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Harleysdad
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p.1 #1 · want to build website.

I would like to build my own website. What is the best way to go about this?

Nov 28, 2008 at 06:58 PM

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p.1 #2 · want to build website.

i'm no web designer, but asking on a wedding forum would probably not rank on the 'best way to go about this' list

Nov 28, 2008 at 07:07 PM

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p.1 #3 · want to build website.

I figure there are alot of wedding photographers here that have built their own website.

Nov 28, 2008 at 07:15 PM

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p.1 #4 · want to build website.

i built mine with photoshop and dreamweaver. My hosting company gave free software a few years ago so I also got some nice flash gallery stuff for free. So my site is completely built by me but it doesn't look half bad, if I do say so myself.
www.photokisses.com for those interested.

Nov 28, 2008 at 07:31 PM

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p.1 #5 · want to build website.

Check out the very first post in the wedding photographer forum. It has a list of popular sites that many people use for website building. With flash and the templates they have now you could put together a website in no time if you had the pictures ready etc.
Good luck
Doug

Nov 28, 2008 at 09:59 PM

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p.1 #6 · want to build website.

most here bought a pre-made template from sites like bludomain. I here you can buy what I paid $800 for about $100 now. Have a look at them.

~Sam

Nov 28, 2008 at 10:14 PM

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p.1 #7 · want to build website.

2 ways,

1- get it designed & hosted by someone else
2- learn all the scripting & designing needed, then either host it somewhere or learn to manage a server and host it yourself.

I've been doing #2, gives me such flexibility, and an extra off site backup server. But now not having enough time, I'm gonna get someone else to do it.

Nov 29, 2008 at 01:27 AM

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p.1 #8 · want to build website.

Have a pro make it if you want it to be good. I would only do what you are good at, and if you are not a designer, then leave really important things like creating a logo and a web site to a pro. The template website thing is not the best idea since a whole lot of shooters sites all look very similar. When you are branding yourself the last thing you want to do is cut corners and do something cheap looking. If you end up doing it yourself, at least pay a good pro to critique it.

Hope that helps!

-Zach

Nov 29, 2008 at 01:54 AM

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p.1 #9 · want to build website.

At first, I did my own using FrontPage as the html editor and Xara Webstyles for the templates and graphics. Both are fairly cheap and easy to use, but they do require a bit of extra work to look clean (at least for me). I just opened up a Photobiz account yesterday, which didn't take long at all to set up and get going. I'm just doing some fine tuning before I publish it.

Bottom line, if you have the tools, the time and the knowledge (or desire to learn the tools), you can do it cheaper yourself in the long run. But sites like Bludomain and Photobiz make it real easy and fairly cheap. And they look good too. :0

Nov 29, 2008 at 06:02 PM

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p.1 #10 · want to build website.

Take a look at Portfoliositez. They have decent templates, good customer service, and decent pricing. Unless you're a graphic designer, don't do it yourself.

Nov 30, 2008 at 04:43 PM

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p.1 #11 · want to build website.

Built mine with Flash.

Nov 30, 2008 at 05:27 PM

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p.1 #12 · want to build website.

Tony, it seems like you are probably the exception to the "get it done by a pro if you want a professional looking site" rule. Your site is awesome and unique.

I've typically always made my own sites, but finally caved for a blu site (not finished yet). It takes a bit of time to get used to not having complete and utter control of everything, but it's also nice to not have to worry about it.

Nov 30, 2008 at 05:36 PM

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p.1 #13 · want to build website.

Check out swish, www.swishzone.com.

I made my first wedsite with this. It's a lot like flash, only cheaper and easier.

Mike

Dec 01, 2008 at 01:51 AM

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p.1 #14 · want to build website.

www.blackwoodmg.com

Dec 01, 2008 at 03:28 AM

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p.1 #15 · want to build website.

My biz partner and I did ours by ourself plus help from a few friends. We did mockups of everything in photoshop and illustrator then took those designs and with help from some friends we put them in to dreamweaver and then also got some javascript plugins. Our site is nowhere near what we want it to be but it is usable right now although we need to update/change our galleries and how they load (progressive jpegs).

www.ThirdElementStudios.com

we also use www.Fotki.com for our client proofing/ordering and www.blogspot.com for our blog

Dec 01, 2008 at 06:18 AM

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p.1 #16 · want to build website.

Blu domain dude. Can't go wrong.

Dec 01, 2008 at 10:55 AM


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