
4395 Broadway 6e
New York NY 10040
USA

Sit back and relax you are about to become worldwide.

Stephen Beveridge
4395 Broadway 6e
New York NY 10040
USA

212 928 8351

http://scotstyle.com

2 Responses to “Get Started”

  1. Shelley Schoenherr Says:

    Stephen, using YOUR creativity and design choices, can you redesign my website? What do you estimate the cost? After you design it, could it then be in my hands to manage and tweak and change when needed?

    Please advise, THANKS, Shelley Schoenherr

  2. scotstyle Says:

    Hi Shelley,

    Thanks for your question. I checked out your site and was bowled over by your talent. I love your paintings.

    I believe I can redesign your site for $300

    Whether you can manage and tweak is a matter between you and your html skills.

    I do free text updates and inexpensive image additions.

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