I Need A Website Built

illuminexilluminex Join Date: 2004-03-13 Member: 27317Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">www.ecstasisband.com</div> As some of you fine fellow forumites know, I'm a music producer, and have all of my projects, and some of my collaborations and friend's music, currently hosted on my website www.ecstasisband.com.

To put it bluntly, the website looks like complete and total crap. Therefore, I need a new one built that looks far simpler and far more professional. A more "blog-like" website, if you will. I will need php scripts to be coded to allow easy posting of news and updates (including pictures, videos, and music) on the various pages. The web builder will need good knowledge of flash, CSS, and XHTML. I do not want an outlandish site. I want a website that has subtle bits of awesomeness scattered about. The site needs to have php scripts for the database that will connect forums to different access levels of the website (there will be more than one admin).

At this time, I am in a fairly strict financial position, given that I have no roommate yet for my place so I'm fronting the $900 rent each month, so payment will be small, if anything at all. However, if my financial situation improves I will be willing to pay the lucky lad who gets chosen to build one up to around $50, maybe more maybe less. It all depends on the money.

I have either 2 or 5 gigs of storage (I don't remember offhand) and 100 gigs of monthly bandwidth, so there's plenty of flexibility for the imagination of the guy who takes it up.

Thanks guys,

NEX
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  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    When do you need it by? You won't have to pay me, but:

    it might take a while (I'm still learning PHP and MySQL, so I can make a post updating system, but I'll have to figure certain bits out). Do you have MySQL available on your web host?

    And also, I refuse to make a website with Flash in it.

    My problem is that I'm not a great designer, but I'll try my best. If it's all done with CSS anyway, someone else will be able to give that side a shot.

    Any photos or logos of the band?
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  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    And remove that valid HTML 4.01 button! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    Might I suggest you check out www.noahgrey.com/greysoft/ ? Greymatter is a great blog software, and you can modify it to look like most anything. I use it for my site and it's really useful - It has a news updater, calendar [for news posts] and i put links to stuff in the nav bar. It can look like anything, too.
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  • illuminexilluminex Join Date: 2004-03-13 Member: 27317Members, Constellation
    I'll have to check that software out.

    And thank you for your inquiry, but flash will be a necessary part of the website. I'd be looking at a timetable of around 1-1.5 months for the entire php scripting and database portion to be finished, as well as an uploadable version of the website. I will be helping with the graphic side a little bit, as I have some experience in photoshop. However, I know that many people can easily blow me away, so if the web designer is really good, I'll just let him make logos and I'll approve/disapprove.

    I will be gone most of today, but I will check and reply to anyone who is PMing me when I have time later on tonight.
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  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    Why do you need Flash? If there's a good reason then fair enough.
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  • illuminexilluminex Join Date: 2004-03-13 Member: 27317Members, Constellation
    Flash has visual capabilities that I want to utilize soon after the website is released, and since whoever builds me this website will help with maintaining it, I want to make sure that Flash is part of the person's portfolio.
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    I'd suggest avoiding Flash. Seriously, everyone I know cringes and often won't even go to a Flash-based website. It's tacky, annoying, and un-needed.
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  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    edited March 2005
    Yes Testament, it's a good story until you get to the part where he screws the people that trusted him.

    Less of a genius, more of a back-stabbing tossrat.
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  • RobRob Unknown Enemy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 25Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin-Testament+Mar 18 2005, 02:33 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Testament @ Mar 18 2005, 02:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'd suggest avoiding Flash. Seriously, everyone I know cringes and often won't even go to a Flash-based website. It's tacky, annoying, and un-needed. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Agreed.

    The big problem with flash is that it's not scalable.

    Although you can pigeon-hole yourself into a certain resolution pretty easy with HTML, too, at least with HTML you can make a scalable site.

    What I mean is that the use can and SHOULD be able to view your site at whatever resolution and text size he or she wants. From 640x480 to 1600x1200 or higher. The site needs, especially a professional one, to be able to scale to such changes.

    Now, flash banners and things. Or maybe a flash table of contents might be okay in moderation.
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    edited March 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-twoflow+Mar 18 2005, 06:40 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (twoflow @ Mar 18 2005, 06:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yes Testament, it's a good story until you get to the part where he screws the people that trusted him.

    Less of a genius, more of a back-stabbing tossrat. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's the point.

    On the Flash thing, the only thing with Flash that REALLY bugs me is when a site is entirely based around it. As Rob said, it's fine in moderation.
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  • TheDestroyerTheDestroyer Tooobah Join Date: 2003-07-12 Member: 18123Members, Constellation
    edited March 2005
    Yea, I must agree...flash aint the best thing for a website. Leave that for the movies and games of the internet. Yea, just reply to my message(s) when you get back. I think I know exactly what you need, and you may not even need one of us to maintain it for you. My webpages I sent you should show the type of webpage you describe, minus the flash, of course.

    [EDIT]If you really need it, I can get Flash to work with the type of site I recommend.[/EDIT]
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  • napinapi Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14172Members, Constellation
    please just don't use a flash navigation menu.... most annoying things in the world - I dont' want to sit and wait for the menu to load if I know I don't want to be sitting on the front page!

    (Not to mention a large fraction of websites don't embed their flash files properly allowing them to be accessed by all browsers. gg dreamweaver/frontpage etc....)
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  • illuminexilluminex Join Date: 2004-03-13 Member: 27317Members, Constellation
    I don't want a website built completely from flash. While I've seen some amazing <a href='http://astral-projection.com' target='_blank'>flash websites</a>, I don't want one that is quite as eccentric. However, I do believe that flash is a necessary part of a good website, especially if you're representing a form of music that is based completely around computer technology. Since that is the target demographic of the website, I don't feel bad making a website that isn't accessible or fully available to 5 % of the web population. Flash will simply enhance the website for the other 95 %. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    I'll make a decision in the next day or so about who I want to build me a great website, so keep the ideas, suggestions, and offers coming my way.
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  • cracker_jackmaccracker_jackmac Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6891Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> However, I do believe that flash is a necessary part of a good website, especially if you're representing a form of music that is based completely around computer technology<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    While I would agree, I would also have to say that flash can become too consuming. One thing that I have see a problem with flash is content. If you want that "flash website" awe, then leave the menus and site logo in flash. Content should be in scalable HTML/CSS <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Having a mix allows everyone to read your article/posts w/o having a bias to a certian group.

    Or, have parts of the site in flash that would enhance the users experience, but are totally unnessecary to retrieving the digital-music.
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  • illuminexilluminex Join Date: 2004-03-13 Member: 27317Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-cracker jackmac+Mar 18 2005, 07:51 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (cracker jackmac @ Mar 18 2005, 07:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> However, I do believe that flash is a necessary part of a good website, especially if you're representing a form of music that is based completely around computer technology<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    While I would agree, I would also have to say that flash can become too consuming. One thing that I have see a problem with flash is content. If you want that "flash website" awe, then leave the menus and site logo in flash. Content should be in scalable HTML/CSS <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Having a mix allows everyone to read your article/posts w/o having a bias to a certian group.

    Or, have parts of the site in flash that would enhance the users experience, but are totally unnessecary to retrieving the digital-music. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Precisely my sentiments.
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