[nfbcs] Help with website making decision?

Fri Mar 7 05:15:48 UTC 2014

You can do a lot with HTML. Yes, you are going to need JavaScript or
something to handle certain parts, but you're not trying to make the
fanciest  website in the world. There is a saying in the technology world:
KISS Keep it simple stupid.
Okay, I should probably think of a different word to replace the last one,
even if it is not the original saying, but you get the point. And there is a
good chance that whatever the management system is, it won't be accessible
or it will be one of those weird editors that tries to help you but that
just ends up making things worse.

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Blake Hardin
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 8:21 PM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Help with website making decision?

Well, here is the email from the guy that I was asking about building the
site.
Hi Blake,

Its good to hear from you again. So you already know that prices start from
$1500 did you have a budget in mind for this project? I usually try to work
with the client to stay within their budget rather than just giving quotes.
With that being said, if you wanted a paid registration system we would want
to take some more security precautions than if it was just free
registrations which would be around another $2000 to get set up. SSL
certificates are used to secure the site for your users and they start at
around $150/year.

For the content editing we would do it in a way that is most effective for
you. I would recommend that we identify what kind of content you would be
editing whether it be just a couple specific pages or if you require more
control. A lot of the time being able to edit the content on a couple key
pages is all that is required. Content management systems could range
anywhere from $500-$5000 depending on the level of customization required.

Setting up a blog requires a secure interface for you to use to add/edit
posts and manage comments and users. We would want this secured like I
mentioned with the paid registrations and this usually is just $500-$1000
depending on needs.

For hosting the site I offer managed cloud hosting, I charge flat rate
$200/month for this and it scales up according to performance and storage
needs. If you already have a hosting provider or just want to host yourself
I can also just give you the source code and instructions to get it set up
and you can host elsewhere.

So what do you guys think? I could maybe do my site myself but I really
don't want to have to worry with the coding aspect at all. I just want to
focus on making good video lessons for the site and that's it. If I have to
do the coding myself, I will never get anything done I don't think since I
will just be learning most of it.
I do however know some basic html stuff but thats about i.

On 3/6/14, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote:
> hello:
> Usually people have pre-written login systems that they can drop in 
> for you. You'd also use something like stripe for credit card 
> payments--I'm not sure if wordpress has a plugin for it. If you're 
> interested, feel free to get in touch--I'd love to work something out 
> with you to get your site going if you want to go the route of the 
> prebuilt site. It will be slightly faster than Wordpress, but that 
> also depends on where you're hosting it as well--the sites I host 
> usually have a reverse proxy on top of them, which means that all of 
> your content is delivered a lot faster with the exception of dynamic
pages.
> HTH,
> On 3/6/2014 9:57 PM, Blake Hardin wrote:
>> Hi all, since there has been allot of talk on here about website 
>> building and such I have a question. I want to create a membership 
>> site for guitar lessons. Now, I am not sure where to go here. I want 
>> a blog section for myself, a forum for the paying members of the 
>> site, and a place where the member can view the lessons. Now, I know 
>> I can do all of this with word press and a few plug ins that will 
>> cost me around $200 or so, but I would need someone to help me set up 
>> themes and such to make it look good. Or, I could have someone build 
>> the site for me from scratch however this is going to cost much much 
>> more than $200 lol. So what are the pros and cons of both? I would 
>> probably use A member pro for the word press plug in because I know 
>> it is useable with jaws. But if people are providing there credit 
>> cards to me for the subscription to the site, how secure is word 
>> press? Or is there a way I can keep the credit cards somewhere else 
>> other than the server itself? If someone were to build the site from 
>> scratch, would it be more secure? Faster loading times? Any help here 
>> would be great. I know people that have an online membership site 
>> that they are running with word press so just thought I would ask to 
>> see what the best way I should go about doing this is.
>>
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