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Chapter 1 : What is hcedesign?

hcedesign is a web design firm which offers services related to the design, construction and maintenance of websites. It is currently a one-man freelance operation starring HCE. Please note that we do not personally offer web hosting or domain registration, but we can certainly arrange that through a third party on your behalf. Also note that we do not currently offer database-driven e-commerce solutions.

What we do offer is all the work involved in creating a complete website, including graphic design, image processing, structural as well as functional design and of course the web programming.

Our involvement does not have to end when the website is finished if you need help to keep them updated. We can either teach you how to update them yourself or we can do it for you, by instructions received over the phone or by e-mail.

Extended services | We also offer translation services (English-Norwegian and Norwegian-English). If you prefer to write your site's content yourself rather than hiring a professional copywriter, then we can also assist in shaping the text content if needed. Finally, we can also offer digital photography for images intended to be used on the site (no photo printouts).

Means of production | hcedesign's creations are born on IBM-compatible PCs. Other equipment used includes scanner, digital camera, and audio and video capture cards (CD, MD, VHS, VCD, DVD).

As far as software is concerned, we use mainly Adobe® and Macromedia® products like Photoshop®, ImageReady®, Illustrator®, Premiere®, Dreamweaver®, Fireworks®, Flash™ and Director®, as well as Sonic Foundry®'s Sound Forge® for audio editing.

Macromedia Director Macromedia Flash Macromedia Fireworks Macromedia Dreamweaver Sonic Foundry Sound Forge Adobe Premiere Adobe Photoshop Adobe ImageReady Adobe Illustrator


Click the icons above for more information on any of these programs. It's worth noting that these tools are only that; tools. The basic html design is still hand-coded in notepad. Dreamweaver is used for site management and text editing, while the other programs are used for graphic and multimedia design. Most sites are created using any combination of html, javascript, CSS, SSI and php.

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