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Frequently asked questions

frequently asked questions about web design
How do I choose a web design firm?

Unsure of what to do next?

How long does it all take?

Will Google list my website?

How will I update my website?

What happens if I leave Webgloss?



How do I choose a web design firm?

Choose a well established web design firm with a phone number!
Many Internet design companies do not stay in business for very long. You need people you can trust to take care of your business on the web; people who will be there when you need it updated. Our web designers have been designing business web sites for over 10 years and many companies already trust us with running their websites. You need to be able to contact your web designer by phone, not just an anonymous form or 'ticketing system'. When things happen you really will need to speak to someone! It is therefore wise to choose a web design company that you can contact easily and that is well established. At Webgloss we use email but our phone number is also published all over this website - we like to talk to our clients!

Have a good look at their portfolio of websites
Have a good look at their client base and check that they are actual businesses, not just 'invented' to show examples of what they could do if they did have clients. There should be a large portfolio on their website listing plenty of sites they have created for clients, with links to the actual sites online - if they have 12 or fewer examples, then you should really find a more experienced web design firm. Take a look at our portfolio to view just a few of our clients.

Do their charges include hosting?
Ask how much everything is going to cost. It's amazing how many web design firms charge extra for hosting. They give you a price for your website but they forget to mention that you have to pay server costs to host your website on the Internet. Webgloss charges include hosting your website on a fast business quality server. The quality of the server really does matter because if people have to wait too long for your site to appear then they will just move on to another - time is money!

Paying monthly with no design fees is a good idea
Finally, ensure that your designers won't 'run away' once your site is online. Pay a huge fee for your design work and you may receive a great looking site - but will the designers still be there when you need them six months later? Paying monthly at least ensures that you can stop paying if your website is no longer online & you won't have paid a huge initial fee for something that no longer exists.

Do they really know what they're doing?
'Generating' code for a website is easy. With software such as Dreamweaver or Serif, you press a few buttons, choose a few images and you have a website! Teenagers frequently create a few websites for family or friends and then feel that they could make some money by calling themselves a web design firm. When you contact them, how are you supposed to know that they're actually in their Mum's back bedroom? The dangers are obvious. Many actually know very little about web design or getting the site a high listing position in Google. Most find that marketing themselves is so difficult that they obtain very few clients, get bored with the whole thing and then give up. Where does that leave you - the client who has entrusted their website with a now non-existent company? At the very least your website could disappear. At the very worst you could lose your carefully chosen domain name.

Your website is the window on the web to your business. Often it is the first impression that someone will have of you and the services you offer. It's importance should not be under valued and you should think very carefully about who you entrust it to. Webgloss does not use code generators such as Dreamweaver of Serif. We all come from computer programming backgrounds and we write every single line of code by hand. The advantages of doing this are too numerous to list. Sites perform better in Google, they are maintained efficiently, ongoing optimisation can be applied to them and they give you a professional design that will give your potential clients the right first impression. At Webgloss we have collectively written hundreds of complex systems in full blown programming languages including Oracle and C and have years of systems administration experience. Jane spent 15 years programming statistical systems in Oracle RDBMS on Sun/Unix boxes. We are creators of software and systems analysts as well as designers for the Internet. You can therefore be sure that we know what we're doing.

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Unsure of what to do next?

Think carefully about the content
For your potential clients your website needs to contain sufficient information to give you the edge against your competitors. Maybet type a few phrases into Google for your type of business and check out the competition! Your website should be a brilliant marketing tool for your company so make sure that you think about the image you would like it to convey.

Decide on the topic titles and images for your web pages
Think about the main topics for your site's web pages; for example, most companies have a services page but your requirements may differ.

Contact us
You may telephone us on 023 9236 0528 & you can be sure that the conversation will be devoid of 'techie talk' unless you specifically ask for technical information! Contact may also be made by completion of our online form or just email us telling us that you are considering a website with Webgloss.

We will ask you to email us your company logo, if you have one, and sufficient information for us to create a draft layout for your website. The draft will be ready for you to view approx. 2 weeks later. At this stage there is no obligation to come to us for a full website. We provide the draft design to give you the chance to decide whether you would like Webgloss to develop a full website for your business.

