INQUIRY FORM

Interested in custom site design? Let's start with both humor and reality. You'll need plenty of both before you are through, no matter which designer you choose. I know you will be the first to agree that building the website of your dreams will take planning. It's a lot more effort (effort=money) to work with confused fantasies, so let's give clarity a chance from the beginning, hunh? To request a realistic estimate for custom design work, fill this form out to the best of your ability. Some of the fields may not apply to you, but enter the information you have. If you don't have an answer to some of the items, that will tell us where you where you probably need to start planning.

Name (or mysterious alias):

E-mail Address (better be correct):

Existing Homepage URL (if applicable):

Name of Business (if applicable)

If you are interested in an existing site template from Jaguarwoman's current inventory,
please list the name(s) of linkware webset(s) or existing websuite(s) you liked:


Your position in regard to website design decisions:

Grande Creatrix, Lord of All I Survey, and/or sole decision-maker for my Web Empire.

I have absolutely no decision-making capability but I thought it would be fun to fill out this form.

I am the delegated partner/employee responsible for my company's web design project, and I will need to confer with my partners/colleagues/employer in all design decisions.

I just want to pick your brain for my own inspiration.

What is the purpose or goal of your projected website?
Please write something about what you expect your website to accomplish for you or your organization. Produce direct revenue? Provide information for visitors? Entertainment? Simply represent your organization online, as an electronic brochure? Don't cheat! Write your Own Purpose in your own words. You can write as much as you like, but you eventually you should be able to sum it up in one incredibly articulate sentence.

What is your most honest fantasy about the cost of the services you desire?

Isn't this a free service provided by elves?
I have no idea; I was hoping you'd tell me.
Less than $500 $500 to $1500 $3,000 -$5000
You're so fabulous, I'd pay you anything to give me a killer website.

What kind of computer do you personally use when browsing the Web?

PC Mac Computer? I need a computer for this?

What browser do you personally use when browsing the Web?

Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator AOL's Browser Other

How would you characterize your primary market target? What visiter population(s) do you need your site-design tailored for?

Business to Business General Public/Consumers A Specific Professional Group A Specific Interest Group Several Conflicting Interest Groups

Do you know the accessibility statistics for your target audience, i.e., what platform and browser most of your target population now use?

Are you sure this is important?
Primarily PC users
Primarily Mac users
AOL Members
Old browsers, primitive computers, slow connections
WebTV
People with sensory impairments
This is an unimportant question! obviously I want my site to look fabulous to the entire world, even if they are browsing with a transister radio.

Who will be responsible for maintaining your website after it goes online?

myself a trained employee my cousin Harry
God only knows What about the elves?
Duhhh . . . what do you mean, "maintain"?

What webpage editor will you or your designated webmaster use?

Etch-a-Sketch A horrible WYSIWYG MS FrontPage
I am a brilliant hand-coder What? What's a "webpage editor"?
I'll do whatever you say, just end this torment!

What kind of interactive features do you want to see on your site. A flash intro? Javascripted buttons that change state on rollover? Flash animation? Slide shows? Scrolling messages for news? Splash page/no splash page? A giant gif animation of Godzilla eating Tokyo? A real swimming pool? Scratch and Sniff? Seriously, now . . . make your Wish List. Try to think about the specific presentation features you want to see in your ideal website. Blab as much as you like. Later we can figure out how much each of them would cost and whether they are consistent with the browsing capabilities of a transistor radio.

Which of the following auxiliary services to you feel you need for your website, in addition to the visual design and navigation of your website: 

Webhosting
Shopping Cart
Forms (like this one)
Search Engine Registration
Copywriting
Content Layout
Site Maintenance
Domain Registration
Logo Development 

Thanks! That will cover the bare bones and give us somewhere to start. Now you can send me all this information. And you've been a real trooper through all that overbearing sarcasm.

Just hit "Submit" once. And please note:
Submitting this form means that an email will be sent to me with this message. I generally respond to my messages as soon as I see them and am humanly able to sit down and answer. But there will be no nice little notice on your screen that says your form has gone off on its mission. And if I don't get back to you instantly, just remember there's an actual person on the other end of this form, not another computer. Time, space, Newtonian physics, all that stuff applies here.

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