ERA - Web Services

ERA Web-Design Services

Custom Web-Site Design
Web-Site Hosting
Discounted Pricing

The ERA is pleased to offer discounted web-site design to our members. If you have always wanted an Internet site for your business, but have been put-off by the cost or by the complexity of doing it yourself, we have good news!

The ERA package deal offers a basic web-site at a very affordable price. A four-page web-site will allow customers to look up your business, discover all you offer and find their way to your door.

Pages? Hosting? Domain? Server? If you find these terms confusing, please take a minute to read the helpful list of Frequently Asked Questions at the bottom of this page. Click here to go to the FAQ.

The Four-Page Package Includes:

	Home Page The home page is the first thing customers see. It briefly states, “This is who we are, and this is what we do”. Links are provided to guide customers to more detailed sections of the site. Contact information, including a map-link, is provided.	Services Offered This page expands on the “This is what we do” that was summarized on the home page. Here you can describe in detail all the services your business offers.
	About Us This section lets you introduce yourself to your customer. This is where you describe why you are the best, list your business credentials and convince them to come to your business.	Contact Information This is a page of detailed contact information. Here you can display all the different ways a customer can contact you, including phone, fax, pager, mail and email.
A complete site, created with the ERA Web-Site package, can be viewed by clicking here.

Options and Pricing

HOSTING OPTION	DESIGN COST	+ HOSTING COST	= TOTAL COST
Your Hosting Your Domain	$400.00	0	$400.00
ERA Hosting	$400.00	$100.00^*	$500.00
Additional Pages: $75.00 per page (up to four pictures plus text). Modifications requested after the initial site rollout will be billed at $65.00 per hour with a one hour minimum. Minor modifications, such as changing an address or phone number will be free of charge. ^*After the first year, ERA hosting will be billed at $120.00 annually.

OUR FREE DESIGN PACKET WILL GET YOU STARTED.

More information, including layout guides and an order form, is available in our design packet.

If you are ready to take the next step towards owning your own web-site, CLICK HERE to download a design packet.

If you prefer to receive your design packet by U.S. mail, call the ERA office 1-636-584-7400.
The office is open 9 am to 4:30 pm central time, Monday, Wednesday & Friday.

-- ERA Web Services are available only to ERA members --

Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT IS A WEBSITE?
It is a location on a part of the Internet, known as the World Wide Web (the web, www). A website consists of screens (pages) of information.
This information is stored on a computer known as a server. The server delivers the pages to the customer's computer.
Hi-speed servers are too expensive for a small business to own, so companies exist that rent space on their servers. This is known as hosting.
The first screen of a website that is displayed is called the homepage. Customers can move from page to page, within a website, by clicking on areas known as links.
Every website has a unique address (for example www.electricbob.com). When a customer goes to your "address", he sees your homepage.

WHAT IS A WEBSITE ADDRESS?
A website address (known as a URL) is a combination of a "name" and an "extension". The name can be anything that you want if no one else owns it. For example, for our sample site, "electricbob" is the name part of the address. The "extension" for a business is usually "com". but "biz" is also an option. So to create an address for our sample site, we combine "www" with "electricbob" and "era01.com". Periods (dots) are used to separate the parts. This complete address is known as a domain name.

WHAT IF I ALREADY HAVE A WEBSITE?
If you already own your domain name and have a website with a hosting plan, then the ERA Web-Services can design a new site and upload it to your host's server.

WHAT IF I DON'T OWN A DOMAIN NAME OR HAVE A WEBSITE?
The ERA Web-Services can do it all for you!

We will help you create a web address.
We will design your new website.
We will host your website on our server.