bigruss Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 So the developer I used for a student organization has not been very helpful with us and the product he came up with is adequate, but not spectacular. Im looking to improve this website or create a new one (on a new domain since the university one has been a PITA to access). If you are or know someone who develops sites please let me know. This is the site we currently have: http://www.business.illinois.edu/pct/ and if it's something that could be updated then that would be great too. We are a student organization so compensation wouldn't be fantastic but we have some funds for the project. Again, any ideas in terms of web hosting too are appreciated. Im pretty new to this stuff but at the same time the most advanced in the student org (which isn't saying much at all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 03:24 PM) So the developer I used for a student organization has not been very helpful with us and the product he came up with is adequate, but not spectacular. Im looking to improve this website or create a new one (on a new domain since the university one has been a PITA to access). If you are or know someone who develops sites please let me know. This is the site we currently have: http://www.business.illinois.edu/pct/ and if it's something that could be updated then that would be great too. We are a student organization so compensation wouldn't be fantastic but we have some funds for the project. Again, any ideas in terms of web hosting too are appreciated. Im pretty new to this stuff but at the same time the most advanced in the student org (which isn't saying much at all). Honestly, you could make a better website on your own with iWeb that comes with every Mac...and I'm not kidding. And when I say anyone could use that software, I mean even your grandmother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 03:42 PM) Honestly, you could make a better website on your own with iWeb that comes with every Mac...and I'm not kidding. And when I say anyone could use that software, I mean even your grandmother. Yea I know, like I said I was pretty disappointed in the outcome, but it was a major imprvement from a pretty basic html site we had running beforehand. I actually have a Mac I could use for iWeb, I'll have to check it out again but it seemed somewhat limited in terms of features/design. Are there more templates or whatnot that you can download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 03:49 PM) Yea I know, like I said I was pretty disappointed in the outcome, but it was a major imprvement from a pretty basic html site we had running beforehand. I actually have a Mac I could use for iWeb, I'll have to check it out again but it seemed somewhat limited in terms of features/design. Are there more templates or whatnot that you can download? There are no more templates than what comes with it, as a matter of fact, Apple is no longer supporting iWeb, but the ones they have are good enough to get a decent looking website up, for free...just delete all the Apple logos, etc...it won't be a custom website, but it'll honestly be good enough to pass for a usable site, etc. You may not like it in the end, but I'd say at least look at it as a possible alternative, it could end up saving you a few bucks, and at least then you'd have the power to edit it, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scenario Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Really depends on what you'd like to do with the site. If it was me... I'd set it up as a Wordpress blog-site. Wordpress is both powerful and very flexible. Has grown incredibly in use, so there are LOTS of free templates you can use... widgets you can add, etc. Plus you can host it on Wordpress.com for free. No hesitation in making this suggestion. In fact, I'm building a new website for my company and am using Wordpress. If you want a separate hosting company, there are several good low cost ones... each providing tools that will help you build your site. I'd start by looking at Hostgator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 03:58 PM) There are no more templates than what comes with it Actually, a simple Google search yields many templates available for free or a nominal fee that have been created by users outside the iWeb dev group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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