Members complextouch Posted April 27, 2004 Members Share Posted April 27, 2004 Anyone know a good website designer? Thats not soo overly price. Name some for me. Thanks again. Looking for a really good looking site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zookie Posted April 27, 2004 Members Share Posted April 27, 2004 It isn't terribly difficult to design a website yourself, with a little patience. If you're looking to put up a promotional music site, you'll also need to consider maintenance in the overall cost. For example, if you're a gigging musician, you'll want to announce upcoming gigs and other news on your site. Each time you need your calendar updated, you'll have to hire a web guru. I have designed a personal web site, a web site for my music and a commercial web site for a local company. If you do choose to hire someone, make sure you know what to expect. A band website will probably run well under 10 pages and should be short and concise. It shouldn't take a designer more than a couple of days to throw it all together. Try to settle on a flat fee. Don't get sucked into an hourly rate for such a short project. In addition to the web design, you'll need to pay for 1. a domain name 2. a web host. Depending on your needs, it shouldn't cost much. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chipmonk-doug Posted April 28, 2004 Members Share Posted April 28, 2004 You can do it yourself. I do small business sites. A simple band site I would build for around $500 including 1 yr hosting and 2 yr domain reg. Not a request for business because I don't have a good band site for you to look at. Mine is terrible. You know about shoemakers kids being barefoot and plumbers sinks leaking. I build small business sites 5-8 pages with no Java for around $500 examples. www.vanswoodshop.com = $700 www.floridaforestproducts.com = $700 www.dongreenmelon.com = $500 You should be able to find a designer in that price range. But be carefull the FL Forest Products site was quoted $12,000 for a site before they came to me. doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators justcrash Posted April 28, 2004 Moderators Share Posted April 28, 2004 I build sites too. A few of mine are: http://www.dariankovach.com http://www.probiz800number.com http://www.comedyinsider.com (I maintain it) my old bands site: http://www.justcrash.com/krashindex.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BassistSeth Posted April 28, 2004 Members Share Posted April 28, 2004 The woman who designed ours did a killer job. You can get in touch with her at www.squish-art.com . You can check out her work on our new site, too. www.nobodyetal.com Hope that's at least somewhat helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators justcrash Posted April 28, 2004 Moderators Share Posted April 28, 2004 Originally posted by BassistSeth The woman who designed ours did a killer job. You can get in touch with her at www.squish-art.com . You can check out her work on our new site, too. www.nobodyetal.com Hope that's at least somewhat helpful. That is a nice band site, man! Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members min7b5 Posted April 29, 2004 Members Share Posted April 29, 2004 Mine was around $300. Email if you want more inro. e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Luca Barbosa Posted April 30, 2004 Members Share Posted April 30, 2004 Dont do it yourself. people with no experience in web design make web sites that look like they didnt have any experience. Youll benefit MUCH more from having a website that was done by somone who knows what theyre doing. A website can be a major marketing tool, but not if it looks like crap. Shop around. Flash Animation is even harder to do. Youll definatley want somone with experience making your flash, if your gonna have any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shmoe Posted May 13, 2004 Members Share Posted May 13, 2004 Aidemas This place is amazing and very inexpensive... check out his work on the website. I atleast like his work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hyperstationjr Posted May 14, 2004 Members Share Posted May 14, 2004 Originally posted by Luca Barbosa Dont do it yourself. people with no experience in web design make web sites that look like they didnt have any experience. Youll benefit MUCH more from having a website that was done by somone who knows what theyre doing. A website can be a major marketing tool, but not if it looks like crap. Shop around.Flash Animation is even harder to do. Youll definatley want somone with experience making your flash, if your gonna have any. I have to disagree. Most of those sites, especially the ones posted in this thread, are pretty bad, and almost all of them, even the ones someone was charing $700 for, looked "DIY". I'm no expert, but I've spent the last 3 years studying graphic design, and those aren't exactly works of art or anything. If you have a good eye for graphics, by all means make your own site. It's not that hard to do, just get someone to check over your coding. As far as flash goes, well, you don't need flash. In-fact, often times, websites with flash are pretty bad, because it looks like flash. If your a design group looking to flex your muscles, sure, but for a musician, it's not a necessarily. The best advice I can give is if your good with graphics, make your own page, just don't over do it and don't be fancy (that's the first sign of an amateur). If your not, hire a design student. We're cheap work! Also, we need portfolio pieces, so we will work hard on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David Hooper Posted May 16, 2004 Members Share Posted May 16, 2004 If you have Dreamweaver, I have some videos that will help you. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators justcrash Posted May 16, 2004 Moderators Share Posted May 16, 2004 Originally posted by David Hooper If you have Dreamweaver, I have some videos that will help you.David I have dreamweaver MX and always looking to learn more. Are they online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OtherOne Posted May 18, 2004 Members Share Posted May 18, 2004 wow...i didn't know people paid that much for websites...Maybe I should start my own business! I just did my own...and I did it all by coding the html (no dreamweaver or anything like that) www.cariboufoot.com It's not too hard to learn, just takes a little time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators justcrash Posted May 18, 2004 Moderators Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by OtherOne wow...i didn't know people paid that much for websites...Maybe I should start my own business! I just did my own...and I did it all by coding the html (no dreamweaver or anything like that) www.cariboufoot.com It's not too hard to learn, just takes a little time... That's a good looking site, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OtherOne Posted May 18, 2004 Members Share Posted May 18, 2004 thanks!! ...photoshop can really help people looking to do a nice site. websites never look good without a good graphic or 2. i learned this last week when I finally got photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators justcrash Posted May 18, 2004 Moderators Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by OtherOne thanks!! ...photoshop can really help people looking to do a nice site. websites never look good without a good graphic or 2. i learned this last week when I finally got photoshop. I STINK at graphics. No artistic skills at all in that department. Say, didn't your location say Cleveland a second ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OtherOne Posted May 18, 2004 Members Share Posted May 18, 2004 I haven't posted in awhile, and in that time, I've moved...so I just changed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators justcrash Posted May 18, 2004 Moderators Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by OtherOne I haven't posted in awhile, and in that time, I've moved...so I just changed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hyperstationjr Posted May 18, 2004 Members Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by OtherOne thanks!! ...photoshop can really help people looking to do a nice site. websites never look good without a good graphic or 2. i learned this last week when I finally got photoshop. Agreed! Also, very nice site. People making their own sites have to remember, it's not about how fancy your images are, hell, you can have NO images at all and still have a nice site if your designs and color schemes are properly done, and your information is well organized. Your site has just enough color and images to have some eye candy, but its easy to read, and its well organized. There are a few pages that are iffy ("The Band" page mostly) that you have what i guess are HTML errors, but all in all, real sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OtherOne Posted May 18, 2004 Members Share Posted May 18, 2004 I agree about the images...I hate sites that have flash, or so many graphics that you can't find the info and they take a really long time to load... I think that ease of navigation is the most important part of any site...a few nice graphics help make it look a little more professional though... Thanks for pointing out some mistakes (i just put this site up last week, so there are still some bugs).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members governortea Posted May 18, 2004 Members Share Posted May 18, 2004 www.gilldesigns.com he did my band's site - www.idiot-wind.com - for around $500. not sure if his prices went up...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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