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Im starting to get stuff together for a website but i have tried myself using a template as a temp measure until i get one done properly but not knowing HTML, wordpress etc then it needs to be removed when i get proper site gets running..

So im looking for an idea to the cost for someone to build a decent site for me with the following-

Aprox 3 or 4 pages
Front page an intro etc
Page 2- pricing
Page 3 images/albums

Secure password protected albums for familys etc to visit when i give the password.

Should be made easy for me to change individual parts like pricing, packages, add/remove images etc

I dont need secure payment or anything like that.

So just an idea on costs for the moment as im trying to get a business plan together just now and need to add this as a costing.I have a domain name and hosting sorted by may chage the hosting etc.
 
my bro in laws work can charge £800 for a 1 page site.

However, him and a friend are known to do cash in hand work ;) I've emailed him asking how much they would charge.

Professionally for something like this, with the album and with a CMS you are looking at around £1500+

Or you could do it all in wordpress, and look at getting a cheap template made for you :)
 
Harvey_nikon said:
Professionally for something like this, with the album and with a CMS you are looking at around £1500+
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Sounds about right to me. IMO it depends how much customisation you're after. If you're looking for something specific and bespoke then worth engaging a pro. Otherwise templated Wordpress sites are more than sufficient and a heck of a lot cheaper.

Beware of paying someone to create a site for you that doesn't use a CMS as you may either end up paying them lots for maintenance or have the headache of doing it yourself.

Andy.
 
I'm a second year student in Computer science, I learnt PHP is first year and since I've been building a CMS myself.

If you'd like to save a bit of money, You could easily source a lot of code on the internet and with a few ebooks you'll probably figure out how it works and how to modify it.

Also, Wordpress would probably be fine for you, I'm currently making an agency type site with it and so far found it very easy to use!
 
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I made a site for myself and wondered how to attach CMS,but still have no idea. Its not important as I can edit in dreamweaver direct to server.

Info would be great.
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Use php & mysql. Use the the database to hold the content. You'll need to know SQL but mysql is free on apache servers. If you're using a windows hosting service then you can use asp & SQL server. Link MS Access on your local machine to either back-end database for easy content management.
 
jim_j said:
Use php & mysql. Use the the database to hold the content. You'll need to know SQL but mysql is free on apache servers. If you're using a windows hosting service then you can use asp & SQL server. Link MS Access on your local machine to either back-end database for easy content management.
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Yep, nothing too complicated about it. I use a similar approach, albeit my technology of choice is ASP.NET and SQL Server. One of the things to be mindful of when using SQL is the exposure of SQL queries to your client-side app and how they can open you up to SQL Insertion Attack. When you take client-side parameters and insert them into SQL queries it’s actually very easy for a malicious user to insert their own SQL into that query and hack your database. ASP.NET gives you lovely protection from this in the form of Linq for formulating query.

Andy.
 
Just a point on the hacking front.

Joomla appears to be the flavour of the month for busting open at the moment!
 
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