I recently redid the website, everythingrows.com. I didn't put the new website up yet, but you can view it at everythingrows.com/htdocs/index.asp. It took me about 10 hours in total, maybe more, maybe less, what do you think i should charge?
Also, if you notice any bugs or have any suggestions, please tell me.
Here is a list of what I did:
1 . Made the image in the upper left corner flush with the page edge.
2 . Added the phone number to the first page, since it is a landscaping company, to have more people call.
3 . the navigation bar on the left is now more dramatic of a difference on the rollover; the text now moves when you put your mouse over it. Also, I changed the color of the text.
4 . The sample sections open new windows when you click on the pictures.
5 . Eliminated the blue/purple borders around the pictures.
6 . When you open the pictures, it has a next/previous button for easy navigation
7 . Made the mission statement a seperate page
8 . Put some of the sample pictures on the main page.
9 . Made all of the pages .asp so that they are more dynamic in content.
10 . Made a Design Plans Page for all of the design plans.
11 . Added the TLC Guarantee Page.
12 . Changed the "Examples" Section to "Samples"
brady.k posted this at 03:30—8th August 2004.
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Since it took you about 10 hours...charge by the hour, you set your own price like $XX/hr for 10 hours...
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mandyfan posted this at 09:41—8th August 2004.
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Those images on the left are from Tripod.
Roo posted this at 09:51—8th August 2004.
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It's also a premade Front Page template, so personally I think you shouldn't really charge the going market fees.
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Renegade posted this at 11:15—8th August 2004.
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It is actually against policy to discuss prices on this board since it could be considered price fixing in some areas.
No real prices are to be quoted.
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Megan posted this at 13:15—9th August 2004.
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Like Kyle said, since you know how much time you spent, just give yourself an hourly rate and multiply. Don't forget that you'll have to pay taxes and business overhead. There are salary surveys out there that will tell you what the range is for web design. Monster.com has one, although I think these generally apply more in a professional sphere and not so much to freelancing, although I'm not sure about that either.
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Greg K posted this at 21:24—10th August 2004.
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Personally, I think the issues of where the original layout and images came from do not affect the price here. The work you did was cleaning up the and modifying the site, not creating the site from scratch.
One thing that really stood out to me was the uneven indentation of the paragraphs. Either stick with a consistant spacing or remove the indentation alltogether.
The font sizes of the headings seemed way large, made me wonder if I had my font settings up high.
Lastly, on the contact us page, I would suggest to them to redo the "business card" look I am assuming they were trying for. EIther actually scan a business card or find something to clean it up, it really says "I don't belong here"
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Maquar posted this at 22:23—10th August 2004.
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I definitely agree with Greg on the uneven indentations on the home page. Line those up and it will give a more organized look. As far as how much to charge..don't expect anyone to give you an actual dollar amount here as it is against policy here to state actual prices but you shouldn't have too much of a problem. Just take into consideration the amount of work you did and the amount of time you put into it. You may also want to think of the following:
Are you an established freelancer? (i.e. plenty of examples on work you have done in the past or are you just starting out?)
Is the company small without a large budget?(you don't want to "stab" them with a rate they weren't expecting)
In the future you will find it much easier to establish all the details before the work is started. This way there will be no confusion for you or your customers. I used to be in your shoes and actually I believe I posted pretty much your same question on these very forums. Come up with a well balanced plan and make sure the customer confirms it before you start your work and you'll be good to go.
Good luck,
Mark
Megan posted this at 13:14—11th August 2004.
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In Opera, I all I see is html code. I'm having this happen in one of my own sites and I'm not sure what the problem is. I think it might have something to do with the doctype, but you don't have one so maybe not.
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mjs416 posted this at 16:07—11th August 2004.
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Same thing with me and Netscape.
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brady.k posted this at 16:32—11th August 2004.
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All I see in both IE and Firefox is code.
Megan posted this at 20:42—11th August 2004.
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Funny, it works okay now in all three! This morning it was code in opera but fine in IE. Did you figure it out?
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andy206uk posted this at 21:37—11th August 2004.
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It was probably the server returning the wrong mime-type
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