What is Drupal?

A. Drupal is quickly becoming known as the #1 open-source CMS used to build scalable sites with a vast range of features. With its built-in features and free add-on modules, it provides affordable solutions to meet your online needs. Drupal has hundreds of off the shelf modules to help you accomplish almost anything you need to add to your site in the future. A small sample of the possibilities include blogging, photo galleries, a forum, newsletter signup, polls, streaming media, podcasting and much more. We have used it to create corporate websites, social networking sites, sites with ecommerce needs, and non-profit organization sites.

Drupal allows you to publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content. With Drupal’s content management system, anyone in your organization can update your site from any online computer in the world. Read More about Drupal

What Do You Charge for a Site?

A. Our custom designed content management websites start at $10,000 CDN. Depending on the scope of your site and the features you are looking to add, the pricing will vary.

A basic quotation includes a browser-tested tableless CSS, XHTML site with an integrated Drupal content management system. By choosing Image X, you can also be assured that you will receive:

• Expert guidance on content organization, usability and site navigation from our Information Architect
  
• Consultation on the design of your site. Our skilled design team will ensure that your vision is translated into a visually appealing, solid design.
  
• Training on how to use the content management system so you will be able to easily update your site’s content

If you’re looking for more economical options for your new site, we recommend checking out some of the “Web Design Companies” at the bottom of our Referred Services pages.

How Long Does it Take to Build?

A. Typically, a basic website will take 2-3 months to design and build out. This timeline includes the following stages:

• Project Planning
• Information Architecture and Navigation
• Site Design
• Development
• Content Input
• Site Launch

Sometimes the turnaround time can be faster if a client has all their content ready and if they’re prompt on responding to approval requests. For larger sites the timeline could be 6-12 months or more depending on the scope of the project.

Do You Provide Site Maintenance?

A. Yes. We have a convenient Maintenance Support System that allows you to purchase maintenance time with us. Read more about our system and its benefits here.

Do You Provide Print Services?

A. No. We don’t provide graphic design or printing services, but we know some great graphic designers that we can recommend (feel free to contact us if you’d like to get in touch with them). We also have several printing companies with whom we often work and refer to because of their reliable and economic work.

Here are a couple print shops we’d recommend:

• Globe Printers
• White Rock Design and Print