Shop 'til you drop (carrier, that is)

Gulfcoast On-Line Development, Incorporated
Gulf Coast On-Line Development, Incorporated
Gulf Coast Online Development, Incorporated
GOLD, Inc
GOLDinc
Gold Ink
- They have affordable rates
- They know CGI
- They use Netscape extensions
- Rather than write HTML containing a table, they find it more interesting to write a script to create virtual tables. See the mosaic Hall of Fame

It's hard to evaluate the price of Web Presence when you have to purchase Internet Connectivity from that provider, as well. Don't sweat it. Get yourself a copy of the Netscape Navigator, or the Microsoft Internet Explorer, or the MCI Internet Navigator ... spend $30 dollars on a book, if you feel you need it, and construct your own page(s) as local files on your personal computer.

Get things just the way you like them, then Zip them (or pkarc them, or tar them, or Stuff them, or Compact them -- well, you get the idea) onto a 3.5" disk, then mail it, along with a check for the appropriate multiple of $10/month to

     Gulfcoast On-Line Development, Inc.
     P.O. Box 406
     Long Beach, MS 39560

if you've got Internet connectivity with a provider whose prices (or philosophies) you just can't get along with, just put the .tar file in your public_html directory and email the URL to goldinc@goldinc.com. We'll take things from there.

Oh, and don't forget to mail your check.

If creating your Web page proves too much, just send the info and we'll construct the page for you. The fee is negotiable, but we won't be under-sold by anyone.

   traveling the world
   never far from home
   some pressed coal
   crosses my path.

-- Anonymous user of synapse.net

Thanks for the link to our site, in return we have included a link back to your site.

Nice site,

Lloyd Kirk
Gulf Coast Information Systems

You are quite right to say that one shouldn't have to pay more than $50.00 for the construction of a Web page. That is precisely what most web pages look like "constructed" with about as much finess and style. i.e. none.

Don't you think that it is just about time that web pages be properly designed as are pages in print? If graphic designers would get a little more involved in the Web, this medium of communication will redeem itself from the low level of design value that it has to offer. And as a designer I know what care and time it takes to produce proper design and that requires a whole lot more than $50.00 per page. In fact design charges are based on the total concept of a site and not on a per page rate.

Make sure that when you make statements such as the one on the previous page that you qualify to your readers by saying that the service that you are offering has no added value to their image and that for good marketing they will have to pay designer rates.

Think about it. -- Anonymous user of infobahnos.com

You misunderstand. I was referring to Web Space rental. Suppose you prepare a carefully designed page and want to have it served up. How much are you prepared to pay for that service? How about $30 per month for 5 Megabytes? Too little? Too bad.

"Tell them you read it in GOLD Inc."

or maybe it was black and blue :^)