There is an event coming up February 4th in San Francisco that should be a smash.

The hardest part of part of developing a website is inevitably the question of “How much does it cost?”  Seems like such a simple question, and it is to someone who doesn’t have their head in a computer most of a 24 hour day.  Before talking price I think it is important to discuss the client’s needs, goals and ideas.  Then from there try to explain in the simplest terms what goes into a site.  There is a misconception that you get a domain name, throw up some graphics, and boom your set to go and should be #1 on Google in no time (yea this may be a bit of an exaggeration, but you get the idea).  Websites and the online world are far more complicated than they look.  As developers we strive for simplicity and functionality, but to achieve simplicity and functionality it takes a lot more work than it might seem.  When asked “How much does a website cost?,” I try to put it in terms that most everyone is familiar with.  I reflect with how much does a house cost?  The answer: “It all depends.”  The same goes for the internet.  Anyway I found some helpful articles posted about “How much a website costs?”  I think as designers, computer nerds, developers, programmers, and so forth we haven’t done a very good job of portraying the importance of comprehensive web development and all that it entails.  Hopefully you will find this helpful.  Any questions, please contact me.  Cheers!

http://www.digitalsurvivors.com/archives/000457.php 

http://www.howmuchdoesawebsitecost.com/

http://www.atilus.com/webpost/what_does_a_website_cost//?what-does-a-website-cost/

Included: html, CSS, photography, javascript, interface, Content Management System, design, illustration, consultation

http://greenstreetrestaurant.com

Includes: html, Flash, CSS, javascript, graphic design, Wordpress

Website: http://mikephillipsphoto.com

Includes: html, CSS, javascript, jquery, Wordpress, graphic design

Website: http://nmspealbuquerque.org

Luis also wanted the homepage to have some unique functionality.  Luis requested that no matter what the size of the browser window that the homepage remain proportional.  creativeLab achieved this effect using large images and scaling them using CSS and absolute width percentages. In the images above, the first and second image display the proportional change depending on the browser window size.

Includes: content management system, CSS, javascript, html, graphic design, jquery

Website: http://luisserrano.us

Includes: porfolio solution, html, CSS, javascript, design, logo work

http://joelglassman.com

Beyond this movement there are still only a select number of fonts that work across all platforms and are packaged with most operating systems.  (why do we care about operating systems (Windows, Mac OS) because we can only use fonts that are packaged with the operating system that the user has, if they don’t have the font installed on their computer then it won’t show up in their browser)  Below is a list of supported fonts that work on nearly every browser.  If one of the below doesn’t work on your computer than you can see why this is such a pesky issue.