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p.1 #1 · Who built your website?

I'm looking to get some work "out there" and do not think building a website is a task I want to tackle myself. I come to you who have already done so (o.k., I know almost everyone has one! lol) to see where to even begin the process of finding the right service. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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Mar 11, 2008 at 07:17 PM

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p.1 #2 · Who built your website?

www.bludomain.com has some really good stuff for really cheap prices. I have looked at a lot of their stuff but just haven't jumped in yet. I like these real well.

Mar 11, 2008 at 07:25 PM

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p.1 #3 · Who built your website?

My cousin's wife is doing mine now - she's a pro designer but I'm not paying pro rates

. Should be ready in a couple of weeks.

To begin the process, you need to decide what you want from the site. I'm not a wedding photographer so the aim of your site might be different to me but I have opted for a showcase of my best images with links to an online printing service where people can buy prints. Once the site is finished, I will be able to upload flash galleries via Lightroom myself without having to bother her about it.

Pierre.

Mar 11, 2008 at 07:27 PM

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p.1 #4 · Who built your website?

www.ifp3.com is a flash site that's easy to manage.

Mar 11, 2008 at 07:36 PM

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p.1 #5 · Who built your website?

My hubby did mine

I'm really proud of it...he's in the process of doing a lot of changes to it, so it's still under construction.

Seize the Photo Photography (my site)
Webfixer (his website biz website with portfolio)

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Mar 11, 2008 at 08:12 PM

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p.1 #6 · Who built your website?

Here's a hosting site that's free: DotPhoto.com It's a simple, one page template. Easy to upload photos and they're right click protected. Also, you don't have to resize before uploading. And, you can set prices and create password protected albums for your clients to preview and order prints. They take a commission and send you a check or deposit into your credit card account. I've been using them for a few years,now, and I've gotten a lot of business from it. I am planning on putting together a more professional site with multiple pages soon, but I may link it to the DotPhoto site for viewing the albums and ordering.

You can look at my www link to check it out. It's simple but fairly effective.

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Mar 11, 2008 at 08:24 PM

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p.1 #7 · Who built your website?

Thanks all! Keep the ideas coming.
I also wanted to ask, how long have you used your current service and is there anyone to stay away from?

Mar 11, 2008 at 08:27 PM

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p.1 #8 · Who built your website?

livebooks

Mar 11, 2008 at 08:48 PM

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p.1 #9 · Who built your website?

BD.

Mar 11, 2008 at 09:33 PM

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p.1 #10 · Who built your website?

www.blackwoodmg.com

Mar 11, 2008 at 09:56 PM

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p.1 #11 · Who built your website?

Thanks! Keep them coming...I'm looking over each of them.

Mar 11, 2008 at 10:06 PM

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p.1 #12 · Who built your website?

For hosting I'm using Network Solutions

Mar 11, 2008 at 10:14 PM

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p.1 #13 · Who built your website?

My current site is from Allwebco, but I'm building a new one with Flash Palette.

Mar 11, 2008 at 10:26 PM

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p.1 #14 · Who built your website?

www.portfoliositez.com

Excellent customer service.

Mar 11, 2008 at 10:29 PM

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p.1 #15 · Who built your website?

Shaun at www.clearfocusdesigns.com a fellow FMer and web design is his biz. He's built two sites for us in the past two years...great guy to work with and the price is right.

TG

Mar 11, 2008 at 11:33 PM

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p.1 #16 · Who built your website?

i seriously couldn't be happier with my wedding site!!! it was done by - http://www.palebirddesignstudio.com

he does mostly work for record lables, bands and clothing companies. but he's definitely capable of doing photographer's websites. one of the cool things he did with my site is that it has a back end just like bludomain does, which is real nice.

the cool thing about evan is that he is an artist first. he handles all the design and then he has people working for him that do the flash and programming.

my music site is a bludomain template

Mar 11, 2008 at 11:36 PM

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p.1 #17 · Who built your website?

Homebuild, have a bit of a geek inside me

Currently I'll recommend Joomla and Drupal, with apropriate security set in place.

Nice templates and plugins available.

Mar 11, 2008 at 11:58 PM

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p.1 #18 · Who built your website?

Self-designed and built; hosted by 1&1. I'm cheap.

Mar 12, 2008 at 12:17 AM

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p.1 #19 · Who built your website?

Using Wordpress with Simpleviewer Pro. I already had an account at hostgator.com for multiple sites. Wordpress also has a list of hosts that offer one-click install. Wordpress is free; I haven't checked out the quality of the one-click hosts but a quick search should bring up problems with any of them.

I'm working on the design of it, but if I don't have it done soon I'm hiring a designer.

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Mar 12, 2008 at 01:46 AM

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p.1 #20 · Who built your website?

I did, in Photoshop/Image Ready and Aperture (Blog is done in iWeb just 'cause it's so easy).

My host is Lunar Pages for the main site and .mac for the blog (solely for ease)

http://www.edwardcrim.com

Mar 12, 2008 at 03:01 AM

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p.1 #21 · Who built your website?

my site is still in construction, but what I did was bought a template from flashmint.com and then had the same person who did my logo tweak the site to the way I like it. You can veiw it in progress here http://keithgoolsby.com/lovemarriagephoto/lmp1.swf

He's a great guy to work with, so if you don't want to pay outragous prices, but want a template to be customed desinged, drop me a PM and I can give you his contact info. He's gotten this done in just 2 days. So he's really fast.

Mar 12, 2008 at 03:22 AM

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p.1 #22 · Who built your website?

I did my own page... just learned Dreamweaver, and rolled with it!

Reasonably happy with how it came out!

Mar 12, 2008 at 04:32 AM

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p.1 #23 · Who built your website?

I used yahoo sitebuilder.

Mar 12, 2008 at 04:41 AM

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p.1 #24 · Who built your website?

ventura photo wrote:
i seriously couldn't be happier with my wedding site!!! it was done by - http://www.palebirddesignstudio.com

he does mostly work for record lables, bands and clothing companies. but he's definitely capable of doing photographer's websites. one of the cool things he did with my site is that it has a back end just like bludomain does, which is real nice.

the cool thing about evan is that he is an artist first. he handles all the design and then he has people working for him that do the flash and programming.

my music site is a bludomain template

wow i might have use them as well.

Mar 12, 2008 at 08:35 AM

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p.1 #25 · Who built your website?

speedfile wrote:
ventura photo wrote:
i seriously couldn't be happier with my wedding site!!! it was done by - http://www.palebirddesignstudio.com

he does mostly work for record lables, bands and clothing companies. but he's definitely capable of doing photographer's websites. one of the cool things he did with my site is that it has a back end just like bludomain does, which is real nice.

the cool thing about evan is that he is an artist first. he handles all the design and then he has people working for him that do the flash and programming.

my music site is a bludomain template

wow i might have use them as well.

ya, you should check'em out. you wouldnt be disappointed

Mar 15, 2008 at 07:39 AM


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