Web Development

[Griff79]

I have two new businesses that need websites developed. One is 1.5 years up and running and has a poor homemade website that needs updating and SEO. It is a physical therapy/rehabilitation company.

The second is about two months old and needs full development. It is a couples golf association that will rely on social media for advertising and building of the tribe.

Everybody and their brother can build a website and I have encountered fees of next to nothing, to out of this world expensive. I need logo and branding work done as well.

I would be great-full for any assistance.
Griff

[mattiooo]

Griff,

I'm happy to discuss options with you. I can help with all of the above or refer you to many options. I'm also open to barter for firearms, ammo, or anything else that might interest me.

PM me a good email to contact you on.


Matt

[bradbn4]

To side track this tread - by a smidgen; are there any good website building tools out there - free or for a one time cost?

I have a real old copy of site builder right before they went into the"rental" business with a month to month fee.

This type of software would be idea for the cheap website that provides the "hello world" approach to I have a business and I do this sort of neat stuff.

[mattiooo]

Wordpress.com is free. But not ideal for a business. Weebly.com is another option, where you can start free and grow into a paid business account. There are 4 or 5 more main companies like Weebly too. Squarespace and Wix are two popular alternatives.

Self-hosted wordpress is free and much better. You just have to pay for the hosting, and the domain name. Hosting you can get for around $4 a month paid annually. A domain name can be gotten for under $15 a year. That is my ideal choice for a business.

Also, what is ideal for you will depend on what sort of perceptions you want about your business. If you have a side gig earning a few bucks, nobody will judge if you running a "Yourbusiness.wordpress.com" domain.

Some examples I can give:

Weebly paid website: http://www.ltcm.us (built by a 75 year old man and his wife)
Wordpress self-hosted website: http://www.daviescreative.com (I built this one)
Wordpress.com hosted site: https://gunculture2point0.wordpress.com (just googled for this)
Weebly hosted site: https://laarmory.weebly.com/store/c1..._Products.html (again - just googled)

[DireWolf]

Just to add to the suggestions above, I would recommend making sure that whatever hosting provider you pick will manage things like backups and updates for you as part of your plan (hacked Wordpress, etc. (CMS) sites are pretty common if not updated regularly)...

[bradbn4]

In the early days of commercial websites I did build 3 for local business to help stake their name on the web. They were basic hay we do this sort of thing, our hours are....and located is here. One site I did work on did have a lot of specific items for sale and presenting the info along with high(er) resolution jpg files was fun. I did all this work in the final days of dial up.

First and foremost, thanks for the info and links.

For the most part I am looking for a simple common shared structure setup. The templates used to setup with cute site builder made that task easy.
I have a domain, hosting package, backups are on my file server. No unique data will be saved on the web site that needs dedicated backups. I have setup a mongoose web-server to support an embedded hardware project. For the internet; the site will be a basic static setup; however, for the intranet (home) - it will be a bit more dynamic.

[mattiooo]

In the early days of commercial websites I did build 3 for local business to help stake their name on the web. They were basic hay we do this sort of thing, our hours are....and located is here. One site I did work on did have a lot of specific items for sale and presenting the info along with high(er) resolution jpg files was fun. I did all this work in the final days of dial up.

First and foremost, thanks for the info and links.

For the most part I am looking for a simple common shared structure setup. The templates used to setup with cute site builder made that task easy.
I have a domain, hosting package, backups are on my file server. No unique data will be saved on the web site that needs dedicated backups. I have setup a mongoose web-server to support an embedded hardware project. For the internet; the site will be a basic static setup; however, for the intranet (home) - it will be a bit more dynamic.

Then I would just go hosted Wordpress and pick a template. The ability to grow the functionality with plug-ins will give you everything you probably need.

[CS1983]

mattiooo, I know a few years ago WordPress was a script kiddy's wet dream due to its security flaws. How much, if any, has that changed? I have a domain and am interested in using it for something other than a professional-use email service. I just don't have the time right now to research platform specific issues.

Any thoughts?

[mattiooo]

Also have a look at Elegant Themes. Their WP templates include a site building tool that allows you to easily build websites with loads of pre-built functions. But there are thousands of template options.

[mattiooo]

mattiooo, I know a few years ago WordPress was a script kiddy's wet dream due to its security flaws. How much, if any, has that changed? I have a domain and am interested in using it for something other than a professional-use email service. I just don't have the time right now to research platform specific issues.

Any thoughts?

It still continues to be the easiest to hack, but they are fairly constant with updates. If you pick the right hosting provider and install WP with their tool, the updates are automatically done. I use SiteGround for my photography website and they do that. As mentioned earlier, make sure you have a good backup solution whether from your hosting company or on your own.

For my day job, I built our two websites straight HTML with scripts to avoid the extra security risks, but we also don’t use any special functions on our sites. You can buy HTML templates just as easy if you want to avoid a CMS platform.

WP can be kept secure at a commercial use level but it takes both a time and a cash investment.