Here are the extra features which you can add to your basic one page website. The prices for each extra feature are given as estimates because much will depend on exactly how you want them implemented. For example, you might choose to have quite a complex enquiry form with lots of fields for the user to fill in, or a very simple form. You might choose to place the enquiry form on an existing page or place it on a special contact page. You may wish to add photographs to the special contact page too. So it is not possible to be exact in pricing here.

 

Website Enquiry / Order / Booking Form

 

Many users either will not have an email address of their own, or be on someone else's computer where they may not know how to use their own email address, or simply prefer not to give their email address out. Providing a simple enquiry form (with the option not to submit their email address, but provide a phone number or postal address instead) always brings in lots of extra enquiries. A basic enquiry form (not a booking or order form) added to the home page costs from around £25. A booking or order form would be from around £50. Please note that this is not a full booking or ordering system which resets available dates and / or stock levels, and / or takes payments. A full online booking or ordering system of this nature is a separate option.

For the enquiry, booking or order form to work you also need a domain-based email address (see next point) as the enquiry form works by sending you an email via your website address.

 

Domain Based Email Address (with redirect to your current email address)

 

A domain based email address is much more professional looking than a normal email address: your website would show you@your-domain.co.uk. This email address can be set to redirect to your current email address. From around £25.

 

Domain Based Email Address (with assistance in setting it up)

 

Rather than setting the domain based email address to redirect to your current email address, I show you how to use the new email address directly (helping you to set it up on your own computer) so that your replies to website enquiries would come from you@your-domain.co.uk rather than from your current email address. You are far less likely to lose emails in spam filters if your reply comes from the same email address, and you are also able to keep business and personal emails apart. Cost from around £75.

 

Spam Protection For Email Address

 

There are nasty little things that crawl the web known as "spambots" which harvest unprotected email addresses from websites to send you emails of a somewhat dubious nature! I can (to a large extent) protect your email address from being harvested in this way. Usually around £25 if built into your website from the outset - highly recommended.

 

Google Map

 

Google maps make it much easier for people to find out how to get to your business. You often see these on websites - you click on the map to zoom in and out or move north, south, east or west, and they display directions, distances etc. It will save you time explaining to people on the phone how to get to you. From around £50.

 

Favicon and Add to Favourites Link

 

A favicon is a little icon that sits next to the web address in the browser address bar and appears when you add a website to your favourites (bookmarks) list. I also provide a special link to help people add the page to their favourites list. It helps when people want to revisit the site making it much easier for them to find it again. £25.

 

Photographs

 

You may not have time to produce all the information and photographs you need to produce your website. My wife is a photographer and you can view her work on her photography website which I am currently constructing. She is available to take photographs for websites if required at very reasonable rates.

 

Photo Gallery

 

This is particularly useful for holiday accommodation websites where a photo gallery of the local scenery can be highly effective in encouraging website visitors to become real vistors. For any product with visual appeal, this can be a useful feature.

 

Online Shop

 

Increasingly people expect to be able to directly purchase your products online without having to contact you personally or visit your store. I have a range of affordable options for creating an effective online shop.

 

Booking & Availability System

 

Increasingly people expect to be able to see at a glance whether your holiday accommodation is available for the period they desire without having to contact you personally. An availability calendar serves this purpose quite well and is an inexpensive solution. Increasing numbers also expect to be able to book their holidays online, and I have a range of affordable options for creating a booking system which will take payments.

 

Guestbook

 

You might wish to allow users to leave comments on your website. This is usually best acheived by a page on which you invite users to submit their comments via an enquiry form, from which you then select to add to the page. These additions would then either be carried out by me at your request, or by yourself if you manage your own website updates.

 

You might however prefer a more sophisticated automated system. In the latter case, there is a moderation process whereby you accept or reject entries as appropriate, and accepted entries are then added automatically to the page. However, this kind of system is more expensive to implement and the timesaving is marginal.

 

Blog

 

You might wish to post information in the form of an online newsletter with the option for visitors to add comments - of course, under your control!

 

User Forum

 

You might wish to enable visitors to your website to share and exchange information with each other and post their discussions on your website - usually via a registration and moderation process which you would control.

 

Chat With Visitors

 

I can integrate an online chat facility on your website which enables visitors to chat to you directly via your website (with or without a login password), or even with each other. Users often prefer this to email as it is quicker.

 

Multimedia - Audio & Video

 

For certain websites, such as educational sites, audio and video content can be a very effective means of delivering information in a user-friendly format. Music websites often contain downloadable samples of the artist's work.

 

Site Search Facility

 

If you have a large website with a lot of information, a site search facility can assist users in finding their way to the information they want.

 

Extra Pages

 

Typically an extra page would cost about £100, but this will depend largely on how many pictures would have to go on it. If it was simply a page of plain text without images, it would probably cost significantly less - often as low as £25.

 

Content Creation

 

If you don't have time to write the content for your own website I can offer content creation. I have people who can also research information for your website and therefore save you the time researching the information for your pages.

 

Printer Friendly Pages

 

Browsers tend to print pages badly. Often the information gets broken up over multiple pages, and various ink-wasting features get printed such as site menus, repeat elements such as banners, etc. Printer friendly pages can be set to ensure that your pages print neatly, and with minimal wastage of the user's ink.