Most web hosting companies offer automatic installation for famous CMS. That means once you buy a web hosting, you can have a pre-installed blog or web site in just a few clicks. Amazing right? It looks easy if you already have basic knowledge like me. The tools in the web hosting control panel are meant to ease web master tasks. However those tools are not going to be any help if the user doesn't know anything related to web development.
So, if you want to start a website so that you can be a geek web master, try to do it the hard way first. After that you will see that the principle for installing and using a CMS is the same with other CMS. By installing and preparing a website by yourself, you will learn about database, FTP, chmod, setup domain name, configuring website for SEO, and a lot more.
Somehow if you are a businessman or someone that needs a website as fast as possible, it is better to just ask for web designing service. Price for a web design service never is the same. All of that depends on certain factor like these:
To be honest, it can cost thousands if you ask someone around the town to build a website for you. This is due to the low competitions in the town. If you check for online web design services, you can actually find someone to create at a cheap price. That's because there are too much competitions in the internet and web designer cannot survive if they mark up too high for the service.
So does that mean it's better to use online web design service? That depends on your need. If you use local web design service, if will be easier for you to meet with him and properly discuss about your needs. Later you can easily find him if there are some tweaks that you need the web designer to do. Compared to local web design, online web design can be cheap but also dangerous. You just don't know who you are dealing with. And if something goes wrong, you cannot just meet him without spending extra time and money for journey. Unless you are properly sure that the online web designer has high profile and has good portfolio, it's always better to opt for local web development service.
Most web designer today is likely to build your website using CMS software. The open source software is actually free but that does not mean it is not good. Open source software such as WordPress and Joomla always release new version or patch so that the security is up to date. Since the software is free, the only concern is in preparing the theme for the installed website. If you prefer beautiful, cool, or custom theme, I am sure you need to pay more compared to using free theme. If you want a website for business purpose, spending some money for premium or custom theme will not hurt you. Premium and custom theme will separate your website from average designed websites. This is where your professionalism shines.
Remember, a website is useless without any content. Also remember that web builder is hired to design, not write articles for the developed website. If you still want the webmaster to write all of related articles or information in the website, the price for the developed website is likely to increase.
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