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Need help with a website.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:37 pm
by mr tibbs
Well, me and the old man are venturing out and going to try a new business. With this business we are pretty sure we are going to need a website. I know nothing about doing anything with a website. So, should we hire some local to do it? About how much should it cost? Anyone got any tips, or any advice of any kind??
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:50 pm
by dgoodhue
What do you want your website to do?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:02 pm
by mr tibbs
We are planning a pretty simple set-up. We're not selling anything online so we don't need a shopping cart set-up or anything like that. Probobly something with a few links and a contact button, a few pictures and a lot about us and the new company.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:33 pm
by VW337
I have ventured into it a bit and could help with a basic setup, shoot me an email about what you want in detail with pics and what not......
Click See my signature icon....... If I can do it I'll let you know.
Otherwise Tom or Paul would be good resources.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:42 pm
by mr tibbs
Well, this is still a few months down the road, but I'll send you a PM in a bit and see if you can help out!
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:53 pm
by HoseHead
Web pages are living creatures, ESPECIALLY if you are marketing product through them. They must be maintained regularly and need constant attention to be effective. Shitty web pages can lose more business than no web page at all.
Take a course on MS Front Page or other web building software so you can do updates yourself. It's really quite easy once you have the basics. A professional web designer charges professional prices.
Click my www buttton to see what I built. It's in terrible need of updating, but I think the pages are clean and easy to navigate. I have very basic skills in this area.
HH
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:42 pm
by Francious70
Tom would be the man to go to for coding if you needed it. I've got pretty good HTML knowledge, but for real, Frontpage should be all you'll need. It's included in MS office and if you need that, I know where you can acquire a copy.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:51 pm
by joyride
The easiest way I have found is to use open source. Basically it is free code that you can modify so that you can make it your own. I have done it for 3 sites, and all have turned out pretty well. The sites are http://homepages.wmich.edu~j2cervin and
http://www.widsa.com
To check out some open code, I usual.ly go to oswd.org. Let me know if you need any more help with modifying or other things.