Need to get a Web site built

Irish_racing

Looking to get a small web site built , nothing too fancy .

Anyone got any ideas ?

Oiche_mhaith

you'll need to get yourself a spanner and a monkey rench, skirting board ladders come in handy for the hard bits to reach, if you are going pro ask an architect

narkymarky

Check out <snip> - they are based in galway. have dealt with them in the past and got some good advice - happy to recommend them.

jhegarty

Oiche_mhaith wrote: »

you'll need to get yourself a spanner and a monkey rench, skirting board ladders come in handy for the hard bits to reach, if you are going pro ask an architect

you forgot the sticky tape , you need loads and loads of sticky tape

aidan.connolly

Hi, There was a company named <snip>who ran a competition last week on the boards. I think they could build a basic site in about 1hour at a cost of 400 euros. <snip>
I have never used them so I could not say much more about them

Good luck

Musha

I have a guy that does mine, Very good and has great ideas, and not too expensive.

PM me if you want his email address

Irish_racing

Looking for something like this site for a few mates and i to post sports betting advice.

http://www.horseracingforums.co.uk

Ps i dont have anything to do with teh above forum just looking for something similar , 400 seems a lot

aidan.connolly

Irish racing,

I am not an expert, but I would imagine that type of webiste you are looking for would cost more than 400.
When I went looking at a website that had to have the ability for people to post and upload items, it cost me well over 1000.00 Euro . Good luck with your search !

MB74

Try <snip>

business-mentor

What is your niche related?

B1977

<snip>

tricky D

400 is cheap.

Omniserve is suited to starter sites/small businesses with content that doesn't change.

You could go down the blog route if you've only a few content contibutors. Depending how clued up you are and how simple you keep it, it could cost as little as a 100.

Also careful on looking for services here. I recommend you head over to adverts for that. If you originally posted this in Web Dev it would usually be locked and you would directed to adverts.ie

hth
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blainebullman

Hi,
Have you got a budget?Any style you like? or any websites you like the look of?Is the main point of the website usability/design etc.Try to narrow down what's important then look for a company that will provide what you need.Also look for reviews and testimonials of design companies that are not provided to you by themselves on their website.Good luck
Blaine Bullman
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Uncle Chenzo

Go to www.scriptlance.com

and get sorted for buttons.

B1977

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shane.burroughs

I can build you a site.

prices from 300 euro

Visit my site to see my portfolio and get my phone number etc.

<snip>



Regards

shane

elmolesto

aidan.connolly wrote: »

<snip>

Link doesn't work.

Irish_racing wrote: »

Looking for something like this site for a few mates and i to post sports betting advice.

http://www.horseracingforums.co.uk

Ps i dont have anything to do with teh above forum just looking for something similar , 400 seems a lot

400 is dirt cheap, I know someone who design my website ( with very good seo ) but it will cost about you about 1200 excluding the domain name and hosting.

aidan.connolly

Hi

My fault I spelt the link wrong. Shoule read
[snip]

As I said in my original post I did not use them so I can't say anything about them.

regards

Aidan

Till Rolls

I can Highly recommend <snip> Money wise,everything depends on what you want to do with your site, can go from a few 100 to several 1000s/10,000s

Something-Wkd

Try <snip>

Very reasonable prices.

OldRope

<snip>

GoneShootin

Moved from Marketing with all the marketeers removed...

Axwell

GoneShootin wrote: »

Moved from Marketing with all the marketeers removed...

Think you missed one up above in post #18

To the OP I would advice what is normally given and should have already, go to www.adverts.ie and strick up an ad there outlining what you want although as some have said what you want might work out a bit more than a budget site so you might have to hit google and get a few quotes from the companies on there.

KhanTheMan

aidan.connolly wrote: »

Hi, There was a company named <snip>who ran a competition last week on the boards. I think they could build a basic site in about 1hour at a cost of 400 euros. <snip>
I have never used them so I could not say much more about them

Good luck

You'll be able to get a website done for about €200, including search engine optimization, as long as you dont want it to take credit card payments and the like.

I know several, but i got banned last time i posted the name of a company just asking for info so i wont name any. They are easily found via google though.

donnaille

shane.burroughs wrote: »

I can build you a site.

prices from 300 euro

Visit my site to see my portfolio and get my phone number etc.

<snip>



Regards

shane

not the best <snip>ing

TPD

Why dont you just set up a free forum on a free hosting service? It sounds like it will only be you and a few friends, if you dont need to advertise it then an unusual link wont matter and you wont need a domain name.

