In the News

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Main Street Web Development was featured in the first edition of The Altus Aviator today.  Here’s what The Aviator had to say:

McKelvey offers affordable websites

“The DigiFix Web Design Studio, the answer for Altus businesses seeking affordable internet presence, has just made personal web design even more inexpensive.

“Heather McKelvey, founder and executive director, says the web sites are easy to use and easy to find.  She is announcing her latest endeavor, Main Street Web Development, where websites can be created for less than $30 a month.

“‘I basically offer a broad range of services, from affordable theme-based websites to high-end custom designed websites,’ said McKelvey.

“‘The websites have everything from e-commerce to real estate listings and everything in between,’ continued McKelvey.

“The Digifix offers an Identity and Branding package as well.  With the package, the customer receives a logo and stationary visually consistent with the website.  ‘Once the website is complete, we hand you your business cards, letterheads and envelopes right along with your website,’ McKelvey said.

“Some of the local websites McKelvey has designed include:

• enchanteddoorgifts.com
• altuschristian.org
• gallagherorthopedics.com
• fbcaltus.org
• discoveraltus.com

“More information is available at sitesonmain.com, thedigifix.com or you can email info@sitesonmain.com or info@thedigifix.com or call 580-471-1745.”

Now how’s that for kicking off a new product launch?

Introducing Main Street Web Development

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Cheap websites are a dime a dozen.  There are plenty of places on the web you can go to get a website for just a few bucks a month.  Problem is, they’re kind of ugly.  And if, indeed, you do happen across one that really looks great, you have to do it yourself!  Now for do-it-yourself kind of folks, this is a good proposition.  But for those of you who don’t want any website DIY in your life, you’re kind of up a creek if you don’t want to make the initial investment a custom website requires.

With my home-based custom web business, The DigiFix Web Design Studio, I have realized this conundrum for quite some time, and I’ve been working on a solution that acts like a “crossover” website.  With our new line of websites at Main Street Web Development, we are taking the affordable price of a DIY website, the fabulous creativity of a custom website, and DOING IT FOR YOU, to bridge that gap between what you want and what you can afford.

Getting a website has never been easier!  First of all, we schedule a Setup Session with you.  In this Setup Session, we meet you where you are to discuss all of the features you want in your website.  If you don’t happen to live in the Southwest Oklahoma/North Texas area, we can even have our Setup Session by phone, email, or webmeeting.  We help you select an available domain name, and we ask you the right questions to find out just what information you want to include.  Then we help you choose a pre-designed theme that gives you just the look you want.  And that’s all you have to do!  Once we get back to the studio, we set up your website, professionally write your content, and give you a call when it’s ready to view.

For all of this personal, one-on-one service, you’d expect a high price tag.  But our $99.95 setup fee is all you pay to have your own personal web consultant at your beckon call.  We have month-to-month subscription plans, so you can choose the plan that works best for you and upgrade, downgrade, or cancel at any time.  There is no commitment required.  Prices this low make it affordable to have a website for yourself and your business.

And one more thing–we’re always glad to update your website for you.  Our Upgrade Plan comes with three updates a month.  But if you want to save some money and update it yourself, you’ll find the control panel extremely easy to use, and we’ll gladly show you how to use it up close and in person.

Help us spread the word about Main Street Web Development!  Every business needs a website, and now it’s even easier than ever to get one.

My Sunday Cup

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This afternoon I am drinking from my Sunday cup.  It’s one I haven’t used since before I lived in this house, which means I probably haven’t used it since becoming a mother.  I drank from this cup every Sunday afternoon BC (before children).  Drinking from my Sunday cup was a privilege I only allowed myself on a Sunday afternoon when my entire house was clean and sparkling, something of which I regrettably cannot currently boast.  The delicate, ornate, blue and white teacup and saucer were a gift to me from the tea room the day of my bridal shower.  Somehow that teacup spoke to me of a life which I had yet to live.  It seemed to represent a person, a season, an experience that I had yet to embark upon.  Now looking back, I see that my teacup was indeed symbolic–symbolic of my journey into adulthood where fantasy and reality intermingle too delicately to tell them apart.

I’m not sure why, but I’ve been afraid to use my teacup here.  It’s been nearly seven years since I’ve filled it with coffee–long enough to forget my preferred proportions of cream and sugar in such a small vessel.  I have kept it in a special place in my cupboard, right next to the Waterford stems I have recently begun to use as every day glasses, yes, even right here in my 80’s kitchen.  I have seen the cup often, but have never ventured to pick it up at tea time.  It doesn’t seem quite adequate for handling the weight my motherhood coffee must bear.

Back when I used to drink from my Sunday cup, it was only to relish in the quiet self-satisfaction of a job well-done and a house well-cleaned.  It was a way of rewarding myself for working hard all week at the hospital and working hard on the weekend to keep house.  Even then it was something new and different and meaningful to know that I had successfully entered adulthood, and that my childish enjoyment of noise and excitement had finally given way to a strong and grateful preference of peace, solitude, and a few moments to myself.

Now, several years later, my afternoon coffee doesn’t often find itself in the midst of reflection on a blissful afternoon.  Nor does it simply exist for a moment of mere pleasure.  My motherhood afternoon coffee carries the responsibility of refueling me for the harder part of the day–the part where homework and dinner and bathtime prevail.  In some ways, my afternoon coffee really represents me–the me that I am now.  And my Sunday cup represents the me that I was then.  The Now Me is less me and more Mommy.  And that’s a good thing.