Thursday, August 28, 2008

Hiring A Skillful Web Designer

Hiring A Skillful Web Designer

Presuming that you are seeking for a web designer, always try to look for a skillful one. Be extraordinary careful whenever you are looking for a web creator because not all of them are professionals. Request a couple of samples. Also investigate if the designer has any complaints.

What To Look For When Hiring A Web Designer:

1. Qualifications are ineffective. You can test your prospect by asking him if they know why are Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and XHTML good for your website. Also, don’t forget to investigate where they learned web designing. It is very important to stay clear if you don’t want to lose your time and money.

2. Site Samples and Portfolio. A legitimate web creator has to provide his customers with work samples and with a diverse portfolio. He might not be scared of showing you some websites he designed in the past. Also ask him to show you the good and bad comments he received from his old clients.

3. Designs Internet sites that are effortless to navigate. Navigability is the most important thing about the design of a website. Make sure your prospect designs web sites that are easy for people to navigate. Beginner website designers will always create sites that look nice just to make an impression on you. Don’t fall a victim of that, a website has to be easy to use, if it isn’t you will lose a lot of clients just for not being able to navigate your site.

4. Cost of services. Many web designers like to charge you per hour - never say yes to this. Prices to build a site vary from $1500 to $5,000.00 a website. If you want to save some money you can look for an independent web designer since they charge much cheaper than a corporate.

5. Focus on web designing only. You will find many wed designers that will try to vend you some other services apart from web designing. Some times they will try to sell you the hosting services and a domain name. It is always better to purchase a domain name and a hosting service separately from the designing services.

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