Hi Everyone,

Hope this find you all well.

I've recently launched a KickStarter to help fund the web design portion of my blog as I know this is a costly endeavor for a non-revenue generating project at the moment.

Forgive my ignorance on all this, but I need some assistance as to a best route in terms of taking my ideas and translating them into a full blown word-press launch that is aesthetically appealing per my design direction.

So as I stand I have ~ $2,000 to spend and was planning on utilizing 99 designs, however, it seems I'd only be paying for somebody to piece together a high-level photoshop layout of what the site could look like, and then it's sent to a coder.. is this correct? By that logic, what additional value add would a "web designer" have versus say may cutting out paper and arranging an idea myself? Is a web design from an actual designer necessary here? Or would my money be better spent elsewhere? Also, once the design has been completed.. what are good sites that can be used for an ongoing coding relationship if changes/updates are needed?

Recap: 1) Money to spend, high level design/aesthetic idea in my head, no coding experience, minimal WordPress knowledge, decent with design ideas but not a graphic or visual designer... can draw and arrange things on a basic level.-- Want my blog to launch looking good'professional with minimal headache.

2) Should I outsource to 99 designs? Or perhaps design on my own and then find a good coding/word press arrangement site instead? Are there other all encompassing sites to work with besides 99 designs?

Thanks for the response.

 

Within this budget context, can I still have something done of quality in that range?

 

Lastly.. is the craft vs WP preference personal or just actually better? I've not heard much in the way of Craft but would love any insights or articles you could offer as to why it would be preferred? Obviously once I launch my blog I'd like it to be fully integrated with mailing lists/SEO and customizable. Is Craft flexible in this right and would using Craft alienate me in any way?

 

Appreciate the help/

Sorry to confuse I just meant alienate in terms of functionality and integration with developers and other apps/plug-in's etc. -- In the end I just want a good-looking, artistically inclined site that is functional out of the gate that doesn't require me to spend countless hours learning how to develop prior. -- Granted, I'd like to learn this stuff to be more interactive with the process and any knowledge is welcomed.. but for now I'd rather get the launch done.

 

Also it might help to clarify that this will be a general content site/millennial based lifestyle blog in conjunction with a podcast.

So if I was looking for a design similar to say brainpickings.org, simple but aesthetically pleasing, with perhaps one extra basic page to house my podcasts. -- Could this reasonably be ball parked in that $2K range?

When you use that dollar sign are you actually talking in dollars or pounds sterling? That makes a big difference.

 

USD

 

Hi Everyone,

Hope this find you all well.

I've recently launched a KickStarter to help fund the web design portion of my blog as I know this is a costly endeavor for a non-revenue generating project at the moment.

Forgive my ignorance on all this, but I need some assistance as to a best route in terms of taking my ideas and translating them into a full blown word-press launch that is aesthetically appealing per my design direction.

So as I stand I have ~ $2,000 to spend and was planning on utilizing 99 designs, however, it seems I'd only be paying for somebody to piece together a high-level photoshop layout of what the site could look like, and then it's sent to a coder.. is this correct? By that logic, what additional value add would a "web designer" have versus say may cutting out paper and arranging an idea myself? Is a web design from an actual designer necessary here? Or would my money be better spent elsewhere? Also, once the design has been completed.. what are good sites that can be used for an ongoing coding relationship if changes/updates are needed?

Recap: 1) Money to spend, high level design/aesthetic idea in my head, no coding experience, minimal WordPress knowledge, decent with design ideas but not a graphic or visual designer... can draw and arrange things on a basic level.-- Want my blog to launch looking good'professional with minimal headache.

2) Should I outsource to 99 designs? Or perhaps design on my own and then find a good coding/word press arrangement site instead? Are there other all encompassing sites to work with besides 99 designs?

 

 

 

I'm pretty sure you can find a responsive Wordpress theme like brainpickings on themeforest. ~$60 up to now. After that hire a small agency or developer to install, configure, secure and adjust to your design needs. $2000 should suffice. If you decide to go that way, for that budget my agency can help you out.

Gotcha. -- Thanks!

 

I never realized $2K was such a base budget....

 

 

I'm pretty sure you can find a responsive Wordpress theme like brainpickings on themeforest. ~$60 up to now. After that hire a small agency or developer to install, configure, secure and adjust to your design needs. $2000 should suffice. If you decide to go that way, for that budget my agency can help you out.

 

Are you based in the U.S.? -- Do you guys establish an ongoing relationship for further developments and updates and things like that?