Comments on: Nine Considerations When Pricing Your Design Projects http://www.1955design.com/2009/11/29/pricing-your-web-design-work/ Accessible Website Design & Custom WordPress Blog Themes Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: David Zemens http://www.1955design.com/2009/11/29/pricing-your-web-design-work/comment-page-1/#comment-20507 David Zemens Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:01:59 +0000 http://www.1955design.com/?p=898#comment-20507 Good point Pat. A little time spent better familiarizing yourself with the client is time well spent. Thanks again for commenting. Good point Pat. A little time spent better familiarizing yourself with the client is time well spent. Thanks again for commenting.

]]> By: Pat van der Lee http://www.1955design.com/2009/11/29/pricing-your-web-design-work/comment-page-1/#comment-20506 Pat van der Lee Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:39:47 +0000 http://www.1955design.com/?p=898#comment-20506 And depending on the free CMS, e.g., Joomla, DotNetNuke ... and the skill level of the client, you could spend many, many hours in training them. I like to meet and get a good feel for what they actually need from a website first. Some clients are asking for Joomla websites who really only need a "brochure" type site. So it all comes down to being very thorough in the proposal phase. And depending on the free CMS, e.g., Joomla, DotNetNuke … and the skill level of the client, you could spend many, many hours in training them. I like to meet and get a good feel for what they actually need from a website first. Some clients are asking for Joomla websites who really only need a “brochure” type site. So it all comes down to being very thorough in the proposal phase.

]]> By: David Zemens http://www.1955design.com/2009/11/29/pricing-your-web-design-work/comment-page-1/#comment-20344 David Zemens Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:54:50 +0000 http://www.1955design.com/?p=898#comment-20344 Thanks for stopping by and comment Carl. I did refer to CMS systems in my article. Certainly there is an added cost for a pure commercial CMS, but I am not in agreement that the cost to the client is zero when using an open source CMS like WordPress. Although the software is free to use, my experience in setting up, configuring, tweaking and training the client in the use of the open source software has a value as well. Thanks for stopping by and comment Carl.

I did refer to CMS systems in my article. Certainly there is an added cost for a pure commercial CMS, but I am not in agreement that the cost to the client is zero when using an open source CMS like WordPress.

Although the software is free to use, my experience in setting up, configuring, tweaking and training the client in the use of the open source software has a value as well.

]]> By: Carl Kest http://www.1955design.com/2009/11/29/pricing-your-web-design-work/comment-page-1/#comment-20343 Carl Kest Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:50:50 +0000 http://www.1955design.com/?p=898#comment-20343 What about the price of the CMS used? It might be zero using the open sources as Joomla or Drupal, or free editions of commercial software like Kentico or Sitefinity, but thousands if you go for pure commercial CMS. What about the price of the CMS used? It might be zero using the open sources as Joomla or Drupal, or free editions of commercial software like Kentico or Sitefinity, but thousands if you go for pure commercial CMS.

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