How much would it cost …

[Dolby]

… for a simple page of (for example) employees at a company?

A small, friendly looking database (like a super simple Facebook) with maybe a photo, interests, hobbies etc?

 

[WAslayer]

… for a simple page of (for example) employees at a company?

A small, friendly looking database (like a super simple Facebook) with maybe a photo, interests, hobbies etc?

Completely static, no forms to fill in or content that changes dynamically etc..?

 

[Dolby]

Completely static, no forms to fill in or content that changes dynamically etc..?

Maybe an upload button to get the photos etc? But aside from that, yea … static. Just ball park.

Also hosting & domain would probably be cheap on something like this as even 100 employees at 10MB per profile is only 1Gbit?

Just thinking out loud

 

[WAslayer]

Maybe an upload button to get the photos etc? But aside from that, yea … static. Just ball park.

Also hosting & domain would probably be cheap on something like this as even 100 employees at 10MB per profile is only 1Gbit?

Just thinking out loud

Anytime you are uploading directly to the website that's complexity and cost..

I can show you for free how to create and manage this yourself via a bootstrap template.. just get the hosting sorted and let me know..

 

[Dolby]

Anytime you are uploading directly to the website that's complexity and cost.

So even static with an upload button?

I’m sure you can see this isn’t my industry, so excuse the silly questions - but how do websites work with mobile devices, different screen sizes etc?

 

[WAslayer]

So even static with an upload button?

I’m sure you can see this isn’t my industry, so excuse the silly questions - but how do websites work with mobile devices, different screen sizes etc?

There won't be an upload button on the site, but you would still be able to upload new photos..

Bootstrap templates are mobile friendly..

So this is what the basic example looks like:

Album example for Bootstrap

getbootstrap.com

And you can edit this to change/remove elements and or colours of elements pretty easily..

 

[Dolby]

There won't be an upload button on the site, but you would still be able to upload new photos..

Bootstrap templates are mobile friendly..

So this is what the basic example looks like:

Album example for Bootstrap

getbootstrap.com

And you can edit this to change/remove elements and or colours of elements pretty easily..

Thanks!

I’ll check it out!

 

[Steamy Tom]

Setting it up? Free. Teaching someone how to use and maintain it, R5M

 

[RedViking]

Just grab a WordPress template. Selfhost with Domains.

Or get Notion.so and just create a live page.

Publish a Notion Site – Notion Help Center

Any page you build in Notion can be turned into a beautiful Notion Site with just a click. Publish a blog, resume or portfolio, job listing, landing page — the possibilities are as wide as the web itself.

www.notion.so

 

[NotFound]

It can cost you anything between R1000 and R10000 depending on who you get to do it. how fancy you want it to look and how much your requirements change during the process.

If you want something really simple you can use something like Netlify with static site generator.

 

[rh1]

R10 Million. Special discount:R2 for KFC.

 

[Spacerat]

So even static with an upload button?

I’m sure you can see this isn’t my industry, so excuse the silly questions - but how do websites work with mobile devices, different screen sizes etc?

You are moving the goalposts all the time . Now you want responsive too. Mobile optimised is another level of complexity. You don’t want to serve full photos and scale on the client. The backend needs to scale and serve based on the device. Maybe CSS can do that. But jesting aside, my static site != your static site

 

[Dolby]

You are moving the goalposts all the time . Now you want responsive too. Mobile optimised is another level of complexity. You don’t want to serve full photos and scale on the client. The backend needs to scale and serve based on the device. Maybe CSS can do that. But jesting aside, my static site != your static site

It’s not that I’m changing - it’s now that I’m clicking I’ll have to load all 100 profiles … just easier if users can

Thinking as I go

 

[B-1]

Thinking as I go

That makes it expensive. Chasing a moving goal post takes lots of time and as a result costs lots of money.

If you are happy to use an existing plug-in to something like WordPress it can be pretty easy. Some examples:

Employee Spotlight Starter Edition – Employee Spotlight WordPress Plugins Starter Edition Demo Site

espotlight-com.emdplugins.com

Single Category – dLawyers

demo.directorist.com

 

[Thor]

I made you a template

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[animal531]

Do they have an intranet?

 

[Dolby]

I made you a template

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head> <meta charset=utf-8;UTF-8"> <meta - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

pastebin.com

Thanks.

See, I’m so new that I don’t even know what that code is, what to do with etc. But I’m learning.

I do have another question regarding storage. With many of these hosting sites, you seem to get x storage with it.

That storage is ample for a simple photo or two per employee.

Am I right in saying that the actual running cost of a site like this is fairly inexpensive then?

 

[Thor]

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[Dolby]

Get a R100 per month account by domains.co.za

25GB ... more than enough

Thanks