Bob the Builder

To be honest, I feel like getting the <snip> done on my site.
Too many kids running riot these days thinking they know it all.

I can do a website for you for under five hundred euro. I know a web company that can do your site for €5000. But remember, you get what you pay for. Don't go skimpy on a website, pay the money, do it right. And it's better to have no website, than to have a cheap one.

Go looking for websites on google.ie. When you find a nice site, check who built it, then check their portfolio. Ask for a quote.

Boards.ie won't find them for you - well it will, but it won't.

Liam Byrne

I'm absolutely stunned at the amount of people quoting here without even a basic outline spec.

It's like walking into a car dealership and saying "I want a car, any ideas?" The first thing you'll be asked is a series of questions as to what you want it for or what you want it to do.

If you don't answer those, you could be looking at €12,000 for a small, low-quality hatchback to €250,000 for a high-spec, high-quality, high-performance car.

And if you get a website done for anything under €500, you can say goodbye to search engine positioning, functionality, CMS and loads of other things.

If it's a forum-only site, then yeah, a basic bulletin board can range from free to €200, and it can be installed and configured relatively cheaply, but how many users are likely to hit it, etc ? A low-usage forum vs a forum like boards.ie are completely different scenarios.

KhanTheMan

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I'm absolutely stunned at the amount of people quoting here without even a basic outline spec.

It's like walking into a car dealership and saying "I want a car, any ideas?" The first thing you'll be asked is a series of questions as to what you want it for or what you want it to do.

If you don't answer those, you could be looking at €12,000 for a small, low-quality hatchback to €250,000 for a high-spec, high-quality, high-performance car.

And if you get a website done for anything under €500, you can say goodbye to search engine positioning, functionality, CMS and loads of other things.

If it's a forum-only site, then yeah, a basic bulletin board can range from free to €200, and it can be installed and configured relatively cheaply, but how many users are likely to hit it, etc ? A low-usage forum vs a forum like boards.ie are completely different scenarios.

God websites are2 a penny these days. I used to work solely in web dev myself and to be honest i wouldnt even waste my time doing my own website these days as it so cheap to get good ones made by a third party.

Anyone quoting you over €200 - €300 for a basic website and basic SEO (which is all 90% of customers need, so dont let them upsell you beyond your needs either) is ripping you off - fact.

Liam Byrne

KhanTheMan wrote: »

Anyone quoting you over €200 - €300 for a basic website and basic SEO (which is all 90% of customers need, so dont let them upsell you beyond your needs either) is ripping you off - fact.

Are we talking a templated site here, or a decent custom design with proper branding and proper functionality ? Because 200 - 300 is an absolute max of 2 days' work from a proper professional, and I've done sites where 2 days' work, meetings, discussions, etc, has barely gotten the look of the site locked down.

So please don't go using phrases like "ripping you off - fact" without clarifying just how basic you're talking about - it's insulting.

Webmonkey

KhanTheMan wrote:

Anyone quoting you over €200 - €300 for a basic website and basic SEO (which is all 90% of customers need, so dont let them upsell you beyond your needs either) is ripping you off - fact.

Utter rubbish. Where is someone going with 200- 300 euro today. Does that include web hosting?, setting up charges etc. Does that include a unique design? - Does that include a CMS? How can you make a general statement that a basic site with SEO should cost no more than €300

Edit: Yes as Liam says, it is insulting.

p

Axwell wrote: »

Think you missed one up above in post #18

To the OP I would advice what is normally given and should have already, go to www.adverts.ie and strick up an ad there outlining what you want although as some have said what you want might work out a bit more than a budget site so you might have to hit google and get a few quotes from the companies on there.

That's terrible advice, very few professionals look at adverts.ie for work. You'll only get amateurs. It's very hard to find a decent web company in Ireland. Any of the competent people are generally booked up well in advance, so if you want some decent the onus is really on the client to find someone good.

Post up the job spec on the creativeireland.com forum, you're more likely to get a better response. G'luck!

njprrogers

The notion of you getting a usable site with any kind of functionality for €200 is utter nonsense.

Rates for a proper web developer start at €50 an hour + VAT. Between assessing the requirement, development / SEO (to me SEO implies W3C standards based web development) and implementation, things will run beyond a grand.

If you do not have the budget for a properly constructed website, my advice would be to find an IT student or someone interested in the area to take it on as a project. It will take them a lot longer than a professional but with a bit of research and enthusiasm you'll get there.

Axwell

p wrote: »

That's terrible advice, very few professionals look at adverts.ie for work. You'll only get amateurs. It's very hard to find a decent web company in Ireland. Any of the competent people are generally booked up well in advance, so if you want some decent the onus is really on the client to find someone good.

