HELP! I need a quick webdesign quote
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- squire225
I got a meeting today and I need to get 2 more quotes from 2 designers. My I work for a small business publication that needs a content management system that is easier to update than the bs that it's built on now. This would be a complete overhaul. The cool part is, I'm a graphic designer, so I have initial comps to build this site from. I'm very open to suggestion, but first I need some quotes.
email me:
- emecks0
£56'000
- squire2250
thanks, but the US dollar is doo doo, so please...spare me.
- emecks0
$112'000
+ $29'473.50 for having the cheek to ask for a price in US$.
- skt0
"The cool part is, I'm a graphic designer, so I have initial comps to build this site from"
yep, thats a pretty cool part.
- madirish0
you will need to detail this out about a 1000% more to get a realistic quote. sorry if you want people to email you, but more you contribute now, less time it will take.
i do a lot of this for organizations and would love to help/quote, but need a lot more specs.
- squire2250
Lemme see if i got this right before someone else gets to it first.
*FAIL*
- squire2250
that I can do, but I would rather do it VIA email.
- emecks0
good luck with that....
also good luck on getting 2 quotes with less than +/- 30% tolerance in an afternoon.
furthermore good luck with enticing people to email you without giving the slightest indication of scale.
- madirish0
lol
alright. so email me the specs and i am happy to see if it is a project that I can assit with- sound good?
- mimeartist0
you can't beat comps from a graphic designer... its the best
- squire2250
"you will need to detail this out about a 1000% more to get a realistic quote."
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-CMS something like a joomla
-a web interface so we can update anywhere
-ease of updating is most important as we post news and images frequently (global changes). a template.
-we need to implement blogs within the CMS with commenting
-some sort of calendar software would need to be included
-10-15 pages would probably need to be created for relaunch
-we need the functionality of a full-fledged news site, with out our annoy process we go through now.see: http://blackenterprise.com, http://msnbc.com, http://upscalemag.com, http://cnn.com
we aren't looking for something as robust as those sites, but we need to be able to bring news to our readers similar to the way they do it.
- You're using CNN & MSNBC as examples? How deep are the pockets?TheBlueOne
- squire2250
emecks...i understand. Your day is coming to a close, you're hanging out on QBN wasting time...have fun, this thread's for you!
- madirish0
-CMS something like a joomla
Joomla is utter crap. :( i can assume the sort of functionality specs you are looking for in a CMS, but would not recommend this under any circumstances. it is actually a dying community as well.-a web interface so we can update anywhere
yes, clearly- that is the very definition of a 'CMS'. all done via web browser; platform agnostic.-ease of updating is most important as we post news and images frequently (global changes). a template.
so then, there is not spec for dynamically populating your webpage(s) from news services? or from subscription publications? not wrong, just trying to quickly flush out if there is any remote connection or secondary data stores that need to be communicated with in content populating.-we need to implement blogs within the CMS with commenting
are these instances of the blog software implemented from w/in the CMS, or controlled from root via a manual operation, or the like? do you wish to have any sort of workflow/permissioning assigned to these instances?-some sort of calendar software would need to be included
are there *any* functional specs to this request? 'calendaring' is arguably the single largest custom web application on the web today. it's needs are literally 100% organizationally driven.-10-15 pages would probably need to be created for relaunch
and designed, or simply pages rolled out based on the assigned template already going w/ new content?-we need the functionality of a full-fledged news site, with out our annoy process we go through now.
see: http://blackenterprise.com, http://msnbc.com, http://upscalemag.com, http://cnn.com
we aren't looking for something as robust as those sites, but we need to be able to bring news to our readers similar to the way they do it.
so then, if these are not accurate models, do we have any others that would be? if in fact these are more accurate than not, i can assure you that the project will begin at 6 figures (USD) for custom development alone. the design will probably take a third seat behind the development and workflow/permissions allocation and scripting, from my experience doing this for quite a while. if in fact you are serious, I am happy to discuss this offline as I work with a team that provide these exact services working on very large data-management projects.
- moth0
I think you work in marketing. I don't think you're a designer at all.
- moth0
Surely CNN uses Joomla madirish...
- why use a CMS when you've got FrontPage?? Surely marketing can handle that....emecks
- flat-file.
it's the way forward.moth - can front-page do news tickers?moth
- ...it's gotta have a news tickermoth
- don't laugh, that got put back INTO DW as people were complaining it was missing...emecks
- I've heard about people "reverting" to frontpage for these kind of sites..squire225
- mrdobolina0
20 billion argentinean pesos.
- squire2250
madirish...i emailed u.
- Senz0
"-CMS something like a joomla
Joomla is utter crap. :( i can assume the sort of functionality specs you are looking for in a CMS, but would not recommend this under any circumstances. it is actually a dying community as well."Your comment is "utter crap"! Joomla is great and the community is far from "dying".
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Hawkemecks - No, I am actually correct and the community *is* actually dying. The data model is atrocious and the templating is painful, to be kind.
madirish - ...painful, to be kind. I am actually not trying to start shit with those comments, but there are *far* more advancing communities.madirish
- ...communities.madirish
- How am I poorly informed. I'm voicing my experience, not hearsay - Fool.Senz
- Yeah, sorry, Joomla really is terrible.hyt
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