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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: poole bay on October 31, 2010, 10:59:16 am
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What's the best way to build one and the best way to do it what's the normal amount of cash to spend ???
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In my case, my wife did it. The ingredients were Dreamweaver and a lot of swearing at how useless Dreamweaver was but that it was at least better than <insert alternative software name here>. She spent a lot of time on it. Her background is design; this may have been a hindrance, as she wanted everything to look perfect.
You need to make the decision as to the value of your time. If you're happy to spend a lot of time on the job, do so. If not, find someone local who can do it for you. They'll do it so much quicker than you can. Ge someone local and you'll be able to sit down with them and wave your arms around if things go wrong. Get someone online and they may not care about you.
If you do insist on doing it yourself, then investigate Joomla; it's VERY quick to create content and had a million add-ons for things like online billing, etc. Google "Joomla" and you'll be inundated with useful material.
It's odd, isn't it? We would never think of making our own hosereel, pumps or brushes (some nutters notwithstanding), but for some reason when it comes to a website, we don't want to pay out for it.
Vin
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funny enough i brought won last night £10 a year got lots of domain names and lots of templates to choose from does not look to hard to work out and i am crap at this sort of thing 24/7 help line as well . You can look at mine at the moment but as i just brought it i have a picture of my dog and that is about it lol www.windowcleaningservices.org.uk and you might not be able to find it yet because i think it takes up to 48 to go on line any way hope this helps
One.com web hosting
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This
http://www.oakleywindowcleaning.co.uk/
is mine, it costs £5.00 a month to host and I did it myself.
I use a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) html editor such as NVU.
http://net2.com/nvu/
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this is mine
www.bluemonkeywindowcleaning.co.uk
it cost me £95, £30 SEO and £5 per month hosting, is is similar to matts as it is just templates, but i couldnt be bothered to build my own and for what it cost me i like it, i just give the bloke my logo and let him do the rest
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this is mine
www.bluemonkeywindowcleaning.co.uk
it cost me £95, £30 SEO and £5 per month hosting, is is similar to matts as it is just templates, but i couldnt be bothered to build my own and for what it cost me i like it, i just give the bloke my logo and let him do the rest
That is a really nice site and i agree the blokes done a nice job but i thought for £10 a year what have i got to lose but i would like to know the blokes e-mail address if that is ok £95 seems very good value for money
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studioarts@ntlworld.com
his name is mike, tell him blue monkey, give it to you
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What's the best way to build one and the best way to do it what's the normal amount of cash to spend ???
Best way is to go here and do it all for free.........
http://www.gbbo.co.uk/
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This
http://www.oakleywindowcleaning.co.uk/
is mine, it costs £5.00 a month to host and I did it myself.
I use a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) html editor such as NVU.
http://net2.com/nvu/
I remember a post, where you copied the template , can't remember the outcome though. Sorry if i am wrong
Darren
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You're right.
I put a link to the studioarts site on my page.
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www.webs.com its free. pretty easy to do. www.anthonysmithwindowcleaning.webs.com
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Yes, seen alot of good sites on here.
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I like the Perfect Windows website, it looks good and contains a lot of information but without looking overcrowded. Top job. :)
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I think Frankys site looks good, but theres alot on here that look great
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mike the one you posted www.gbbo.co.uk/
its free but how much cash do they want from you when it runs out looks good to use
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mike the one you posted www.gbbo.co.uk/
its free but how much cash do they want from you when it runs out looks good to use
You'd have to renew your domain name, roughly £15 for two years and the google webhosting is free indefinatley as far as i know.
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We would never think of making our own hosereel, pumps or brushes (some nutters notwithstan
LOL Like making a brush head from the cheapest crappest asda broom head like someone suggested. :o
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We would never think of making our own hosereel, pumps or brushes (some nutters notwithstan
LOL Like making a brush head from the cheapest crappest asda broom head like someone suggested. :o
Yes, that sort of thing.
Spend an hour bodging an Asda broom head onto a pole versus spending £18.99 on a purpose built brush I can screw on in twenty seconds and earning £32 in the remaining 59mins 40 secs. I know which I'd prefer.
Same economics, different amounts when it comes to a website. (And no, I know it's not quite that simple)
Vin