How fast to you take per site
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Payton said:
Yes to me too. I don't like it cause i doesn't seem like there's been to much effeort into it, to make it a quality site. Therefore I take the content for granted.
I agree with you, but it doesn't really have to be like that if you play it smart - if the design is good looking and functional and your sites are linked & under the same major topic, for example, than it may also be perceived as branding and staying consistent.Payton said:
you can also do a very basic design that allows you to easily change the colors and throw around the whole look of the site
I built myself a CMS that lets me easily change the color themes. I also have it all through CMS and module based so I can add and remove certain modules on the main page, and change up the CSS quickly.
I agree that if youre pumping out the sites you should try to make them somewhat unique, but hand coding every single line on every new site doesn't make much sense to me.
I agree that if youre pumping out the sites you should try to make them somewhat unique, but hand coding every single line on every new site doesn't make much sense to me.
Dave said:
Exactly. I didn't change much of my code apart from css for the last few sites, as I've built a template in such a way that it allows easy customization and it really saves me a lot of work and I don't have to worry about bugs, as it's already tried and tested.
NtodaS said:
Yep. Its by no means as advanced as the bigger open source ones, but thats where I found my advantage. The code is smaller, more efficient since I dont have overhead Im not using, and I know exactly what to change if I want a different look or different functionality.
And of course, the biggest reason, is that Im a developer at heart and enjoyed making it
I typically use css-driven sites. I use either my own or a free template. Going this route, you can take a css template page and create anything on topic restricted only by your different graphics and color palettes.
It probably takes me an hour to produce a boiler-plate (about, contact, index, etc) site. I also use php so my menu system and other "common areas" like the footer are "included" statements so if I need to make a change to the menu or left panel, whatever, I change it in only one file!
It probably takes me an hour to produce a boiler-plate (about, contact, index, etc) site. I also use php so my menu system and other "common areas" like the footer are "included" statements so if I need to make a change to the menu or left panel, whatever, I change it in only one file!
I've launched some sites within an hour or two. Others have took a lot of developing.
I think least one has ever took was three hours; which was an arcade site which I sold that day for over $600. So for those three hours I was earning $200/h. Not bad for a bit of coding.
I think least one has ever took was three hours; which was an arcade site which I sold that day for over $600. So for those three hours I was earning $200/h. Not bad for a bit of coding.
I have always been quite fast, my biggest downfall is distractions - i get distracted easily and then i become unmotivated with the site i am working on so have to leave it for a while to get back into it.
The design process usually takes me the longest cos i am almost, always unhapy with the work I do so I do like 50 designs that are all rubbish.
Once I get going I can storm ahead. Does anybody else feel the tricky part is deciding the positioning of text and the typefaces etc to use? i can never find a suitable font that I think fits a design and doesnt ruin the flow of the page.
The design process usually takes me the longest cos i am almost, always unhapy with the work I do so I do like 50 designs that are all rubbish.
Once I get going I can storm ahead. Does anybody else feel the tricky part is deciding the positioning of text and the typefaces etc to use? i can never find a suitable font that I think fits a design and doesnt ruin the flow of the page.
Depends on the site. It usally takes me a full day to get the layout designed and coded. The rest is all coding the databases and writing the scripts, then adding content. It all depends on how many different scripts it'll take and how much content. Could be from a couple days, to a couple months. But in the end, you're really never done.
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