Did Anyone Make Your Website For You??

[Crazy8]

I planned on having someone do mine (I was going to pay her) but she got tied up with some other things and I don't know when she will be able to do it. I really need to start advertising now for some Sept. openings and wanted the website up and running.

I just don't know if I can do it myself. I was going to buy the template and I already have the hosting but I just don't know the ins and outs of building a website and afraid I won't be able to do it. In the past I've done the free ones using the easy web builders.

So, has anyone hired someone to do their site for them? How do you find someone? When I look up web designers they usually want a few hundred dollars - I was hoping to not have to spend that much - just want someone who has a little more experience than me who could use a few bucks for their time.

Is it that hard to do? Should I just try to do it myself??

[spud912]

I was also going to pay someone to do it, but then I realized that the companies really charge an arm and a leg! In the end, I decided to build my own website. I looked up a webs website builder and ended up upgrading so my site would be ad-free. It took a long weekend, but I think in the end it looks good! I pulled a lot of information from my Parent handbook to use on the site. I also like the fact that they give me site statistics so I can see how many people are looking at my website.

[Kaddidle Care]

Try Weebly - it's free and very user friendly. You just drag and click things into place. You can do it! Go for it!

[JaydensMommy]

I use vistaprint and think the monthly fee is very worth it. The website looks professional and its so easy to do and you get a personalized business email. It has a lot of great features. Most people that see it and calls compliments on how they liked my website.

[AnneCordelia]

I also use weebly. I love it! It's very easy to use and my website looks great. I have a friend who does website design for a living and she recommended it to me. I could pay her $550/year to build/maintain my website or I can do it on weebly for free.

[Kaddidle Care]

Don't forget to inform Google and other search engines of your website. It doesn't automatically appear when it's a free website.

I love our Weebly one, it's always a work in progress - I update the blog monthly and add slideshows and photos of the children's artwork. You can even set up a passworded parent's page if I'm not mistaken. I haven't done that yet but I may in the Fall.

Do not post photos of the children online unless you have proper signed authorizations from the parents. I even went so far as to ask for authorization to display the artwork since the children's first names appear on a lot of them.

To date I have no photos of children on our website even though I have authorization from some parents to do it. I just don't like that. If I take photos that a parent wants to share, I'm more than happy to email it to the parent and they can display it on their facebook or whatever.