KMS is a free-lance web designer based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. KMS creates sites with diverse styles and purposes for a variety of businesses. The goal of KMS is to create unique, easy to navigate web designs at affordable prices.

KMS specializes in web services for professionals, small businesses and organizations, designing sites with an emphasis on simplicity and usability. KMS believes that your website should be designed for your target audience and be within your price range. Let KMS help you create a custom web design and assist you with establishing your business on the internet.

All clients of KMS receive personal and attentive service. Many small business owners are unsure of the steps involved in creating a web presence, KMS will assist you every step of the way. Please see the KMS Questions page for FAQs or contact KMS with any additional questions.

A professional, attractive, and easy to use website is essential in today's market and a well designed website will be an invaluable asset to your business. It will provide insight into who you are and the services or products you offer. Whether you need a completely new site or just a redesign of your existing site, KMS will work closely with you to design an affordable website that will truly reflect your business.

When KMS finishes a website the relationship does not end. Your site can be maintained and updated for you, on a per-hour billing structure, or you can be trained on how to make your own changes and updates.

Updates can range from adding new web pages, publishing press releases, or updating contact information to analyzing site statistics in order to more clearly understand your website visitors. Keeping a website current is essential in attracting repeat visitors to your site.

You may use any domain name registrar or web hosting provider that you prefer. KMS does recommend Lunarpages for both web hosting and domain name registration. Lunarpages web hosting packages do include unlimited email accounts and webmail.

You may set up domain name registration and web hosting accounts or KMS can provide that service for you. Either way, you will be given full access to domain name and web host account information and control panels.

KMS website projects are each coded with search engine optimization in mind. Validated XHTML/CSS and Google SEO Design and Content Guidelines are implemented on each site. This service is provided for each KMS customer however, search engine optimization involves more than a properly coded website. SEO also requires link building and marketing your website online. The rank of your website can be improved by increasing the number of high quality sites that link to your pages.

When your website project has been completed and published it will be submitted to the top search engines and the Open Directory Project

KMS can market your website by creating a Google AdWords campaign for your site or helping you to create your own campaign. Google AdWords is a pay-per-click contextual on-line advertisement program

Included in each KMS website design package is set-up of a free StatCounter.com statistics package. StatCounter uses many powerful tools to help you better understand your website visitors and make better decisions about your website.

You may supply images and graphics for your website. if you prefer, KMS will search stock photography and illustration websites to provide graphics for you. A KMS favorite stock photography website is iStockphoto.com.

There are quite a few factors that will effect the final cost of your website. Some of these factors are: how many pages you will have, whether or not you will require graphics, if you will sell products on your website, and how interactive your website will be. Please contact KMS to begin planning your website and receive a quote.

The amount of time it will take to create your website is determined by the size of your website, the complexity of your site design, and the current client design schedule. KMS will go out of the way to meet your scheduling needs.

Every website must have a domain name. A domain name is your website's unique address on the internet. The most common domain names will end in .com or .org, but there are others to choose from. See the Wikipedia definition of "domain name".

You may use any domain name registrar that you prefer. KMS recommends Lunarpages for domain name registration.

Your website needs a home on the internet - a place for your domain name, web page files and graphics to reside. See the Wikipedia definition of "web hosting service".

You may use any domain name registrar or web hosting provider that you prefer. KMS does recommend Lunarpages for both web hosting and domain name registration.

Website maintenance or website updates refer to changes made to your website after the initial design and setup. Updates can range from adding new web pages, publishing press releases, or updating contact information to analyzing site statistics in order to more clearly understand your website visitors. Maintaining a website may mean updating code to work with new versions of web browsers, routinely changing passwords, or refreshing dates. Keeping a website current is essential in attracting repeat visitors to your site.

There are many different methods which can be used to update websites. If you have a small website and only wish to make changes infrequently, it may be more cost effective for KMS to make the changes for you. If you prefer, or if you have a large website that will require frequent changes, KMS will train you to make changes to your website using a variety of software.

KMS will help you establish an online image that will be consistent with the existing image with which your customers are already familiar.

KMS can accept almost any type of file. If your materials are printed, KMS can scan and convert them.

KMS will adapt your graphics to the design of your site. KMS will also provide stock photos and illustrations if you prefer.

Your site will be uploaded to a testing page so that you may view it as it is developed. The site will be published only when you are completely happy with the final preview copy.

The most frustrating aspect of web site design is designing for the various browsers and computer monitor resolution settings. For example, a web page may look great and work flawlessly in Internet Explorer but without adaptation the same page may not look as great in Mac's Safari. To help guard against these discrepancies your site will be tested in several browsers including: IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Google Chrome. It will also be tested using a variety of screen resolutions before it is published.

Included in each KMS website design package is set-up of a free StatCounter.com statistics package. You may view these statistics that are designed to show at a glance how many pageloads, unique visitors, returning visitors and first time visitors your site has received to date. They can be configured to display data of specific interest in a number of different ways. (text from statcounter.com)

Getting started is really easy. Simply contact KMS Websites to discuss a plan for your website. Once your requirements have been reviewed you will receive a quote for your website design project. Please contact KMS today, we look forward to hearing from you.