Web design for non-profit
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I'm on the board of a local non-profit, and they are wanting to make changes to their website. They currently host with 1&1 and pay $10 / mo for the services with their built-in wysiwyg editor, which they find too restrictive.
I know they could save a few bucks on the hosting, but the real issue is that they need another option for building / maintaining the website. Here's their website if anyone is interested: http://www.arc-gateway.org/. They don't currently sell anything through the site, but that could change in the future.
What alternatives are out there that I can review / recommend to them. Appreciate any input.
Regards, Dan
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There are some cheesy tools out there. Or you can hire someone. I know that both @DonutDetroyer and @MarigabyFrias do web design. Maybe they can help out.
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Use Concerte5 and buy a professional theme (they cost between $10-$200).
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We use Joomla in house right now. But Concrete5 is what I see a lot of local devs pitching.
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@scottalanmiller said:
There are some cheesy tools out there. Or you can hire someone. I know that both @DonutDetroyer and @MarigabyFrias do web design. Maybe they can help out.
Stuff like NetObjects Fusion and Xara Web Designer?
@thecreativeone91 said:
Use Concerte5 and buy a professional theme (they cost between $10-$200).
Thanks, I'll take a look. Do you purchase the themes directly from them or elsewhere?
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@Danp said:
Thanks, I'll take a look. Do you purchase the themes directly from them or elsewhere?
Direct. They have a market place.
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@Danp said:
Stuff like NetObjects Fusion and Xara Web Designer?
I wouldn't think so. Normal web design.
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@Danp said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I wouldn't think so. Normal web design.
What, you mean like an html editor?
They'd do PHP or similar raw who needs an editor when you have Notepad++. Editoris always make bad code, including Dreamweaver & FrontPage.
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I definitely agree with buying a theme for their site. Don't be afraid to spend more on the theme upfront. The higher cost themes generally have more features, and more support.
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Thanks for the input thus far. I already have an account with ASO (thanks to the earlier review by @scottalanmiller), so I should be able to load up a site there for testing.
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@Danp said:
Thanks for the input thus far. I already have an account with ASO (thanks to the earlier review by @scottalanmiller), so I should be able to load up a site there for testing.
Nice, I think I am going to be setting up a site with them tomorrow.
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@Danp said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I wouldn't think so. Normal web design.
What, you mean like an html editor?
I'm confused. You are asking for design but then listing tools. What does the tooling matter? I always did web design in a text editor.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
They'd do PHP or similar raw who needs an editor when you have Notepad++. Editoris always make bad code, including Dreamweaver & FrontPage.
Those tools seem to mostly be for non-designers who need some hand holding. I don't know of any serious designer that has every used those. Not since Dreamweaver circa 2004. Notepad++, Atom, vi, Sublime or similar are so easy.
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Agreed, between Notepadd++ the features of CPanel, and even just editing the files from within the site... What more does one need.
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@Sparkum said:
Agreed, between Notepadd++ the features of CPanel, and even just editing the files from within the site... What more does one need.
I wouldn't use the cpanel editor. I've had it cause issues. It will sometimes put in spaces, corrupt the file, or change the encoding.
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@thecreativeone91
Oh really, guess I've been lucky so far.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@Sparkum said:
Agreed, between Notepadd++ the features of CPanel, and even just editing the files from within the site... What more does one need.
I wouldn't use the cpanel editor. I've had it cause issues. It will sometimes put in spaces, corrupt the file, or change the encoding.
Not the cPanel Editor, the additional cPanel Code Editor. It specifically addresses those issues.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@Sparkum said:
Agreed, between Notepadd++ the features of CPanel, and even just editing the files from within the site... What more does one need.
I wouldn't use the cpanel editor. I've had it cause issues. It will sometimes put in spaces, corrupt the file, or change the encoding.
Not the cPanel Editor, the additional cPanel Code Editor. It specifically addresses those issues.
But it still buggs out sometimes.. hence why I don't care for it.
