INTERESTED IN BEING HOSTED OR LISTED HERE? Sacred-spaces.info seeks to raise awareness of the holy in human experience and in the natural world, whether one thinks in terms of organized religions or not. This site offers to visitors a selective introduction to a wide range of resources that are both human and environmental, individual and institutional.

The Webkeeper of Sacred-spaces.info, Dr. Thomas Heck, an emeritus professor from Ohio State University now living in Santa Barbara, selectively provides exposure on this site to serious and committed persons and institutions who wish to bring their services, insights, and gifts to the attention of the worldwide community of spiritual seekers.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Spaces and links on "Santa Barbara Sacred Spaces" (www.sacred-spaces.info/sba)

Santa Barbara Sacred Spaces, indexed on Google, offers high-quality, high-visibility spaces and links to publicize the services of retreat centers, faith communities, and practitioners in and around Santa Barbara who minister to spiritual seekers.

Follow this link for more information about being listed
on Santa Barbara Sacred Spaces.

2. Sites, Spaces and Links on "Sacred Spaces.Info" (www.sacred-spaces.info)

Interested in having your spiritually relevant activity, service, or site listed, linked, or hosted on Sacred-spaces.info? The Webmaster offers the following services and rates:

HOSTED WEB SITES

• Web-site design (including a home page and up to six related pages, which may be created with frames, tables, and a variety of other recent Web technologies if desired): $400.
• Mounting and maintenance fee (including up to an hour per month of revisions or maintenance): $30/mo. (or $330/yr when paid annually). Extra hours of Web design and site maintenance (or fractions thereof, billed in tenths of an hour) are payable by monthly invoice at $25/hr.). A hosted site includes one e-mail forwarding address for inquiries at no extra charge.

Having a HOSTED SITE at Sacred-spaces.info can be much more cost-effective than trying to manage your own Web site with its own domain name, because no costs are incurred for renting the domain name, paying the web hosting service, or dealing with a commercial Web designer (whose rates are often in the $60-150/hr range). Additionally, exposure on a meta-site of this nature, indexed in Google and receiving more than 2,000 hits a month, can generate more frequent inquiries than one might otherwise have. A current example of a fully hosted site would be Santa Barbara Sacred Spaces (sacred-spaces.info/sba).

SPONSORED LINKS

Front-page LINKS listed under "Sponsored Links " are given very high visibility in exchange for a modest monthly listing fee. The owners of sponsored links typically pay $120/year ($10/mo.) for this exposure. Current examples include two dynamic Santa Barbara area adult faith communities: Word and Life, and Voice of the Faithful Santa Barbara Area.

CLASSIFIED SECONDARY-LEVEL SITES AND LINKS

When one enters Sacred-spaces.info, one is given a variety of interest-areas from which to choose. In addition to "hosted" sites and "sponsored" links, there are top-level headings like Retreat Centers, Peacemaking, Communities, Iconography, Architecture, and Other links. These pages in turn have (or soon will have) their own "featured sites and links" available at prices that are about 30% less than one would pay for top-level exposure:

• A secondary-level Link to your Web site.............................. $9/mo, or $99/year.
• A secondary-level Display Ad (approx. 5 x 5")
  with a photo, description, links, etc. ............................... $12/mo/ or $129/year.
• A secondary-level Web page ............................................ $21/mo, or $220/year.

Contact the Webkeeper for specifics regarding your listing's size, location, creation, and maintenance.

Follow this link for a detailed prospectus on
Web site design, creation, and related expenses.