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  • From: John Ferree <john AT seldomseenfarm.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] website development
  • Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:11:50 -0500

http://www.startlogic.com - very cheap if you pay 2 yrs in advance. . .
you do need to know something about html or CMS's (content management
system, many are php based). i used mambo, but am considering
simplifying and moving to wordpress. just a balance of CMS function vs
utility. i just use the web page for local interest, easy referral if
you get some press. don't really feel like i put enough into it, but
when you're busy there just isn't enough time.

http://www.farmfreshdelivery.com is an interesting blend of product,
web, and delivery. they don't grow anything (much?) at the moment. . .
but if you've got the skills or $'s could work very well, depending on
your marketing structure.

there are a good number of hosts out there. i'm big on cheap, but have
been playing with web crap for some time. startlogic only supports
Php-nuke and wordpress. I had to manually install mambo. CMS's are
super easy for instant content, and come with many features that would
be burdensome to include on a html only site. just check the versions
of apahe, php, mysql that the provider has, and what the CMS requires.

john
danville, in
www.seldomseenfarm.com



Home Grown Kansas! wrote:
> I have used Homestead www.homestead.com <http://www.homestead.com/>
> for approximately 10 years now. I didn't know what I was doing when I
> started, but their software, which you download, is easy to use.
> They also have tutorials to help you learn. I pay $24.99/month,
> but they have programs that cost less. Depends on what you are trying
> to do. The monthly fee covers all your expenses. I highly
> recommend Homestead. We have our own website and the farmers market
> website with Homestead.
>
> Elzie
> Wichita, KS
> www.homegrownkansas.com <http://www.homegrownkansas.com>
> www.oldtownfarmersmarket.com <http://www.oldtownfarmersmarket.com>
>
> */Brigette Leach <avalonfarmshomegrown AT earthlink.net>/* wrote:
>
> Regards to the list,
>
> Many of you have very well done websites, and I'm envious of you who
> have indicated that you did the work yourself. Are any of you willing
> to share with the list who/what you used to design it, and if you did
> the work yourself, advice for the rest of us? Who do you use to
> host the
> site and what kind of fees are you paying? Who did you register
> domain
> names with and for what kind of fees?
>
> Speaking for our farm, because we didn't feel competent to do a
> site on
> our own, paid a small fortune to have an e-commerce site designed. It
> was never what we hoped, did not generate sales, and was
> cumbersome to
> work with. Then after 4 years, the firm we worked with raised the
> hosting fees higher than we are willing to pay, so we are parting
> ways.
> Although I handled none of this until now, I am the chosen on to
> do it
> and starting over from scratch, so I'd appreciate the advice. I know
> just enough about it to be dangerous. I'm much better at shopping on
> other sites...LOL.
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who is willing to take the time to share,
>
> Brigette Leach
> Avalon Farms Homegrown
> Share of the Farm
> www.avalonfarmshomegrown.com
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