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Enjoy a Hot & Spicy experienceLearn to Cook Thai Food ... the EASY Way! The aim of this course is to enable you to confidently cook delicious Thai food at home for your family and friends. We provide a friendly and fun learning environment supported with many helpful hints and you'll also receive a copy of all the recipes used. Class size is limited to 6 students, so that you get maximum benefit out of the course. By the end of this one-day workshop you will have learned how to prepare an entree, a salad, a soup and two main meals (i.e. curry dish & stir fry from the wok). For further details please call Uthaiwan (your Thai born instructor) on 0408 414 257. Website: http://www.learntocookthai.com |
Visit some of our other client websitesWhy should your business go online?Simply because more and more of your customers want you to! These days folk (especially those who have grown-up with PCs) expect to be able to find information about the products and services they intend to buy - easily accessible on the Internet. Often they are conducting their research in the evenings when most businesses are usually closed. They are searching for info about local hairdressers, checking-out building suppliers, seeking contact details for trades people, etc. The list is endless... all businesses should have an online presence, regardless of their size and nature. For example, Keith's Hairdressing our local, good old fashioned barber shop is now online ... It's time for all businesses in Bacchus Marsh to realise that the Internet is the way of the future ... We are looking forward to help you make the next step.
Getting Your Business or Community Group Online in Four Easy StepsA lot of people see the web as a mysterious and potentially expensive place to be. However - there are just four things that need to be arranged to achieve an effective web presence. The details presented below show that getting your business or community group online is relatively easy and inexpensive. 1. Domain NameYou need to start by securing a 'web address' or 'URL' (Uniform Resource Locator) for your site so that potential visitors can find you on the web. The best way to do this is to register a domain name. By registering a domain you are then able to register your website at 'http://www.yourname.com.au'. Domain names are commonly used to identify business, organisations, brand names, trademarks and products on the web. Technically, you do not need a your own domain name as you may be able to host your website on a section of someone else's. Often your ISP will give you some space to host a website. However, domain names are so cheap these days that it is almost always worth getting yourself a unique and identifiable way to find you on the web. You will also give your web presence a certain amount of authenticity, as well as allowing you to use your domain name in email addresses and on advertising and promotional material. It is worth spending the time choosing your domain name carefully, and if possible it should be as close to your business or product name as possible so that potential visitors can guess your domain name if they don't know it. The price of domain names differ depending on where the domain is located and the type of domain. Here are some examples and their prices for registration. Domain Type Location Typical Price (AUD) The most common domain suffix in use in Australia by businesses is '.com.au', so if your customers are primarily domestic then this is your best bet. If you are targeting international customers then a '.com' address may be more appropriate. All '.com.au' addresses are administered by a group called 'auDA' and they have rules stipulating that you must have some demonstrable right to a domain name before you can buy it (such as a registered business name or trademark). This differs for example with the US (.com) where it is a free-for-all and anyone can buy any name. 2. Web Site DevelopmentA typical web site is a collection of pages, text and images that are interlinked to form a document that visitors on the web can view and interact with. A website can also include files of any other type including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, movies and audio files, all of which can be downloaded and viewed. Websites can also consist of more than just a static set of pages and images. Many sites now are highly interactive, and allow surfers to view dynamic and up-to-date information, join on-line clubs and go shopping to name just a few. Extra functionality such as this typically requires programming, and the complexity of your site dictates how much programming will be required. On the surface Web design and development looks fairly easy. There are a number of tools that allow you to graphically create web pages (much like using Word to create documents) without needing to know HTML (the language that web pages are written in). For some businesses this may be an acceptable way to go. However a professional web designer brings a wide range of
associated skills and services to the table:- The cost of a website is entirely dependant on the size and complexity of your site. Different web designers have differing pricing structures. At "Bacchus Marsh Web Services" we price websites based on the number of pages and images (as this indicates the site's size), plus an hourly rate on an estimate of the number of hours of programming work if required (indicating the site's complexity). Another common pricing structure used by other developers is a flat hourly rate for everything. The most important thing is to get a fixed-price quotation after comprehensive discussions about what the site will contain and how you expect it should operate. This way you won't receive any nasty surprises when you get the bill, and it also ensures that your developer is fully aware of what you want to achieve. 3. HostingOK, so you have registered your domain name and you have your site developed. The next thing to do is to find somewhere to host your site. To host a site means that you are placing all the files associated with your website onto a computer connected to the Internet. Whenever someone goes to your site on the web using your domain name, they are connected to this machine and download the pages for your site. In theory you could host your website on your own computer - however in practice it is more economical and practical to use a professional hosting company. A hosting company gives you some space on their systems, or Web Servers, to place your website files. Typically you will be sharing the machine with a number of other websites, but this is fine - you don't really need the whole machine, and this is where hosting companies can use economies of scale to make the cost to you cheaper. Hosting companies typically charge a monthly or annual fee to use their services. The cost is based on a number of factors but runs around $300-$500 per year for a typical business site. 4. Website PromotionYour final step is to let the world / potential users know where to find your website. The most common way people find what they're looking for on the Internet is via the major search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, NineMSN, etc. Users are unlikely to find your website unless it has been submitted to the search engines and its design is search engine friendly. There are numerous ways to get your website listed with the search engines, some free, but unfortunately most are not. A professional web designer will provide valuable assistance with this crucial element of the process. In addition, convincing other prominent websites to include a link to your website will greatly enhance your site's visibility on the Net. It's also a good ideal to include the new website address on your letterheads, business cards, newsletters, e-mails, etc. SummarySo there you have it - just four easy steps to get yourself onto the web. In terms of ongoing cost, renewal of your domain name and your annual (or monthly) hosting fee are the major ones. You should also budget for the fact that you will probably need to make changes to your site occasionally. Keeping information such as prices, contact details and product information up-to-date will ensure that your web site does not become stale.
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