Hi shandlon, As with any CMS, it's more a factor of: - complexity of creative (i.e. how much html/css/js; which browsers; mobile?; IE6?; etc) - number of page templates --> number of CMS templates (not a 1:1) - abstraction of navigation from IA (the more abstract the more code you're going to need to make it work; this is an exponential relationship) - number and complexity of functional widgets (forms and the like - this is the big ticket item)
The number of actual final pages is rarely a factor unless you're also responsible for the Copy, in which case you should count on about a day per page, presuming you're starting from scratch, once you have accounted for draft/review/alter/approval. No that's not a misprint, of course there will be some easy ones and some harder ones, but on averages a day is about right. Anyone who says it doesn't take that long has probably never done it before. So to your example, a 300-page site could take between about 2 months and a year in man-terms. Regards, Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of shandlon Sent: Thursday, 3 November 2011 9:48 PM To: RedDot CMS Users Subject: Creating Esitmates I wanted to see if anyone has a base for what they do with projects that are being put in CMS and estimating the cost of doing so. I have tried to use the base of an hour a page for the site knowing some pages will take next to nothing as they are just a repeat of other while the base pages and templates could take more. However, when we get a site that has say 300 actual pages that scares people away from doing a project. I know it is hard to say how much work it would take as it depends on several things but, is an hour a page really a bad guide? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en.
