All site owners want to get their websites built cheaply, as well they should. There’s no reason to pay more than you have to—including paying anything at all if your needs are best serviced by a Facebook page, a Tumblr account, … Read More
We absolutely love WordPress, and we’ve pressed tens of thousands of words about why. But this article is here to help you understand what WordPress—or any content management system (CMS)—simply can’t do for you. WordPress Can’t Build Your Site for … Read More
On WPShout, a WordPress blog we run, I recently wrote about how long it takes a developer to do a number of discrete jobs in WordPress. The post was motivated by a great article at another site about how much … Read More
This post is part of the Planning for Site Support course.
This post continues an earlier post on site support, which we can summarize as follows: You’re going to need site support. You’re going to need a plan for site support. We’ve also covered one of the best options for securing … Read More
Happy New Year! I had some time over the holidays, so I put together a video about what makes websites succeed and fail. The video explains that every website needs three kinds of plans to succeed: A strategic plan: the … Read More
Claire Codling is a jewelry maker and owner of HempBeadery.com, a craft supply store that specializes in providing everything the hemp jewelry maker could possibly need. Her business has evolved from running a handmade jewelry stall at a craft market … Read More
This post is part of the Care and Feeding of a Web Developer course.
In general, developers are a lot more flexible on price for projects they really want to work on, and a lot less flexible when they’ll have to grit their teeth for the money. Web developers are like anyone else: they … Read More
If you’re investing in a website, one of your primary concerns will naturally be to pay as little as possible. As we’ve argued before, looking only at cost is not the correct way to approach a website project. Rather, a … Read More
One of the marks of good web professionals is that they’re partners in strategy. I recently spoke with Matt from 3thought, a graphic design team we love, about working with them on a redesign project. In the course of the … Read More
Just like a car, a web project could cost almost anything depending on your needs and budget. Your developer needs to know both. “I want a car. How much will that cost?” Web developers confront this question almost every time … Read More
