Web Site Development

Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks are web design tools that can be used to build web sites.
Web sites can vary from being simply an online brochure to massive interactive E Commerce sites.

I have built three commercial sites in addition to this one. These sites have, more or less, been online
advertising tools - although one of the sites is able to handle online orders and can process credit
card payments.

CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS

This has been done in a very simple fashion whereby orders are submitted using a form on the site.
These order details, along with credit card details, are emailed to the site owners. The details are then
submitted to, and kept on, an Internet Server Providers secure server - so the chance of credit card
fraud is very slim. This simple approach is reasonably easy to set up, is not expensive and is endorsed
by the credit card companies and ISP's. It is an ideal approach for sites that are not handling large
quantities of transactions. For those that are, a more automated approach would be recommended.

DATABASE DRIVEN SITES

Automating e-commerce further involves using database driven sites. These become slightly more complex
and are often built and administered by Internet Service Providers or organisations that are set up for serving
to the Internet. Likewise, serving dynamic information eg. large catalogues that change regularly, is done
using database driven web sites which are built and served by organisations who serve to the Internet.

STATIC SITES

Web sites which, once built, will only change from time to time can be built by any web developer and then
passed on to an organisation to be served on the web. In New Zealand some of the more common organisations
are Xtra, Clearnet, Wave and Ihug. In addition to these are many other local smaller ISP's and servers which
are equally good.

PRICE GUIDE

As a rough guide, having a site built can cost from NZ$1000.00 upwards depending, of course, on what the
site involves. To buy your domain name costs around NZ$200.00 and to have your site served to the internet
will cost around NZ$30.00 a month. These prices vary greatly and you should find out in more detail what they
will be. You can find this out by contacting your Internet Service Provider, or organisations that serve sites to
the internet. To see what domain names are available check out this site http://www.domainz.co.nz

Three sites which I have built can be found at the following addresses.

http://www.hansens.co.nz

http://www.nzceramics.co.nz ( this site includes credit card and ordering facilities )

http://www.excelgroup.co.nz