Posted: 2/8/2010 2:51:39 PM EDT
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If any of you are in here and wouldn't mind helping this schmuck out I'd appreciate it. I'm looking for tips on setting up a website from a new domain and a downloaded CSS template. Is it pretty simple do that sort of thing? I've been out of web design and such for 12 years, back then all I could do was simple html in notepad. I'm doing this as a favor to a local nonprofit that serves LEOs and just want to make sure its not that difficult. Any tips or IMs would be appreciated - even if its just someone saying I can hit you up with problems. *yes I have experience in graphics - just in printing them really, really big. Not making them show up on a screen and be clicky and such.  |
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You might want to look into setting up a Wordpress site. Super easy, and entirely template driven. That way the client can make their own content changes with a simple login later.
Basically just find a template you like, tweak it with their graphics, then publish. http://www.wordpress.org is the Open Source development project http://www.wordpress.com is where you can go to get a hosted blog site .... ie yoursite.wordpress.com |
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Yes it's pretty easy now.
You can use Joomla, Wordpress or maybe Drupal and free templates, or if you want something very slick looking you can buy Joomla templates at http://www.rockettheme.com/. Hosting, I wouldn't pay more than $5/month. |
| I just setup a Drupal site on godaddy, being hosted for $5 a month. This is after not using a CMS for years (the one I used to use is no longer in development). You might want to check it out. You basically pay for the hosting and click a button, they setup the site. You just login and configure. It was pretty easy getting the basic layout, but it does require you to do some reading to get more complicated things installed. |
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I just setup a Drupal site on godaddy, being hosted for $5 a month. This is after not using a CMS for years (the one I used to use is no longer in development). You might want to check it out. You basically pay for the hosting and click a button, they setup the site. You just login and configure. It was pretty easy getting the basic layout, but it does require you to do some reading to get more complicated things installed. I had Go Daddy for web hosting for awhile....they SUCK. When you get fed up with those shit-bags, check out www.openhosting.com. I don't know if they have $5/month plans, but they have been 10000% more reliable than GoDaddy. Go Daddy is fine for domain registration once you get past all the spam during the registration process. |
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I just setup a Drupal site on godaddy, being hosted for $5 a month. This is after not using a CMS for years (the one I used to use is no longer in development). You might want to check it out. You basically pay for the hosting and click a button, they setup the site. You just login and configure. It was pretty easy getting the basic layout, but it does require you to do some reading to get more complicated things installed. I had Go Daddy for web hosting for awhile....they SUCK. When you get fed up with those shit-bags, check out www.openhosting.com. I don't know if they have $5/month plans, but they have been 10000% more reliable than GoDaddy. Go Daddy is fine for domain registration once you get past all the spam during the registration process. How do they suck? I've used them and others in the past, and they are on par with the other web host I use (only cheaper). |