ok, seems I have caused alot of confusion. Sorry about that.
What I need is simple a website that will list accommodation for people who wish to have their accommodation listed. So essentially they will find my site called (example)
www.accommodationSA -. They will see a page/link that says "get listed". They click on that which brings up a new page and form which will have them fill in their accommodation description and include a few images. It will cost them a certain amount to get listed, very minimal. Once listed, they can go log onto the site and add any specials or edit any text and photos they wish to. This is what I'm looking for. Ofcourse it must "look" dynamic, but not necessarily "BE" all that dynamic. As long as it looks professional enough and not like some HTML experiment
A template would be fine even, as long as it looks decent enough as it related to what my site is about.
This is a perfect example!
http://www.travel-and-stay.co.za
You have to keep in mind (and other people who commented on this thread as well, especially the dumbass who's name I won't name right now, but you know who you are
) that
you expect to make money off of this. Now usually what I tell my clients who want to start websites that generates them a set income each month looking for a solution: Sure, you can do the template/plugin CMS thing, but when you expand it's going to cost more than what it'd cost you now for something like this. Best to tailor make it for your requirement, which initially does cost a bit of money, but once it's there you can do whatever with it, expand it without any kind of obstacle some schlep has to program around or anything. So what is it worth to you.
What is your projected ROI on this?
What is your marketing strategy?
How many people are interested in a site like this?
etc
(Those are some example questions I ask all my clients before they even start out)
Now I could be the typical "show me the moneyz and I'll give yooz a website for da intarwebz and you make billions!!!" type dude, who would probably shaft you and the project costs you more than you anticipate for, but I'm not. I don't accept work if the client didn't think it through. Everyone here are well aware of guys with ideas needing some programmer to do something for them for free with a promise in profit share... why? because we all fell into that trap once or twice while we were still very green.
For example, quickdubai.com (for the douche who wanted an example) opted to buy off the shelf software I had to customize, rather than pay me for a tailor made/custom e-commerce site. They're officially 2 years old in the next few weeks, and I'm *still* customizing stuff for them, having to work around or hack the code to make what they want WORK. I'm more than happy to keep taking their money, but I warned them before they made the decision that off the shelf software will cost them more in the long run than spending 2-3 months developing code custom to their needs suitable to expand and grow as the business does.
I don't just do "code". I help the business understand their needs and factor in future growth and avenues of expansion and potential before writing even a single piece of code. And that's mostly why I have repeat business from word-of-mouth advertisement, because "I know my ****"
My prediction is, as with everyone elses, you'll get what you pay for. You'll find someone willing to do the job for that price, but won't be able to deliver what you want exactly (which is to be expected). That, or you'll have to customize so much of what they give you (because its a Joomla CMS and a plugin) that they'll have to resort to either charging you for the time they spend on the project (which is more than the initial cost) or tell you that they won't be working on the project anymore because it went out of scope of the original specifications/ideas conveyed.
I'm not a nay-sayer, there might be some very bright individuals out there that can give you what you want for the price that you want without you having to lube-it-up and take it like a wo-man... but those are rare
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