Then click for the CONTACT US page and fire away with your questions! Solid Sam really likes discussing things with potential customers.

However, first of all click on each question in turn below and the answer will appear.

Whether we like it or not (and if you don't like it, I can sympathise with you) computers are here and are going to play and ever more important role in society. More and more people are using the internet for everyday information. Organisations without websites are missing out.

I will give one example. I built a website for my local church. Many members delight in telling me "but I don't have a computer". (My reply is; "Well go to the library where you can go online free" but they don't want to know.) The fact is that this church website is viewed on average by nearly 50 people per day (according to statistics free with many hosting packages). OK, so some of these have no real interest, but feedback indicates many have, even if it is only to find out the Vicar's telephone number.

I have set up Solid Sam particularly to help those who do not understand computers, and perhaps do not have time to get to grips with it. Solid Sam will run the whole thing for you, once we know what you want on your website. Please CONTACT ME for a chat. I will do my best to help.

Oliver Foreman

P.S. If you are a voluntary organisation, please tell me. Providing your requirements are simple, I will endeavour to give you a special price.

Simply because everybody has different requirements and Solid Sam likes to charge a reasonable fee for fulfilling exactly what the customer wants.

Ideally proprietor Oliver will visit you to fully understand what you wish to promote. Alternatively, he will achieve this by discussion and research in order to get the 'feel' for what you are aiming for.

Then a draft one page website will be produced for you to look at and an exact breakdown of costs will be produced. If you decide to proceed, only then will Solid Sam require payment.

No problem! As soon as Solid Sam understands your requirements, a realistic price will be quoted.

If your requirements are simple and you are a voluntary organisation, do not be afraid to ask for a special price!

There is no technical problem with any of these (subject to the format) BUT there are important matters to take into account.

One is copyright. If something goes onto your website that is somebody else's copyright material then both you and Solid Sam may be in big, big trouble.

Secondly, if you are using material which contains images of children, have you written permission to show these on the web? Some parents get VERY upset if their little darlings suddenly appear online without their consent. (Yes, I know from bitter experience!)

If you provide Solid Sam with media material, you will be required to sign a disclaimer before it goes online.

Solid Sam has a resident cartoon maker. She will draw sketches to your requirements for a very reasonable price.

Subject to what is written above, Solid Sam will be happy to use your photographs, preferably taken on a digital camera so they may be sent via email (but do not cut down the resolution) and put online with minimal loss of quality. Alternatively, Solid Sam will scan traditional photographs so they may be prepared for the web. If appropriate, your photographs may appear in a slideshow on your website, perhaps like THIS. For more ideas for your site, study WEBSITES constructed by Solid Sam proprietor Oliver Foreman.

The proprietor is Oliver Foreman, a teacher for over twenty years and involved in the passenger transport industry for around fifteen years.

Oliver was first intrigued by computers in the late 1970's when making holes in thousands of cards was the way to programme! Soon he was making up educational games for the BBC Micro and the Acorn Electron.

Having always endeavoured to keep up with the rapid advances, Oliver became involved with building websites around 2002, since when he has developed his expertise in XHTML, Javascript, CSS and more recently ASP.NET and AJAX.

Always up for a challenge, Oliver hopes, through Solid Sam, you will allow him to create a website for you!