Web Site Design

[rickeyfro]

Im trying to find someone who does website design. Im pretty clueless to how this is done and would like to find someone that can do it for a reasonable price. Rick

[Denise]

PM Johanna. That's what else she does besides run LW for free.

[rickeyfro]

PM Johanna. That's what else she does besides run LW for free.

Thanks Denise

[Bree]

Im trying to find someone who does website design. Im pretty clueless to how this is done and would like to find someone that can do it for a reasonable price. Rick

Smart move! The Web has advanced quite a bit since the early days of simple HTML code. Nowadays, a well designed and functional website for a business is beyond the technical skill of most ordinary and even extraordinary people. Nevertheless, so many people still insist on the "DIY" website and most are terrible. What these folks "save" on programming fees, they lose in business that never materializes for a variety of reasons almost all of which are related to the initial bad choice of programmer.

It is much better to let someone who knows what they are doing help create your site. You do what you excel at and let them do what they excel at. It pays big dividends in the long run. To paraphrase Warsteiner's claim about beer... Business opportunity is too short to be wasted on cheap websites.

PS... shameless message provided by an IBM Webmaster/Web Developer.

Edited November 6, 2008 by Bree

[steveb]

My suggestion would be for you to figure out a few things before you engage a professional... like:

1 - why do you want a site? ego, commerce, why?

2 - what do you need the site to do. show work? take orders?

3 - how do you plan on making money with the site, if that is your goal? People wont just find you, you need to push them to your site...how do you plan on doing that?

4- can you write, can you use a camera? Content is king and if you cant produce a compelling view/read/interaction - dont bother... people will dismiss you as an amateur

5 - how/when/where/why are you going to keep it updated? Content is like fish, it goes bad/stale really quick, so what is your commitment to keeping your "fish fresh"

start here...this is enough for you to consider to keep you busy.

If you can hammer this stuff out - by the time your ready to engage a designer, you'll be a qualified customer

steveb