Black Horse Media | Website Development, Photography, Print Media

Welcome To Black Horse Media

I’m a website developer from Canada. I’ve been developing websites for about 20 years and specialize in websites that clients can update themselves. I use a CMS program that allows clients to update menus and page content, add images, run an eCommerce site and much more.

I also provide logo and print design services for posters, letterheads and business cards.

I currently do all website development work as a freelancer at upWork. You can view my profile to see my rating and feedback from clients.

If you are in need of hosting services, I highly recommend Siteground. They have servers in many locations within North America. I am affiliated with them so if you sign up via this link I will get a bit of a commission 🙂

I work with WordPress exclusively and recommend premium themes from Theme Forest. Premium themes offer the best support and security, and are updated on a regular basis to coincide with code updates of the WordPress core. If you are interested in a theme from Theme Forest, you can use my affiliate link and I will get a 30% commission from your first purchase. I highly recommend the WordPress theme “Avada.”

The WordPress theme that I enjoy working with the most, and most often recommend is “Divi” (by Elegant Themes). What I like about Divi’s page builder is that the different content containers are color-coded. I also really like that each “element” (title, text block, etc.) can be customized easily. My clients really appreciate these things – the page structure (rows, columns, titles etc.) are visually represented and they can make changes to font size, color, etc. right from the page editing screen. Here is my affiliate link for the Divi builder.

Recently I learned of a plugin that allows my clients to make changes to font size, color, etc. right from the front end of their site/pages (as opposed to using the WordPress editing screen). The plugin’s name is “CSS Hero” and I highly recommend it. It works with both the Avada and Divi themes. Here is my affiliate link for CSS Hero.

Website Development Services and Pricing

Providing quotes for website development is quite tricky, as everyone’s needs are different. But I can give you an estimate of what most sites cost based on previous experience, depending on the size of the site.

All websites that I develop allow the site owner to easily make changes to menus, content, images and products (if eCommerce is set up).

Prices are current as of July, 2018.

Item	Description	Cost
Brochure Site	A one-page website. Can have a menu with links to different sections within the page.	$90
2-5 Pages	Basic content (text and images).	$150
5-10 Pages	Basic content (text and images).	$250
eCommerce	Fully equipped online store with shipping functionality.	Approx $50/10 products
Maintenance	Updates to your brochure site or website.	$55.00 CAD/hour

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will it take for my web site to be ready?

Your web site will be ready in 1 to 24 hours, depending on your requirements.

How do I make changes to my web site?

Once your account is set up you will log into your web site with a username and password. Once logged in you can use a simple fill in the blank type forms to add or edit the content of your web site.