Looking for web development referrals/recommendations
May 25, 2012
By
Jill McNair
I'm an eLearning Designer, not a web designer. I have built three portfolio-type websites from templates. I've been approached by a friend who wants me to build a site for him. At first glance, I thought that I could use a WordPress template and plug-ins to build all this without much trouble.
As we have gotten into this, I need some help with two issues:
- It is looking like the site is going to need a small, but searchable database of the members and their profile information.
- I need to find the best solution that will allow me to create to create a totally detailed and customized profile pages for members - either a profile plug-in, or something that will allow members to create their own pages that I template.
Can anyone recommend do-it-yourself solutions for either of these, or refer me to a reputable web developer who charges reasonable rates?
I know that we are a group of eLearning designers, but I'm hoping some of you either have some web design experience, or know some people who do! Thanks in advance for your help!
Jill
7 Replies
Jill,
Not sure how the "User" side could be done, (possibly a "Steve Flowers" sort of question...), however, have you considered building the website in Storyline?
Not sure of the SEO considerations.
Bruce - http://pperf.co.uk/
Surely the Flash output will be fenced off from any SEO?
Possibly, hence said I did not know
I use my website for "advertising" rather than anything else, for sending to people once the initial contact is made, so not an issue for me at the moment.
If it is in the future, I may realise that this was a ridiculous suggestion
Bruce
Thanks for the idea Bruce, but unfortunately it's a little too complicated a site to use Storyline for. I'd love to!
After lots of searching, I did find a Saas service where I can build a database-based site called Webvanta. I am hoping that this will work for me. I still may end up having to hire someone to do parts of this though, so I'd still love any reliable web designer/developer referrals any of you might have.
Hi, Jill -
There are a few plug-ins for Wordpress that might do the job for you. Here's another resource that covers a few of the easy to use CMS' out there:
http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/top-10-most-usable-content-management-systems/
Steve
Hi Jill, have you approached Steve Flowers? To be honest this sort of thing comes built into joomla and may suffice so should be simple. I know when I put my site together (using joomla) I had to switch all this functionality off
See I was so slow posting Steve has chimed in
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