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Examples of our work.

What We (Can) Do

We have experience with Small Business sites, Non-Profit Organization sites, and personal web space sites. We have experience setting up and self-publishing numerous Blogs. Whe have worked on Real Estate Sites, eCommerce Sites, Marine Dealership Websites, Fisheries Sites, online Art Galleries, online Classified Advertising, and many other aspects of putting a business online in the best possible way. We have a lot of graphic design experience, working with Photoshop and the rest of Adobe's CS3 Suite including Fireworks and Flash, with which we can design original flash elements for your site as well as stream video or music seamlessly from within your site. We also shoot the majority of our own images and edit them for inclusion in the sites we build.
All of our CSS styled HTML websites are original designs. We start with your logo, if you already have one, or design one for you if you wish. We then incorporate the colors of your logo or the colors you prefer into a general color theme that will run throughout the site, giving it continuity. We use a combination of your images, images from our own large catalog of shots we've taken over the years and images we go out and shoot of you and your business if it is appropriate, and combine them with an occasional stock photograph and our own original implementation of a CSS styling to come up with a unique look that you can -- and your customers will -- identify with your business. We then add more design elements as you want them in order to arrive at a site which is one of a kind and will identify your business in a way you can be proud of.
All of our CMS sites begin with your corporate image, you logo, and the look you want. We then use a very versatile and fully customizable template to set-up the structure of the site while adding design elements to incorporate your own look and a unique feel into your website. Using templates on a CMS site is not the same as using templates on HTML sites. In the case of HTML sites, "designers" use templates to avoid having to actually design. They fill your details in on a site that was generically produced and usually looks exactly that way...or in many cases just looks messy. Make no mistake, we do not use templates to create our HTML sites.

However, in any CMS a template controls where all the elements (usually referred to as modules) in the CMS design are displayed on the page. Using a template simply frees the designer from having to re-invent the wheel every time a new CMS site is built, and allows him to spend time worrying about incorporating unique and creative design elements as well as a content structure that will be easy and rewarding for you to work with. Some "designers" will use a commercial template supplied loaded with graphics and design elements and will not bother (or are unable) to change or personalize even the most basic of the design elements of the template, making the site look like it was either designed for someone else or just look a bit odd and fragmented. We never do that and when we use a CMS template we replace every design element, often rebuilding headers and logos in Adobe Acrobat in order to implement a design unique to the client.

Whichever kind of website you decide is best for you, static HTML or dynamic database driven; CSS or CMS, we can provide you with one that will be unique to you and your business.

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Your Choices

Let The Captain Build It

Captain's Designs, of Apalachicola, Florida, can take care of all your web site design, hosting and site maintenance needs. We can give you a web presence that will help promote your product and business or just put some things that are important to you online to share. We are located in Apalachicola, Florida but can work with you no matter where you are located.

Complex or simple, CMS or HTML, large or small, the choice is yours. Let the Captain handle it all for you.

You Have Choices

We can build you a dynamic CMS database driven site like this one or a more conventional HTML and CSS styled site. You can switch between this CMS site and our own HTML site by using the button just below.

For more detailed articles about the differences between HTML sites and CMS ones, look on the main menu above.

Your Image

Your Image Matters

Your Image means the world to you.
Put your web site in the capable hands of Captain's Designs and we will present your image to the world in the best of all possible ways.

Continue reading to learn about some of the ways Captain's Designs can help you best present your image to the world.

How We Establish Your Image

If you want to start from scratch, often the color scheme is the best place to begin. First we work with you to create a co-ordinated palette for you. If you already have "signature colors", we can help you expand that into a full palette to use throughout the website to give your web presence continuity.

Next, if you don't already have a logo, we will create one using that color scheme and then use your new logo and color scheme to design and build a cohesive web site with a central theme. Read more...

Our Services

Secure Set-Up and Installation

Many new computers arrive already bogged down by excess programs and utilities that you will never need. You never really know how well it COULD work. Known as "bloatware", some of the largest computer builders (Dell, HP, Compaq) are the biggest offenders. Many other new computers are compromised within the first few days before their owners have a chance to learn how to keep them secure.

Why go through that? Let us set up your new computer, streamline it to run at its potential, immunize it against problems, and get you off to a good start.

Viral and Malware Extermination

We do on-site assessment of malware or viral infections. We will come to your home or office and assess the problems with any computer or network and give you good solid advice on how to proceed.

If your computer needs time consuming multiple scans, we can take it back to our "lab" so we can run those scans without having to charge you for all the time it takes to let the scans do their work. We keep up to date on the latest malware released "in the wild" and have a full arsenal of tools at our disposal to root out and defeat the toughest of computer infections.

Our Pricing

Static Sites (HTML)

If it will fit your needs, the least expensive option for a web presence can undoubtedly be a static HTML site. Don't misunderstand, the term "static site" simply means the pages themselves are created and stored on the server and then the user's browser calls up the entire "static" page when it visits the site. A "static HTML site" can still have lots of interesting features, slide shows, and even flash or video features,

Pricing for static HTML sites is fairly straightforward. Like most design companies, we charge per page and then give you an "a la carte" choice of a number of extras..

Content Management Sites (CMS)

Content Management Sites, or CMS, are so flexible, dynamic and scalable that it is impossible to set static prices. If you are interested in a CMS site (and if you want a cutting edge site with maximum flexibility you should really consider one) we will work with you and follow a basic workflow to arrive at a firm contract and price based on the site you want created before we begin.

We will meet with you, find out exactly what you have in mind, work up a mock-up and design ideas, present that to you, set a price for the project, sign a contract with you and move ahead with the design.

Some Demos

We've put together a page on our HTML site of links to demos of some features we have built for various sites. Some flash movies, slideshows, music, video and more elements that will give your pages more interest. Link below left is to demo page, icons link to features on live sites.

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Captain's Designs
Apalachicola, FL 32320
850 653 1180

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