You have decided to hire a professional to do your web design. The
problem is that not all of them are professional. Some are working with
knowledge that is out of date, and some of them are working out of the
basement that belongs to their parent’s!
What you need to know:
1. Qualifications are worthless. Unless the person has a proper
graphical design background, almost all of the web design training is
learned at a community college part time and not very credible. Unless
the person you are qualifying can explain XHTML and CSS to you and why
they are good for your website, stay clear.
2. A good web designer will have a diverse portfolio and lots of
attractive sites they have built for their customers. They will also be
able to explain to you why they designed the site the way it looks. If
a person does not have a substantial portfolio, get them to do a first
draft design to display their skill to you.
3. Your designer candidate needs to realize that they are building
your website for users. This means all users regardless of technical
ability and which web browser they are using. Amateur web designers
tend to come up with what they think are impressive looking pages while
ignoring the visitors who will come to your site. Ask the prospect
which browsers they will test the web site on? (answer: as many as
possible) What is the purpose of the website? (answer: explain the
point of the site very simply).
4. Many web designers have no idea what to charge for their
services. When you ask, you will get bids form $50 to $5,000. Both of
these are ridiculous as one of them may be from a non English speaking
foreigner and the other a committee that will accomplish little. Look
for an independent individual as opposed to a corporate type person. Be
willing to negotiate the price but never agree to a let them do
whatever it takes to make a good site and pay by the hour!
5. Be very wary of any web designer who tries to sell you a whole
package; domain name, web hosting, etc. Most of these types of
operations have huge flaws in one area or the other. They will either
be web hosting specialists who think designing web pages is easy or
designers who are reselling some cheap hosting package for a huge
profit. It’s best to buy the hosting yourself.
Keep these five points in mind when looking for that perfect web designer.
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