| |
 |
|
|
|
|
Cost Control Strategies
By providing the right information and ensuring it's in a usable format,
you can do a good deal to control the development costs of your web site
and to move the process ahead quickly. Use our
Quick Startup Tips as a checklist of "the
right stuff" and, where possible, provide it in the formats shown here. |
|
|
|
Text Documents
If you send us handwritten notes or printed matter, we will have to pay a
data entry operator to transcribe it into electronic format. If practical,
send documents in the following formats.
MSWord
.doc |
WordPerfect
.doc |
Rich Text
.rtf |
HTML
.html |
Text
.txt |
E-Mail
.txt |
|
|
|
|
|
Graphics
Artwork should be sent in camera ready form if possible. Photos can always
be sent as glossies. If you already have high-quality scans, send electronic
images in the following formats.
| .gif |
.tiff |
.jpg |
.png |
| .eps |
.psd |
.psp |
.clp |
|
|
|
|
|
Customization Doesn't Cut Cost
Suppose you wanted a big, new pickup truck, but you were a bit pressed for
cash. How effective might it be to go to a Ford dealer and say. "You know,
I really don't need a V8 or the extra seats and doors in the crew cab. Make
me up a special with a 4-cylinder and bare space in the back, only 2 doors,
and knock $5,000 off for the changes, and you've got a deal"? Chances are
such a custom truck would cost tens of thousands MORE than the stock V8 crew
cab with four doors and 2 rows of seats. We all know that.
However, when it comes to websites, that understanding
seems to evaporate. Just like car manufacturers, Web developers have stock
models. They can add features for you--at a cost. They can also disable or
remove features--at a cost. Custom work to remove this, that and the other
feature may actually add to the cost. Be sure to check what is part
of the stock build before spending a lot of time crossing off features in
an effort to pare down pricing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
To Scan or Not to Scan
If your artwork or photos have not been scanned, should you send us the art
as copy or scan it yourself? Unless you are very familiar with scanning
technology, ways to avoid Moiré patterns, how to get
high-quality contrast and saturation, it's better to send your material to
us and let us do the scanning. Yes, it does add a bit to the development
costs, but trying to post process poor quality scans is much more
costly, and will not produce as satisfying a result. If you scan and convert
to JPEG, use a low compression ratio. If you don't know what that means,
then don't scan. Send the originals and leave the scanning to us. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Toll
Free |
800.448.6399 |
| Boston |
617.723.3339 |
| Va. Bch. |
757.495.2771 |
| Fax |
617.723.7557 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Page URL:
www.etproductions.com/help/tips.html
Copyright © ET! Productions & J. K. Hollomon, Jr., 2001.
Excerpts from original site, © 1998/99. All rights
reserved.
Last revision:
Sunday, 28-May-2006 18:32:57 PDT |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
ET
Productions
160 East Berkeley St, Suite 312
Boston, MA 02118
| Phones: |
| Toll
Free |
800-448-6399 |
| Boston
Area |
617-723-3339 |
| Fax |
617-723-7557 |
e-mail
ETpro@etproductions.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
