On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Nitsan Bin-Nun <nitsanbn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have just quitted from my partial time job at the company. > I did some personally sites like that for 2 banks here in Israel. > > When I do something like that I usually basing the whole thing on the known > blogging platform WordPress, it has a massive power inside of it, the > templating system is very easy and gives you the ability to dress it up > without any extra knowledge except common sense and a bit of php knowledge, > It supports creating galleries (using plugins, etc) and gives you the > functionally you usually need when you write a personall website - free > access to creating static pages, using wordpress integrated WYSIWYG editor, > creating "updates" using the blog posts, etc. > > I found it very useful so far (I used this platform in 15 websites~) and I > think you will find it more than great for your client's job. > > HTH, > Nitsan > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Ryan S <genphp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > Got a question for you guys who make a lot of personal sites. > > > > I got a US client who wants me to make a personal site, 4-7 "sections" > (eg: > > about me, photos, whats new etc) > > and have to put a yearly maintenance $$ amount... > > > > I thought i'll make most of the stuff using php rather than plain html so > > the client can update different sections without me (eg: whats new, add > > pics) > > > > What do you guys charge for something like this (dont count hosting and > > domain fees) > > > > Thanks! > > R > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > I usually charge around $75 / hr. Though I have a client with a larger app that pays me about $1K / yr for all the continuing work on it. But in this case, I think Nitsan is probably correct, in that you should just use a preset template or blog software and change $250 flat for it...the first few you might lose money on (if considered in a per hour basis) but as you get faster and more familiar with it, you can get that going more quickly. -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat