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0845 838 2206


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who are we?
who are Webgloss web design Fareham Portsmouth Southampton Hampshire

who are Webgloss web design Fareham Portsmouth Southampton Hampshire

what we offer
low cost web design services Hampshire

low cost web design services Hampshire

are we right
for you?
is this low cost web design service in Hampshire right for you

is this low cost web design service in Hampshire right for you

our portfolio
of clients
portfolio of client sites Webgloss website designs Hampshire Portsmouth Southampton Fareham

portfolio of client sites Webgloss website designs Hampshire Portsmouth Southampton Fareham

what you need
to do next
what should I do next to get a new web site designed

what should I do next to get a new web site designed

our monthly
package fees
web design package costs

web design package costs

google &
search engines
will Google list my website

will Google list my website

frequently
asked questions
faq Hampshire web designers

faq Hampshire web designers

domain names
& transfers
what is a domain name

what is a domain name

keep your
computer healthy
how to maintain your computer

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help for
webgloss clients
help for webgloss web design clients

help for webgloss web design clients

contact us
contact webgloss web designers in Hampshire

contact webgloss web designers in Hampshire


How long does it all take?

Initial draft layout
Once we have received your company logo, if you have one, and sufficient information to enable us to create just a single page layout for you, it takes around 10 days for us to complete your draft design. We then email you to view your draft and await your feedback.

Development time-slot
When your draft has been agreed, we ask that you send us the rest of the content for your website. You will need to tell us when you can do this by - give us a date. Once we have that date, we will book a development time slot for you which will start as near as possible after the date you have given us. When your time slot begins, as long as we have received all the content for your website, we will begin full development of your new website and this takes between 2 to 4 weeks, depending on the size and complexity of the content.

Checking your new website content
When your website development is complete we will ask you to check through it and advise of any changes. These will be carried out before your site goes live online to ensure that the content is accurate.

Getting online
Once your full site has been agreed and we have either registered or transferred your domain name, we will then send out a request for monthly payments and an invoice for the domain registration or transfer. When payment has been received we will set up your email accounts and your website will 'go live' on the Internet. From start to finish the process will normally take under 6 weeks.

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Will Google list my website?

There is no guarantee of a free listing with any major search engine. This is an indisputable fact but, unfortunately, many web design firms will tell you variations of the truth. Any web design firm that advises differently is lying to you unless they are personally bribing the owner of the search engine firm.

Having said that, Webgloss has an incredible success rate with client sites in Google. We optimise your website for Google from the moment we design it and we advise you carefully of things you should do to help it reach a high position within the Google search engine.

Soon after your site has been designed and is 'live' online we will submit it by hand to the major Search Engines. Many web design companies charge extra for this service and are unable to offer the excellent results that Webgloss achieves.

You may well have received emails from SEO firms offering to get you in position 1 with Google. Many of these firms don't actually specify which search phrase will be used to reach position 1. It's easy to get to position 1 for people typing in the name of your company! You want to reach a high position across a number of search phrases that people who don't already know your company name may type in when they are trying to find businesses like yours.

Webgloss advises that you think very seriously before parting with any money to firms offering wonderful guaranteed results with search engine listings.

take a look at how our client sites perform in the Google search engine

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How will I update my website?

After your site has been agreed and is live online, Webgloss will carry out minor textual alterations of existing content once every two months free of charge. Other alterations are charged at £20 an hour.

Changes to your website should be emailed to admin@webgloss.com. Please be as clear as possible to ensure that we understand what is required - you do need to be specific. If new photographs are included, it may be preferable to send separate emails, one per photograph.

Please be aware that additional pages may cause your monthly hosting charge to increase as our package costs are based on the number of pages within your site.

Within 4 days of receiving your alteration request we will acknowledge receipt and let you kmow when the work will begin. If there is a charge, this will be emailed to you and you will then need to agree the amount. Once we have received agreement the cost will not change. We will then allocate a time-slot for the work and inform you of the date the work will commence.