Post up the job spec on the creativeireland.com forum, you're more likely to get a better response. G'luck!

P i said in my post if he wants anything more than a budget site he would have to look elsewhere than adverts.ie but from the sounds of his post hes not really looking for anything but a budget website hence my advice

pontovic

Remember the phrase 'buy it cheap buy it twice'. If you take your business seriously then you will pay a proper professional to make you a website. A basic catalog site will set you back at least €2500 these days, but with that you get a site with a clean unique design, properly search engine optimised, good usability and accessibility and well written content. If you want a list of web developers I would rate highly then PM me, if that's allowed.

KhanTheMan

Well I guess Turkeys dont vote for Christmas anyway.

OP, shop around. See samples of the kind of thing you want and dont be talked into anything you dont need.

dinneenp

there's a lot of sites that will build a site for free for you- just google it.
Look at http://www.homestead.com/?s_cid=G29214 or http://www.weebly.com/

Do you want a posting function in it, chat function etc?

The Mighty Ken

KhanTheMan wrote: »

Well I guess Turkeys dont vote for Christmas anyway.

OP, shop around. See samples of the kind of thing you want and dont be talked into anything you dont need.

Can you show me some competently built, basic sites that were done for €200-€300?

Webmonkey

The Mighty Ken wrote: »

Can you show me some competently built, basic sites that were done for €200-€300?

+1

KhanTheMan

Last time i posted company names i got banned and told if i did it again i would be banned forever, so

OP, PM me and i'll send you some links to the companies i refer my own clients to.

Remember though that if its a brochure site you're looking for, and for most this is all they need, it wont be expensive at all.

The Mighty Ken

KhanTheMan wrote: »

Last time i posted company names i got banned and told if i did it again i would be banned forever, so

Nobody's looking for company/agency websites - just examples of quality client sites that were designed and developed for €200-€300.

KhanTheMan

The Mighty Ken wrote: »

Nobody's looking for company/agency websites - just examples of quality client sites that were designed and developed for €200-€300.

If i give you those i give you the companies i work for. Cant do that on an open forum.

You know how to use google right?

Google for cheap websites and you'll find loads. If you go outside Ireland to UK, US and Indian sites you will get them even cheaper, but be sure to check out the samples though and only use the ones where you pay when you are happy with the sites and you'll be fine. Just google them. Its not hard to figure out he ones that produce good sites.

The Mighty Ken

KhanTheMan wrote: »

If i give you those i give you the companies i work for. Cant do that on an open forum.

You know how to use google right?

Google for cheap websites and you'll find loads. If you go outside Ireland to UK, US and Indian sites you will get them even cheaper, but be sure to check out the samples though and only use the ones where you pay when you are happy with the sites and you'll be fine. Just google them. Its not hard to figure out he ones that produce good sites.

*sigh* Give me an example that isn't one of your client sites that you know was developed for €200-€300. I know how to use Google but even it's not powerful enough to find a site of decent quality designed for that budget.

Till Rolls

sorry didnt realise i cant but a company website here. It got snipped. Google internet solutions ireland. I can highly recommend them

The Mighty Ken

Still waiting to see this €200/€300 quality website although KhanTheMan appears to have gone to the can. :pac:

KhanTheMan

The Mighty Ken wrote: »

Still waiting to see this €200/€300 quality website although KhanTheMan appears to have gone to the can. :pac:

I posted details of several sites here, both Irish and UK ones, where you could get cheap good quality websites, along with advice on prices and they all had sample sites, but the post is completely gone. Why not just remove the links rather than the whole post?

donnyvegas

The Mighty Ken wrote: »

Can you show me some competently built, basic sites that were done for €200-€300?

I built busbyway.com for that.

The Mighty Ken

donnyvegas wrote: »

I built busbyway.com for that.

Very good. How long did it take you?

donnyvegas

not sure. it sorta has been upgraded over time as the site developed. Probably about a week over all - workin a bit per day.

forbairt

donnyvegas wrote: »

not sure. it sorta has been upgraded over time as the site developed. Probably about a week over all - workin a bit per day.

You built it for 200 - 300 quid ?

1 Week ? = 40 hours ?

200 / 40 = 5 euro/hour
300 / 40 = 7.50 euro/hour

Whats minimum wage these days ?

The Mighty Ken

Okay, so let's say a week @ €300. That would earn you a full-time salary of less than €15,000. You couldn't survive on that let alone run a company. Which was kind of what I was alluding when KhanTheMan was claiming that anyone charging more than €300 for a website was ripping people off.