Creative and professional website solutions for your business or organization
Design Services
We specialize in website design for small businesses and organizations, creating a unique online presence for every client.
A website offers customers or interested parties the convenience of accessing information from anywhere, at any time.
It can make a search for your contact information or business hours simple and efficient, and function as a marketing tool to further enhance your image and reputation.
We have the skills to get your message out to those you are trying to reach, and make your vision a reality!
We've had experience working with a broad range of clients, but we employ the same essential principles for each website:
- attractive design
- user-friendly navigation
- well-organized content
We would love to help you take your business a step further; if you're interested in a website or have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Thousand Islands Minga
Minga is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the [local and global] community through creative means.
Minga is very much involved with the arts, therefore we wanted the website to express a fun, artistic atmosphere while still being informative.
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Project Role: design, code
Date: August 2008
Exodus Photography
The website of a local photographer. We decided to take a simple and clean approach to the design, as to not detract from the photos. A dynamic image gallery was included to make viewing photos more efficient and enjoyable.
The Sarah Sterken Gallery
This website features biographies of the artists displayed in the Sarah Sterken Gallery, as well as a gallery of photos. Sarah's style is very minimalistic and monochromatic.
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Project Role: design, code
Date: August 2006 (ongoing)
Great Games and Toys
We created a fun and playful design for this toy store's website to express the friendly, local atmosphere of the store.
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Project Role: design, code
Date: April 2008
Queen's University/KGH
This website was created to inform and educate a specific category of medical patients, students, and practicioners. We concentrated on making this information conveniently accessible and cleanly organized for visitors.
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Project Role: design, code
Date: August 2006
Robeson's General Store
Robeson's is a local restaurant/deli, selling antiques and collectibles. The design imitates the intimate, small-town setting of the store.
Hosting
For anyone with a disinclination towards the technical aspect of putting a website online, we can take care of the work for you!
A basic hosting package (sufficient for most websites) is $6 per month, and includes:
- 250mb space
- 2.5gb bandwidth
- email accounts
- cPanel control panel
For more detailed specifications, or if you're interested in a different package,
send me a message.
Getting Started
What are website hosting, domain names and nameservers?
A website consists of a set of files stored on a computer (server) to be accessed over the Internet.
A website host rents out space on servers for website owners to store their websites.
A domain name is the "www" address of your website (http://www.example.com is a domain name). It's what Internet users type in the address bar to access a website.
Nameservers attach a domain name to a website's hosting. (Degree Nine's nameservers are ns1.degreenine.com and ns2.degreenine.com)
These are set up when registering for a domain name, and they can be edited later if needed.
I've purchased hosting and it's set up, now what do I do?
If you have a domain name, set its nameservers to
ns1.degreenine.com and
ns2.degreenine.com.
It may take up to 48 hours for these changes to take place.
If you don't have a domain you'll need to purchase one, then set the nameservers.
You will still be able to access your website at
http://74.53.26.66/~username
(replace
username with your username) before you have the domain set up.
To access your control panel (cPanel):
- Type in http://www.domain.com/cpanel (replace domain.com with your domain name).
- Type in your username and password.
To upload your files, you must use an FTP client or your cPanel's File Manager.
For instructions on using both, please visit the
tutorials page.
