We understand you will have a lot of questions about creating your new website. If you can’t find an answer in our FAQ list below, please contact us about how we can help you create your new website.
Your Frequently Asked Questions About Creating A New Website:
1. What are the steps to creating my new website?
2. How long will it take to create my website?
3. What will I need to provide for the creation of my website?
4. What are the copyright issues I should know about?
5. What is the payment structure for creating my new website?
6. Are there any extra costs for my new website?
7. What file format should I send my writing and images?
8. How can I prepare for my copywriting interview?
9. Can I provide you with keywords to use for SEO?
10. Will I be able to easily access online publishing?
1. What are the steps to creating my new website?
PLANNING/RESEARCH
- Send your completed design brief. This document guides the research, planning and creation of your new website.
- Send your images. You can also send document and video files to link from your website.
- We will provide you with an approximate start date for your website.
- Pay your deposit before your start date. Your deposit payment is required prior to any work commencing.
- Copywriter interview (max. 30mins). In person (Cairns area only) or by phone.
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
- Pay your design and construction fee. Your design and construction fee payment is required prior to work commencing.
- Your copywriting is created.
- Your website design is created only after we receive your completed design brief and all your images.
- We send website design templates for you to select from.
- We send you newly created copywriting for 1st revision.
- We create a working website using your selected design. You can log in and review your “Under Construction Website”.
- Tell us the final revisions you require for images and copywriting.
- We update your website with the revisions. You can then log in and view your final website.
PRESENTATION
- Pay your final payment. The final payment is the remainder of your account. Your payment is required prior to work commencing.
- Send us your web hosting account details. We will move your website to your web hosting service using these details.
- We submit your website to major search engines and directories (max. 10).
2. How long will it take to create my website?
It can take approximately 14 working days (minimum) to create a working website available for revision. The time it takes to create your website will depend on the amount of pages and content (writing and images). The time it takes to design your website and create your copywriting is not included.
3. What will I need to provide for the creation of my website?
You will need to send your completed design brief and any quality images you want to display on your website. You can also send document and video files to link from your website. To assist in the creation of your copywriting, you can send printed or electronic samples of wording by email or mail.
4. What are the copyright issues I should know about?
You do not have the right to use another person’s intellectual property for commercial purposes, but you may use such property for educational purposes with acknowledgment to the owner. Please see below for a more detailed explanation of copyright laws.
1. COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP
The ownership of the website files belong to you once there are no outstanding monies due on your account. In the matter of ownership, files referenced by your website are not owned by you. (E.g. website links to other websites - you cannot own that other website.) Nor can you own external files hosted by other websites referenced in links within your applications or scripting source code. (E.g. your enquiry form references a mail script hosted by another website company - you do not own this mail script.)
2. COPYRIGHT RESPONSIBILITY
Boldhues Websites assumes clients have taken responsibility to obtain permission from the artist or author to use any copyright material, such as photographs, graphics, music, video and writing.
3. COPYRIGHT AUSTRALIA
Copyright protection is automatic under Australian Copyright Law. No © symbol is required. For artistic works, copyright lasts from the time the material is created until 50 years after the year of the creator’s death. Examples of artistic works: paintings, drawings, cartoons, sculpture, craftwork, photographs, maps and plans.
Visit the Australian Copyright Council website for current information.
5. What is the payment structure for creating my new website?
Deposit: $150.00, required before any work commences.
Design & Construction Fee: $500.00, required before any work commences. A working website is created and ready for revision.
Final Payment: The remainder of your account. The website is moved to your specified domain name.
6. Are there any extra costs for my new website?
Email Consultations: Free during the creation of your new website.
Additional Revisions: $110.00 per hour.
Additional Scans: First x10 scans included. $2.00 per additional image scan.
Images (Copyright Licensing): $20.00 - $100.00+. Images are sourced from istockphotos and purchased upon your request.
Web Hosting: From $230.00 (12 months standard website hosting).
Domain Name Licensing: From $36.00 (1 year licence .com/.net/.org/.info/.biz).
7. What file format should I send my writing and images?
Writing and images (artwork, illustrations and photographs) for your website should be sent in electronic format. Options include:
- Send by email
- Send a disc by postal mail
Important information about images for your website:
- Provide the best quality images you can (medium to high resolution)
- Images can be optimized at no extra cost
- Hard copy images can be scanned, but there is no guarantee of the quality
- Up to 10 image scans are included at no extra cost if you send hard copies
Type your writing using a program like Notepad or Microsoft Office.
8. How can I prepare for my copywriting interview?
Let us make your copywriting irresistible to your target market. With a little help from you, we can transform your ideas into professionally-produced website content.
Please provide any pre-existing writing (advertisements, brochures, articles or business history) that may help in the creation of your copywriting. Send through any writing ideas you have, even in note form, for specific web pages.
To get the most from your copywriting, ask yourself the following questions:
- Who is my target audience? Who will be reading my website?
- What key information do I need on my website?
- How many web pages do I need to display that information?
- How would I like my information arranged on those web pages?
- What key words or phrases best describe my business?
- What would I like the overall tone of my copywriting to be?
We are happy to offer our assistance and expert advice at any stage of your copywriting development.
9. Can I provide you with keywords to use for SEO?
Business owners are welcome to provide researched keywords. All keywords are evaluated prior to inclusion in our search engine optimization.
10. Will I be able to easily access online publishing?
Online publishing is available for website owners who want access to their website to edit writing, update images, delete or add new web pages. This facility can be very useful for website owners who are already comfortable navigating web pages and using text editors.