How easy would it be to build a website?

n57602000

I am setting up my own company while studying at University, so funds are limited.

The company itself does not have any overheads, running costs just the time i put in myself!

I am needing a 20ish page website made with a CMS built in to change text/images/colour here and there when needed! The site will have a template that will be used on each of the 20 pages! And just text and images will change on each page.

Could i build this myself? I have pretty basic knowledge on building/constructing websites.

Any helps, tips, ideas, information would be great!

DonnaUK

I'd probably recommend a cheap hosting company like GoDaddy.com (Economy Hosting £30/year) and, if you want to use a CMS, then within their hosting admin section select to install WordPress.

Bradleyguy

Hi,
I would go to 'weebly' (do a search) and create a new website on there.
I have used the free sites on there for a variety of personal and business uses and then purchased a web-domain separately if required (though one is included on the site).
You can SEO it to your hearts content and expand and design etc. as required. Even add an integrated e-commerce dimension.

Let us know how you get on pls.

[Deleted User]

I managed to put together a 60 page site whilst at uni 10 years ago.. so i'd say it is possible.

I eventually found this product which helped making other sites : http://www.adobe.com/products/contribute/

Means you produce template files in dreamweaver, then build your site and manage it with Contribute. It removes the need for any scripting to run behind your CMS

MM30_2

OFFICE LIVE should be OK for you.

eg - www.samotorshalifax.com

Fortyfoot

What would it cost for an office live website?

Fortyfoot

stone7

Fortyfoot wrote: »

What would it cost for an office live website?

Fortyfoot

Completely free for the first 2 years. Less than £10 per year thereafter.

paddyrg

Look at Joomla for your CMS, it's a bit more powerful than WordPress (allowing all sorts of extensions, membership levels, billing etc) and is free. You would only need a pretty basic web host to host your site (unless it is going to get really busy - but then you can afford to upgrade)

Sparhawke

paddyrg wrote: »

Look at Joomla for your CMS, it's a bit more powerful than WordPress (allowing all sorts of extensions, membership levels, billing etc) and is free. You would only need a pretty basic web host to host your site (unless it is going to get really busy - but then you can afford to upgrade)

I was going to recommend Noomle lol

It works on the same kind of principle, free for as long as you want it and upgradeable with a $5 contribution every 2 months to get extra features.

Whypark is also one of those I have heard lots about yet I do not have a domain that might use it

Anyways, as Paddy says you only need a very basic hosting account to start and simply throwing money at companies while you are learning is a waste...instead, invest that money in a GOOD domain name.

And yes, you can build it all yourself but there is a learning curve, all you need to do is have a good plan and then it will be done