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  • Do I need a web site?
  • What does it cost to put my presence on the internet?
  • What is included with site maintenance?
  • What is a URL?
  • What does WWW mean?
  • What is the difference between the Internet, WWW and email?
  • What is a domain name?
  • What is a top-level domain?
  • What are generic top-level domains?
  • What are the country code top-level domains?
  • How should I write an email address? Can I use CAPITAL LETTERS?
  • Have a question of your own?




    Q: Do I need a web site?

    A: The web is an excellent marketing tool. . . offering visitors to your site 24 hour access and provides them with immediate answers to questions about your business and/or products. Can you afford not to have a website?
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    Q: What does it cost to put my presence on the internet?

    A: The cost of a website varies from one site to another. Our sites are custom designed, giving careful and individual attention to your requirements. We typically charge an hourly rate. For further information, visit our Pricing Information, Hourly Rate Page, our Pricing Information, Per Project Fee Page, and our Pricing Information, Retainer Fee Page.
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    Q: What is included with site maintenance?

    A: Once you have your online presence established, it will be necessary to make changes to its content (products, prices, names, phone numbers and addresses for example). It will also be necessary to make these content changes or updates on a scheduled maintenance routine, either daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. We can maintain your maintenance service contract per your required schedule.
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    Q: What is a URL?

    A: URL means Uniform Resource Locator. This is the address of documents or data in the World Wide Web.
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    Q: What does WWW mean?

    A: WWW are initials that stand for World Wide Web. A 'web' is a network of fibres or cables connecting different points. The Web is one of the services available on the Internet. It lets you access millions of pages through a system of hyperlinks. Because it is 'world-wide', it was originally called the World Wide Web or WWW.
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    Q: What is the difference between the Internet, WWW and email?

    A: The Internet is the physical system (computers, wires, connections etc). WWW (the World Wide Web) and email are services that you use when connected to the Internet. There are other services on the Internet, such as FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and News Groups.
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    Q: What is a domain name?

    A: A domain name is a unique name used to identify and locate computers on the Internet. A domain name provides an easy-to-remember Internet address, which computers translate into numeric IP (Internet Protocol) addresses used by the Internet. An IP address like 216.205.67.185 is good for computers but difficult for humans to remember. But humans can easily remember a domain name like idiomwebdesigns.com in http://www.idiomwebdesigns.com.
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    Q: What is a top-level domain?

    A: A top-level domain is the last part of a domain name. In idiomwebdesigns.com, ".com" is the top-level domain.
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    Q: What are generic top-level domains?

    A: The multi-letter top-level domains (like .COM, .NET, .ORG etc) are called generic top-level domains (gTLDs).
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    Q: What are the country code top-level domains?

    A: There is a 2-letter top-level domain for each country (for example: .FR for France, or .JP for Japan). These are called country code top-level domains or ccTLDs.

