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M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
edited October 3, 2012 in Mind Your Own Business
I'm interested in a small scale web presence and thought members here could chime in with some recommendations/comment. I'm not interested in on-line sales, so I can skip the whole shopping cart/backend processing aspect. Yet I do have some requirements as follows.

So, what would be your recommendations based on the following, and can you provide a link to your site if you've used what you recommend so I can take a peek?


Basic requirements:
1) No software purchase required
2) Software for development/maintenance resides on the host servers
3) Inexpensive to host, like less than $100/year
4) Ability to have a cover and a few tabs like About, Portfolio, Contact etc.
5) Within the portfolio tab, ability to have a dozen or so images in a slideshow format, no music
6) Ability to use a domain name purchased and held by GoDaddy
7) Templates are good, but it needs to look half-descent without looking like every other site


Thanks in advance and I look forward to seeing what you all come up with!


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    AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited October 3, 2012
    why not use SMUGMUG?
    www.angelo.smugmug.com

    Moderator of: Location, Location, Location , Mind Your Own Business & Other Cool Shots
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    M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2012
    Angelo wrote: »
    why not use SMUGMUG?

    I hadn't given that any thought, and I even have a SM account for MY digital shoebox. 11doh.gif

    Does that require the PRO account to have the domain name point to a SM account?
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    denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,242 moderator
    edited October 3, 2012
    M38A1 wrote: »
    Does that require the PRO account to have the domain name point to a SM account?
    No. You can use a custom domain name with a power account.

    Features for all account levels can be seen at http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features/.

    --- Denise
    https://www.denisegoldberg.com ... https://denise.smugmug.com

    Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
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    JDubJDub Registered Users Posts: 171 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2012
    what i do is

    -create a free wordpress blog, make the necessary pages (services, portfolio, contact us, etc)
    -buy a domain name with web forwarding (go daddy)
    -point the web forwarding to the wordpress url
    -on the portfolio page, upload a slideshow/gallery on wordpress
    -for client ordering, use Backprint its FREE, or Smugmug Pro account

    see my site for all of this at www.jwphoto.biz\

    Only thing NOT free is the domain name, and I bought mine for $5 for the year and it came with email (info@jwphoto.biz)
    Josh Westbrook
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    Atlanta, GA
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    FergusonFerguson Registered Users Posts: 1,339 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2012
    M38A1 wrote: »
    Basic requirements:
    1) No software purchase required
    2) Software for development/maintenance resides on the host servers
    3) Inexpensive to host, like less than $100/year
    4) Ability to have a cover and a few tabs like About, Portfolio, Contact etc.
    5) Within the portfolio tab, ability to have a dozen or so images in a slideshow format, no music
    6) Ability to use a domain name purchased and held by GoDaddy
    7) Templates are good, but it needs to look half-descent without looking like every other site

    I do that with a power account here: http://www.captivephotons.com

    I just freshened it up a bit, so welcome comments and criticism, but it also has each of the things listed above, though I put the portfolio slideshow on the front page. So very interested in any comments.
    http://captivephotons.com
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