I need someone to design a small business website

[Mike71]

I have just opened up a small business and I need a basic website designed for it. I'm looking for the best price possible so if anyone is interested in undertaking this whether it be a website hobbyist or a big design company send me a PM and we can discuss the details. I'm hoping this isn't against the rules or the wrong forum.

[setell]

Hey I got a friend that does a bit of web page desiging on the side to make some extra cash. He's done quite a few other sites for people and they're happy. Let me know if you're interested so I'll let him know as I don't know what sort of prices he charge.

[careener]

I think Sam's Club Canada offers small business websites including hosting for next to nothing. It's too bad their Canadian website is so bad. I've seen the flyers advertising it in store.

If you're really looking to do it on the cheap, there's always templatemonster.com .

[burnhammedia]

Hey Mike,

My colleague fowarded your request and thought I would send out a reply. I am in the IT biz and recently finished Web design at Ryerson University. Basically I took it as the creativity of the financial world is lacking! I am in the midst of launching my first site at the end of October for the television show Room to Grow. I undercut everyone on the bid for the show, so getting that as my first site was great news! So basically looking to undercut everyone to build a decent profile.

I use Flash (animation) in my sites also so I produce high quality clean and professional pages. What is your deadline for a launch and what are you needs? I could come up with a price based on that for you.

Best,
Stuart

[DaFonz]

I use Flash (animation) in my sites also so I produce high quality clean and professional pages. What is your deadline for a launch and what are you needs? I could come up with a price based on that for you.

Um... flash does not mean high quality clean professional websites.

Tell me - how do you make your websites accessible? What does it mean for something to validate? How would you use flash semantically?

If you can't answer these basic questions, then your skills are lacking

Mike71; Remember, as with all things in life, you get exactly what you pay for. There are tons of people who call themselves "professional" web site designers, but most don't have the slightest clue of what they are doing. My advice (of course, judging from your post, you aren't going to listen), is to pay a little extra to get it done right the first time as opposed to finding the cheapest person to do it.

[luked]

hey Mike,

I can build and design a website for you if you like, just cant get you the webspace.

PM if youre interested.

[GTABuySell]

Hi Mike71, I am looking for the same. Depending on how basic your website is, you may consider using Net Object Fusion to put together a simple website. www.Netfirms.com gives you this software with a hosting package.

For all the Website Developers out there, feel free to PM me your quote for a website like this one: http://www.calyptic.com

Thanks,
Vi P.

I have just opened up a small business and I need a basic website designed for it. I'm looking for the best price possible so if anyone is interested in undertaking this whether it be a website hobbyist or a big design company send me a PM and we can discuss the details. I'm hoping this isn't against the rules or the wrong forum.

[Spidey]

pm sent

[DaFonz]

pm sent

You are a prime example of someone who shouldn't be making websites. You have no talent or knowledge.

[Spidey]

You are a prime example of someone who shouldn't be making websites. You have no talent or knowledge.

Well thank you very much. I value your opinions oh so highly I think I will now quit doing it.

The people I design them for seem to be happy with them and thats what counts. Sorry if I dont use crappy flash or whatver makes you think a good website is

[Outsider]

You are a prime example of someone who shouldn't be making websites. You have no talent or knowledge.

Dude, that wasn't very nice.
Spidey focuses on making simple web pages. Nothing wrong with that. Just because the sites he designed are not graphically intensive, and full of fancy 3D flash animations, doesn't give you the right to say what you did.

Anyhoo, back on track...

Bump for ya Mike. Anyone else have any services they want to offer?
What the complexity of the site you want to have built? Is it based on static pages, or do you want something dynamic database driven by php or asp?

[nightwalker]

hi, if your still looking for someone to design your website i might be able to help you out...just send me a PM and a reasonable quote

example of one of my sites: http://www.amy-acker.tk/

another example: http://www.home.no/pkthunder/swift/
heh...high school history project

thanks for your time

[Spidey]

Dude, that wasn't very nice.
Spidey focuses on making simple web pages. Nothing wrong with that. Just because the sites he designed are not graphically intensive, and full of fancy 3D flash animations, doesn't give you the right to say what you did.

Anyhoo, back on track...

Bump for ya Mike. Anyone else have any services they want to offer?
What the complexity of the site you want to have built? Is it based on static pages, or do you want something dynamic database driven by php or asp?

Thanks. That what i was trying to say in my repost, but was a bit to angry to get it out right. I actually go for smaller firms that do want smaller simplier sites.

[Chris]

www.InBloomTech.com

[DaFonz]

Dude, that wasn't very nice.
Spidey focuses on making simple web pages. Nothing wrong with that. Just because the sites he designed are not graphically intensive, and full of fancy 3D flash animations, doesn't give you the right to say what you did.

Did I say anything about fancy 3d flash animation? In fact, if you look further up, you would see that I said and I do quote "Um... flash does not mean high quality clean professional websites."

Graphically intensive? Again, I did not say such a thing. Perhaps you should not assume things.

Simple web pages? Again, I said he should not be designing them because they are horrible and show a clear lack of understanding about what goes into professional web design.

Let me give you examples of sites that ARE professional and do well. They share a few things in common:
1) Seperation of content from presentation
2) Clean, accessible code
3) Good use of colors and layout
4) Load reasonably fast even with graphics intensive layouts

Note that most, especially a list apart are not all that graphically intensive

http://alistapart.com/

http://www.stonewall.co.za/

http://www.kevadamson.com/

http://www.monc.se/

http://www.happycog.com/

http://www.adaptivepath.com/

Again Spidey, you have no clue what you are doing.

For you to learn
http://www.useit.com/ - read up on usability
http://www.csszengarden.com/ - learn what it means to seperate content from presentation
http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/ - more on CSS
http://www.alistapart.com/ - in case you didn't visit the first time, learn from there too