Cheapest place to employ a website maker

sarymclary

nathanp wrote: »

Another useful template website:

Open Web Design
http://www.openwebdesign.org/

Hi,
I have found some great designs on the openwebdesign site, but having downloaded some, how do I go about editing the templates to insert my own information? I have looked at the files saved, which are just simple image jpegs, etc. , licensing, and notes, but to view the body of text is in an internet explorer page, which seems to be un-editable.

I want to develop a website over the next few weeks for a small business I'm starting up, but my funds are limited, and I cannot really justify paying out for a website now, as my business isn't necessarily just to be based in the internet domain, however, as a tool to gather interest from clients, and to point future clients in the direction of as a support tool, it would be useful.

Anyway, back to the original point: how do I get rid of the sample text and get my own in there?!!

blinko

just to update this i have a very good and reliable guy who has just done my website

www.mathsiseasy.co.uk

i still need to add the content but you can get the idea

save-a-lot

blinko wrote: »

just to update this i have a very good and reliable guy who has just done my website

www.mathsiseasy.co.uk

i still need to add the content but you can get the idea

Looks just like a template with the FLASH edited up top.. that looks like something that could be done for free as it is based on open source CMS

schneckster

If it's e-commerce you're looking for... i.e., selling stuff... try either Zen Cart or osCommerce (quick search on Google will turn them up). They are both open source, fully featured e-commerce solutions that give you an online shop pretty much from installation. After that, it's a case of tinkering to make it look like your's and not theirs.

Alternatively, there are plenty of people out there (me, for one! ) who can set the whole thing up for a relatively inexpensive price (me, again! ). I'm sure you can find someone out there (ahem!! ) who will do it for you. But, if you learn a bit of PHP and CSS, it's easy enough to do it yourself.

Is shameless plugging regarded as spam??? :rotfl:

Schneckster

PolishBigSpender

Garetha wrote: »

Before paying someone for simple website creation ...

Get a google email account (you don't need to use it)
Then go to pages.google.com

It's not difficult to create a single page website (and quite easy to add more pages)
but best of all it's Free

Dreadful advice. Google Pages looks and feels cheap - and I wouldn't give any money to a business who used them.

Garetha

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Dreadful advice. Google Pages looks and feels cheap - and I wouldn't give any money to a business who used them.

But fine if all you want is a simple presence on the 'interweb' (as Terry would call it!)

PolishBigSpender

Garetha wrote: »

But fine if all you want is a simple presence on the 'interweb' (as Terry would call it!)

To be honest, you can do yourself more harm than good with such a site. I know that if a company has a website, I'll look at the site before contacting them. No website isn't a big deal, but to have something horrific (with the address something like http://pages.google.com/mypersonalsite ) - it just screams "cheap".

save-a-lot

The OP says...

barginboyrob wrote: »

Hi, i was just wondering where would be the cheapest place to get someone to make you a high quality website?

any company suggestions? (does not have to be in the UK)

note the bold

You say...

Garetha wrote:

Before paying someone for simple website creation ...

Get a google email account (you don't need to use it)
Then go to pages.google.com

It's not difficult to create a single page website (and quite easy to add more pages)
but best of all it's Free


But fine if all you want is a simple presence on the 'interweb' (as Terry would call it!)

Not what the OP wants... and it is not good, looks utterly unprofessional having a sub-domain of an ISP or search engine as your business website.. inspires absolutely no confidence.