We endeavour to commence work on all updates within 3 weeks of receipt and you should therefore allow three weeks when you plan your site alterations. In reality, small updates are frequently completed far more quickly than this. If your request is urgent then please tell us why and we will do our best to update your site quickly.

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What happens if I leave Webgloss?

There is no tie in contract with Webgloss and you are therefore free to leave at any time. Your final hosting payment is due for the calendar month that you leave. We do not 'portion' monthly payments - a full month's payment is due when you join and a full month's payment is due for the month that you leave. If your business is about to close please inform Webgloss as soon as possible and give details of whether the business is being sold or coming to an end.

There is a charge of £10 per domain name to transfer your domain name to another company and your new host may have their own charges for the transfer in of the domain name. Your account will need to be up to date, eg. no unpaid invoices, and the transfer fee paid before any transfer can be facilitated.

If you are considering selling your domain name please inform Webgloss and give us the detail of the recipient. If the business is being sold please inform the new owner that they will need to open an account with Webgloss to ensure that the website continues to exist on the Internet. If a new account is not opened by the new owner then the site will be removed from the Internet.

Please remember that neither a site design nor any part of a site design may be transferred unless this has been agreed by Webgloss Web Design Hampshire. No graphics produced or supplied by us may be used elsewhere as part of your new website.

All design work and images provided by Webgloss Web Design Hampshire (excepting photographs and text submitted by the client) remain the property of Webgloss Web Design Hampshire and are protected by design copyright unless formally purchased (non-exclusive design rights) by the client when a domain is released to another hosting company. Unless a purchase has been made the design remains the property of Webgloss Web Design Hampshire. Webgloss Web Design Hampshire reserves the right to refuse to sell the copyright of any design.

It must be noted that the reproduction without written permission of any design work or images owned by Webgloss Web Design Hampshire, whether electronically produced or otherwise, will result in a copyright infringement case being submitted to our solicitors.

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designers for the web Hampshire We will never try to sell our services to you - we're programmers, not sales people. We'll listen to your requirements; we'll explain what we could do for you... and then we'll leave you alone. You won't receive any follow up sales calls and there will be absolutely no pressure to have a site with us. You need to be enthusiastic & let us know if you'd like us to design your business website.

At Webgloss we're eco-friendly and try to operate entirely over the Internet and the phone, saving on paper and ensuring the minimum use of petrol. We'd have to put our fees up if we sat round a boardroom table with our clients. So, if you feel that it is essential to meet your designer face-to-face to discuss your requirements, then this low cost web design firm is not for you.

We restrict all new sites to 5 main content pages as we don't charge for the design. You'll be able to add more pages at a later stage but if you're looking for a very large site straight away then you may need a different web design company.

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designers for the web Hampshire
designers for the web Hampshire We're professional, trustworthy, easy to talk to and have been designing websites for over 10 years. We offer a genuine, Google optimised 5 main content page website for £22 a month. In addition you will need a domain name which is charged at £20.

We display all our charges on our website - they are never hidden. You're not tied in to a contract - if you want to leave then your final payment is due in the month that you leave Webgloss (plus a £10 domain transfer fee if you want your domain name transferred to a new server). We do not 'portion' monthly payments - a full month's payment is due when you join and a full month's payment is due for the month that you leave. We do not charge any design fees but if you leave us you cannot take the design with you. You are in control of your monthly payments and we will never ask for your banking details. Your monthly package fee includes hosting and minor textual updates once every 2 months but not renewals of your domain name. These are normally £20 once every 2 years (for a co.uk domain).

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designers for the web Hampshire
designers for the web Hampshire Think about the content for your website, It should describe your business, give details of all your services and explain why people should contact you rather than your competitors. Decide on the topic names for the 5 web pages that are included in our packages.

Then, if you think that you may like Webgloss to design a draft for you, with absolutely no obligation, please just give us a ring on 0845 838 2206, email us or fill in our online form.

If you do decide that you'd like us to design a draft web layout for you then we will ask that you email us sufficient information for just a single page draft design. This may then be viewed in around 10 working days with no obligation and should enable you to decide whether you would like Webgloss Web Design to create your full website for you. There is no charge for a draft design.

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