Frequently Asked Questions

What is website design?
'Web design is a process of conceptualization, planning, modeling, and execution of electronic media content delivery via Internet in the form of technologies (such as markup languages) suitable for interpretation and display by a web browser or other web-based graphical user interfaces (GUIs).' - Source: Wikipedia

How long does it take to create a website?
The actual time to complete a web site design will depend on how quickly the customers settles on a design and how long it takes for the customer to provide the content for the web site.

Why do I need to host my website?
Web hosting is the business of housing, serving, and maintaining files for one or more websites. Web hosting is necessary because it acts as a gateway to the internet so that other internet users can access your website.

What is a Search Engine?
"A program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found." - Source: Webopedia

What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
According to Wikipedia, Search Engine Optimization is "the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results."

What is POP Mail?
POP is an acronym for Post Office Protocol. POP Mail is a protocol used to retrieve e-mail from a mail server. Most e-mail applications (sometimes called an e-mail client like outlook or thunderbird) use the POP protocol.

What is CGI?
CGI is an acronym for Common Gateway Interface. CGI is used by computers to define how web pages are displayed. CGI Scripts are useful for adding advanced features to your web site design.

What is PayPal?
PayPal is a payment processing service for online vendors.

What is a domain?
A domain is a name that identifies one or more IP addresses. For example, the domain name paypal.com represents about a dozen IP addresses. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages. For example, in the URL http://www.illinois-business-startup.com/index.html, the domain name is illinois-business-startup.com.