Web Design:

No matter what type of business you are in, your business can benefit from a web presence.

Small businesses from bakeries to gift shops to doctor's offices, clubs and organizations can all benefit from having a web site as a place to share information about services offered, office hours, upcoming events, etc.

It is an extremely affordable method of advertising, and it is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - even when you are not - to answer questions prospective customers and current clients may have about your services.

Web Site Maintenance:

If you already have a web site, Launch Pad Media takes on site maintenance projects. We can assist you in keeping your site information fresh and up-to-date. Please contact us today for assistance with your existing web site.

We can also assist you with search engine optimization, online ad campaigns, and adding appropriate keywords to your site to make sure your site gets higher placement in search results.

Web Hosting:

As part of our web design business, Launch Pad Media has secured web server space that is located at a data center in downtown Chicago in a secure, controlled environment with high-speed connections to the Internet. We have made these arrangements in order to be able to provide our own hosting service that is uniform across all of our clients, yet flexible for growth as their needs expand.

Our Luna standard hosting plan is suitable for most customers. For $20/month, it offers the following features:

• 200 MB of storage

• 6 GB monthly traffic = approx. 600,000 hits per month

• 10 POP e-mail accounts and one catch-all default email account to catch ANY email directed at your domain name

• Unlimited e-mail aliases, to direct domain e-mail to alternate (AOL, Hotmail, etc.) or multiple accounts

• Form, guest book counter, message board & mailing list capabilities

• Your own CGI-BIN, allowing Perl v5.x, C++, gcc, TCL, Python scripts

The server is a UNIX server and its specifications are: Dual Pentium III server running Linux (RedHat 7.2 based) and Apache 1.3.x. The data center provides multiple OC3 lines to the Internet; UPS power back up; an anti-static environment with redundant HVAC system and 24x7 network monitoring.

Other hosting packages are available. Let us know what you need, and we can come up with a suitable solution.

- get started for just $750