Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a web developer or a web designer? What's the difference anyway? How about a Web Master?

          It is always thought that three terms - Web Developer, Web Designer and Web Master - are just the same...they all do and setup websites. The truth is, they aren't.

          In terms of scope, the Web Developer has more responsibilities and wider work to perform. Starting from project proposal making, identification of applicable and best resources, consultancy, actual physical design and functionalities of web pages, debugging of scripts, creating solutions for cross-platform and security issues, database approach and management, SEO, server and remote backups, and many-many more. He develops websites and does not only design them, meaning, after the website is launched, you still work with him as a client because web development does not end after launching the site. There are SEO, content management, updates, and some other technical jobs to do.

          On the other hand, the web designer, is primarily resonsible in creatively and innovatively design of each web pages that the whole website will use. He recommends the proper web page element to use. He is responsible for every icon, every color, every photo, every animation, and every font to be used. Sometimes, the creation of cascading style sheet (CSS) is also his responsibility. In the corporate world, he receives orders and instructions from the Web Developer and under his department, his subordinates are the Graphic Artists, Flash Animators, Layout Artists, Photographers, Videographers and Audiomen. Once the design is finished and redesigned for further improvements, his (as well as his department) is done with the project.

          In the freelance and "one-man-band" web development world, the Web Master is king. As a master, he must know the combined knowledge, capabilities, skills and standards of both the Web Developer and Web Designer.

          Now in terms of clientele need, it's not the issue of how high you can pay but you must find somebody who can match the complexities of your dream website and somebody whom can handle your situation which includes all forms of your resources (such as time, budget, contents, etc.), trust issues, and rapport. Find someone who can truly understand not only what you want to your website, but also what your target audience would want in your website.

 

How much does a web site cost?

          The total cost of creating your website depends on several factors. These factors include how many pages you are going to have, if you will sell products on your website, the graphic work involved, and how interactive your future web site will be. You will also need web hosting and domain name registration.

          A good web developer must include and not purposely hide or delay information regarding the costs that you will pay to him as well as the recurring fees in the future. This is where clients get mad of their web developers because they do not mention any future fees that you might pay them in exchange of some services.

          You should ask a quotation from your target web developers. This quotation must include several packages which you can choose from. After collecting price quotations, do the math for yourself regarding what your website really needs during creation, on launching date and after the launching date.

 

Is it OK to hire a "local" web site designer/developer?

          It is OK to avail the services of a "local" web developer and/or designer as long it will meet the needs and standards of your website. To express and analyze everything that needs to be known in the cheapest communication costs must also be considered. By using the Internet, email and the telephone, it is possible to communicate effectively with clients in any location.

 

How long does it take to have a web site designed?

         The time frame is determined by the size of your web site, the complexity of your site design, and our current client design schedule. Usually a 30-working day is sufficient enough to finish a 10-page standard advertisement or brochure-type website. The more functions and programming your website requires, the more time must be invested too and an ample time for debugging, cross-platform testing, link testing, security testing, and data input testing must be provided. A rush website, no matter how excelent it may look, will always have trouble in the future and hope that it's you who will discover it and not your online visitors, specially hackers.

 

What is a URL?

         It stands for "universal resource locator". This is the address typed in to view your web page on the Internet. For example, you would type in http://www.shrichdigicomp.com to access our home page.

 

What is a domain name?

         A domain name is a specific web site address that you choose and register with ICANN-certified registrars. It has two parts, the domain and the domain extension. Our domain name is shrichdigicomp.com shrichdigicomp is the domain while .com is the domain extension.

 

A web hosting company is already hosting my website, can i switch over to Shrich DiGiCOMP?

         Yes, of course. All you have to do is goto to our Contact Us form and inform us of your plans of switching web host and we will take care of everything. We will transfer your domain name along with all of your existing website contents.

 

Do you accept web design only, no hosting and no domain registration?

         Yes we do. If you already have your own hosting plans and domain registration with other company or might wish to avail other web hosting company's services, we can still design your web pages. We do require however FTP (file transfer protocol) login username and password so that we can upload the files for you and do some test website functionality tests.

 

What is web hosting?

         A web hosting is a type of Internet service being provided by host companies that provide Internet connectivity and space on a server, typically in a data center, they own or lease for use by their clients to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. In return, web hosting clients pay in a regular periodic basis this service in what we call the Web Hosting Fee.

 

What is web management?

         Web Management, also called site maintenance or content management, is a service priovided by your web developer or web master to keep your website updated with new contents and implement changes and improvements needed to be imposed. Web Management covers also SEO or search engine optimization which refers to legal website marketing to promote your website to other websites or web users. In exchange, you pay your web developer or web master fees which can be called SEO fees for site promotion and page rank leveling, content update fees for refreshing your web contents only, or site maintenance fee which can be a combination of content updates and server/remote file backups.

         Most good web sites have new content updated regularly. Fresh content is what will keep your visitors coming back. This is an optional service that we provide for our customers. If you want to maintain your website yourself you can do so.

 

Do you offer any type of discounts?

         Yes. We have three types of discounts.

1.	discounts for schools and non-profit organizations under our special web development packages
2.	affiliate discounts which we offer to our referral agents when they convert their referral commissions to avail our web services instead of cashout
3.	bonus discounts through the following
	a) 1 year 15% discount to Web Management Packages - which we offer to our clients who avail our web developement packages
	b) FREE Domain name - for buying 5 domains in one time transaction.
	c) FREE 2 website updates for every P2,500 worth of pay-per-update site maintenance
	d) FREE 1 month Unlimited Updates for every 3 months advance subscription of our Unlimited Update Web Management Package
	e) FREE 6 monts Unlimited Updates for every 6 months advance subscription of our Unlimited Update Web Management Package

 

Why can't I find my web site in Google or Yahoo?

         Once your site has been submitted to the top Search Engines like Google, Yahoo, AOL, MSN, and Altavista, they may require several weeks, or even months before they can index your and list your web site in their directory. How fast your site is listed depends on each individual Search Engines database update schedule.

 

What do I put on my website?

         The things you put and display in your website is we call Web Contents. That would depend on the goals of your web site. If you run a business website you would include as much information about your products or services that your customers would need to purchase from you.

 

Why can't i find any contact number or even an e-mail address in your in your About Us page or Contact Us page?

         We really do not display contact and payment details and information on any of our web pages for privacy purposes and to avoid spam mails or web robots. However, we do provide contact forms where you can directly send messages to us. We provide contact and payment details on our cleint's verified e-mails to avoid security risks.

 

Are all "FREE" stuff we read in your affiliate programs really for FREE?

         Yes. That's guaranteed free. We do not require any cashout from you but we do require something that you do first before we give it to you for free. The only way to find out is to try it.