nossie
TPF Noob!
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2007
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- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Website
- www.quitealright.com
- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos OK to edit
Just out of curiosity to you all how many hours do you think a pro would need to make a site and how much do you get paid an hour?
Sites have come a long way from bald basic HTML. There is a huge learning curve for anyone starting out now regardless of what route you take. Content Management Systems are easy to maintain but a major pita to learn. Personally I hate them and prefer to code straight ASP.NET from templates. But then what's your prefered language?.. ASP, java, ajax, flash, php. What about a data driven site? What database?.. MySQL, SQL Server.
I don't think a grand is dear if you get a grand's worth. Sure you can use MS word and do a website with that or use an online site builder and to be fair to you I think that's what you should do but just know that when you pay man to do a site a grand isn't really that much when you balance it against his time/hours. Any chance any of you think it might take him a week?
Here's a site I'm working on www.upkeepers.ie it takes 20-30mins to add a single product and it's utterly mind numbing but it's my time and it has to be paid for. So if I've to faff about on an image for an advertisement/logo/photo then that's my time too.
Then there's the search engines, that's more work, then there's the domain registration, then there's the hosting account setups, then there's the email accounts, then there's the client/customer support.
Here's my recommendation for you to get started. Read about Coppermine http://coppermine-gallery.net/ then subscribe to the super cheap but with good support webhostforasp.net http://www.webhostforasp.net/ (I'm not affiliated) they have coppermine installers built in to the service to get you started in minutes.
I'll help you if you want when I can but you have to learn plenty first. Feel free to PM me.
Good luck.:thumbup:
Ray.
Sites have come a long way from bald basic HTML. There is a huge learning curve for anyone starting out now regardless of what route you take. Content Management Systems are easy to maintain but a major pita to learn. Personally I hate them and prefer to code straight ASP.NET from templates. But then what's your prefered language?.. ASP, java, ajax, flash, php. What about a data driven site? What database?.. MySQL, SQL Server.
I don't think a grand is dear if you get a grand's worth. Sure you can use MS word and do a website with that or use an online site builder and to be fair to you I think that's what you should do but just know that when you pay man to do a site a grand isn't really that much when you balance it against his time/hours. Any chance any of you think it might take him a week?
Here's a site I'm working on www.upkeepers.ie it takes 20-30mins to add a single product and it's utterly mind numbing but it's my time and it has to be paid for. So if I've to faff about on an image for an advertisement/logo/photo then that's my time too.
Then there's the search engines, that's more work, then there's the domain registration, then there's the hosting account setups, then there's the email accounts, then there's the client/customer support.
Here's my recommendation for you to get started. Read about Coppermine http://coppermine-gallery.net/ then subscribe to the super cheap but with good support webhostforasp.net http://www.webhostforasp.net/ (I'm not affiliated) they have coppermine installers built in to the service to get you started in minutes.
I'll help you if you want when I can but you have to learn plenty first. Feel free to PM me.
Good luck.:thumbup:
Ray.