    Afghanistan AF
    Albania AL
    Algeria DZ
    American Samoa AS
    Andorra AD
    Angola AO
    Anguilla AI
    Antarctica AQ
    Antigua and Barbuda AG
    Argentina AR
    Armenia AM
    Aruba AW
    Australia AU
    Austria AT
    Azerbaijan AZ
    Bahamas BS
    Bahrain BH
    Bangladesh BD
    Barbados BB
    Belarus BY
    Belgium BE
    Belize BZ
    Benin BJ
    Bermuda BM
    Bhutan BT
    Bolivia BO
    Bosnia-Herzegovina BA
    Botswana BW
    Bouvet Island BV
    Brazil BR
    British Indian Ocean Territory IO
    Brunei Darussalam BN
    Bulgaria BG
    Burkina Faso BF
    Burundi BI
    Cambodia KH
    Cameroon CM
    Canada CA
    Cape Verde CV
    Cayman Islands KY
    Central African Republic CF
    Chad TD
    Chile CL
    China CN
    Christmas Island CX
    Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC
    Colombia CO
    Comoros KM
    Congo CG
    Cook Islands CK
    Costa Rica CR
    Croatia (Hrvatska) HR
    Cuba CU
    Cyprus CY
    Czech Republic CZ
    Czechoslovakia CS
    Denmark DK
    Democratic Republic of Congo CD
    Djibouti DJ
    Dominica DM
    Dominican Republic DO
    East Timor TP
    Ecuador EC
    Egypt EG
    El Salvador SV
    Equatorial Guinea GQ
    Estonia EE
    Ethiopia ET
    Falkland Islands (Malvinas) FK
    Faroe Islands FO
    Fiji FJ
    Finland FI
    France FR
    France (European Territory) FX
    French Guyana GF
    French Polynesia PF
    French Southern Territories TF
    Gabon GA
    Gambia GM
    Georgia GE
    Germany DE
    Ghana GH
    Gibraltar GI
    Greece GR
    Greenland GL
    Grenada GD
    Guadeloupe (French) GP
    Guam (US) GU
    Guatemala GT
    Guinea GN
    Guinea-Bissau GW
    Guyana GY
    Haiti HT
    Heard and McDonald Islands HM
    Honduras HN
    Hong Kong HK
    Hungary HU
    Iceland IS
    India IN
    Indonesia ID
    Islamic Republic of Iran IR
    Iraq IQ
    Ireland IE
    Israel IL
    Italy IT
    Ivory Coast (Côte D'Ivoire) CI
    Jamaica JM
    Japan JP
    Jordan JO
    Kazakhstan KZ
    Kenya KE
    Kiribati KI
    Kuwait KW
    Kyrgyzstan KG
    Laos (People's Democratic Republic) LA
    Latvia LV
    Lebanon LB
    Lesotho LS
    Liberia LR
    Libya (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) LY
    Liechtenstein LI
    Lithuania LT
    Luxembourg LU
    Macau MO
    Macedonia MK
    Madagascar MG
    Malawi MW
    Malaysia MY
    Maldives MV
    Mali ML
    Malta MT
    Marshall Islands MH
    Martinique (French) MQ
    Mauritania MR
    Mauritius MU
    Mexico MX
    Micronesia FM
    Moldavia MD
    Monaco MC
    Mongolia MN
    Montserrat MS
    Morocco MA
    Mozambique MZ
    Myanmar MM
    Namibia NA
    Nauru NR
    Nepal NP
    Netherland Antilles AN
    Netherlands NL
    Neutral Zone NT
    New Caledonia (French) NC
    New Zealand NZ
    Nicaragua NI
    Niger NE
    Nigeria NG
    Niue NU
    Norfolk Island NF
    North Korea KP
    Northern Mariana Islands MP
    Norway NO
    Oman OM
    Pakistan PK
    Palau PW
    Panama PA
    Papua New Guinea PG
    Paraguay PY
    Peru PE
    Philippines PH
    Pitcairn PN
    Poland PL
    Polynesia (French) PF
    Portugal PT
    Puerto Rico (US) PR
    Qatar QA
    Reunion (French) RE
    Romania RO
    Russian Federation RU
    Rwanda RW
    Saint Helena SH
    Saint Kitts Nevis Anguilla KN
    Saint Lucia LC
    Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM
    Saint Tome and Principe ST
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC
    Samoa WS
    San Marino SM
    Saudi Arabia SA
    Senegal SN
    Seychelles SC
    Sierra Leone SL
    Singapore SG
    Slovak Republic (Slovakia) SK
    Slovenia SI
    Solomon Islands SB
    Somalia SO
    South Africa ZA
    South Korea KR
    Soviet Union SU
    Spain ES
    Sri Lanka LK
    Sudan SD
    Surinam SR
    Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands SJ
    Swaziland SZ
    Sweden SE
    Switzerland CH
    Syria (Syrian Arab Republic) SY
    Tajikistan TJ
    Taiwan TW
    Tanzania TZ
    Thailand TH
    Togo TG
    Tokelau TK
    Tonga TO
    Trinidad and Tobago TT
    Tunisia TN
    Turkey TR
    Turkmenistan TM
    Turks and Caicos Islands TC
    Tuvalu TV
    Uganda UG
    Ukraine UA
    United Arab Emirates AE
    United Kingdom UK
    United States of America US
    United States Minor Outlying Islands UM
    Uruguay UY
    Uzbekistan UZ
    Vanuatu VU
    Vatican City State VA
    Venezuela VE
    Vietnam VN
    Virgin Islands (British) VG
    Virgin Islands (US) VI
    Wallis and Futuna Islands WF
    Western Sahara EH
    Yemen YE
    Yugoslavia YU
    Zambia ZM
    Zimbabwe ZW

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    Q: How should I write an email address? Can I use CAPITAL LETTERS?

    A: Yes. You can write an email address with CAPITAL LETTERS or with small letters, or with a mixture of the two. It doesn't matter whether you use small letters or capital letters. For example, if someone tells you to write to GoodExample@IDIOMWEBDESIGNS.COM, it's okay to write to goodexample@idiomwebdesigns.com. You can use all the 26 letters of the alphabet, plus hyphens (-), underscore (_) and full stop (.), plus of course the at sign (@). For example, all the following are possible (but of course, you must be sure that the email address exists):
    goodexample@idiomwebdesigns.com
    GoodExample@IDIOMWEBDESIGNS.COM
    good-example@IdiomWebDesigns.com
    good.example@idiomwebdesigns.com
    GOOD_EXAMPLE@IDIOMWEBDESIGNS.COM
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    Q: Have a question of your own?

    A: Contact idiom web designs.
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