cyril_kearney - 2:21 pm on Feb 17, 2009 (gmt 0)

I just got a Paving company that just wants a web presence to display his completed jobs, phone number and a contact form to request an estimate that can be emailed to him. He was drawn by the $300-a-site idea. I did the basic layout and emailed it to him and he approved it. He is now gathering the pictures he’ll need on the site. The total effort is projected at less than a day.

Even though this is a small site, I was able to use a JavaScript routine from jQuery that will fade a before picture into an after picture. I don't know anyone that includes animation into the $300-a-site package.

My expectations are that these very simple sites will not have much service requirements. I let Brinkster or GoDaddy do the web hosting and handle any connection issues that arise. My site works so I don’t expect problems. Clients in this category just want to set it up and don’t want to be bothered after it is done.