Comments on: How to Save Money by Creating Your Own Charity Website http://www.guidetohomebasedbusiness.com/blog/charities/how-to-save-money-by-creating-your-own-charity-website/ Helping You Succeed, Thrive & Be Balanced At Home Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jason King http://www.guidetohomebasedbusiness.com/blog/charities/how-to-save-money-by-creating-your-own-charity-website/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Jason King Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:22:26 +0000 http://www.guidetohomebasedbusiness.com/blog/?p=249#comment-1021 I've created dozens of websites for small nonprofits. I used to design static html sites and give the organisation's staff Adobe Contribute software so they could edit the site content. That turned out to be far too limiting, especially if the needs of the organisation changed later on. I find WordPress makes life much easier for both the charity and the web developer. Yes, using a CMS gives control of the website to the charity and makes them less reliant on the designer. WordPress is simple enough for staff to learn to use, easy to edit text and images in pages, there's a built-in search facility, and backing up content is a quick task. Most people seem to like using it once they give it a go. It's possible for web designers to create themes to build almost any kind of website you want and there are lots of plugins to add new functionality. And it's popular, with many other users and good documentation. But... cost-wise, it's not necessarily a huge saving initially. The site's theme still has to designed and configured to the specific needs of the organisation. I think the main long-term savings are in the time saved making content changes; and benefits from the increased reliability and functionality of the website. I've created dozens of websites for small nonprofits. I used to design static html sites and give the organisation's staff Adobe Contribute software so they could edit the site content. That turned out to be far too limiting, especially if the needs of the organisation changed later on. I find WordPress makes life much easier for both the charity and the web developer.

Yes, using a CMS gives control of the website to the charity and makes them less reliant on the designer. WordPress is simple enough for staff to learn to use, easy to edit text and images in pages, there's a built-in search facility, and backing up content is a quick task. Most people seem to like using it once they give it a go.

It's possible for web designers to create themes to build almost any kind of website you want and there are lots of plugins to add new functionality. And it's popular, with many other users and good documentation.

But… cost-wise, it's not necessarily a huge saving initially. The site's theme still has to designed and configured to the specific needs of the organisation. I think the main long-term savings are in the time saved making content changes; and benefits from the increased reliability and functionality of the website.

]]> By: jessica http://www.guidetohomebasedbusiness.com/blog/charities/how-to-save-money-by-creating-your-own-charity-website/comment-page-1/#comment-885 jessica Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:32:58 +0000 http://www.guidetohomebasedbusiness.com/blog/?p=249#comment-885 TravelPath: Retail is an online travel booking engine that allows travelers to purchase air tickets quickly and easily over the web. The first internet booking engine to seamlessly integrate published and negotiated fares in one easy to use product, TravelPath: Retail is simply the best way to ensure that your web site visitors have access to the lowest fares possible. TravelPath: Retail is an online travel booking engine that allows travelers to purchase air tickets quickly and easily over the web. The first internet booking engine to seamlessly integrate published and negotiated fares in one easy to use product, TravelPath: Retail is simply the best way to ensure that your web site visitors have access to the lowest fares possible.

]]> By: Rick interesting http://www.guidetohomebasedbusiness.com/blog/charities/how-to-save-money-by-creating-your-own-charity-website/comment-page-1/#comment-882 Rick interesting Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:36:52 +0000 http://www.guidetohomebasedbusiness.com/blog/?p=249#comment-882 I honestly thought that you will be talking about a non-profit organization such as a kiddie foundation or something. :) But you are right, wordpress platforms can also be considered a charity organization. People have made buckets of money using wordpress and other blogger platforms, However, would need you to get your own domain. It does not cost much and the profits that you get from making money from will make you grateful that you got your own site. I honestly thought that you will be talking about a non-profit organization such as a kiddie foundation or something. :) But you are right, wordpress platforms can also be considered a charity organization. People have made buckets of money using wordpress and other blogger platforms, However, would need you to get your own domain. It does not cost much and the profits that you get from making money from will make you grateful that you got your own site.

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