Sorry to miss this conversation til now. Have your friend check out an awesome, Austin-based service called SnapPages.com that offers "website creation for the rest of us" as their tag line states. I saw their demo at SXSW and was very impressed.
I personally use custom WordPress/CMS installs and I'm sure a lot of Refreshers might scoff at these types of services (Squarepace.com is another), but for someone just getting into it and/or who simply doesn't want to deal with cPanels or "5-minute installs" but still wants a stable product with customizable design options, this might be exactly what he's looking for. Cheers, Art Thompson, Jr. Logical Things, Inc. 917-609-1158 [m] 512-692-9865 [w] www.LogicalThings.com www.twitter.com/LogicalThings www.linkedin.com/in/LogicalThings We design, build and deploy branded Microsites, Landing Pages, Blogs, Eblasts and Whatever Comes Next. -- On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:59 PM, karlie de young <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the advice, everybody! I'll point my buddy in that direction =) > > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Pat Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Karlie, for the price you're looking at, you could easily do two things: >> >> 1) Go with a hosted solution like Steve recommended. >> >> 2) Go with a basic account at a provider (bluehost, hostgator, etc) where >> they can register the domain name, get a hosting account with a cPanel for >> adminstration, & a one-click installation of WordPress or other CMS & then >> use a free or low-cost theme for a somewhat custom look & feel. >> >> Cheers! >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Aaron Ortega <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I can get behind that. With a little reading they can install Wordpress, >>> and download some nice themes from Wordpress.org or some cheap (~30) >>> Wordpress themes from Theme Forest >>> http://themeforest.net/category/wordpress >>> -- >>> >>> Aaron Ortega | Owner >>> P: (512) 650-4465 | [email protected] >>> 111 W Anderson Lane | Suite D215 | Austin TX 78752 >>> >>> www.umbrella-media.com | @ummedia >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Pat Ramsey >> Resident Geek - Web Design and Accessibility Specialist >> Cospace >> cospaceatx.com >> [email protected] >> @pat_ramsey >> >> Cospace... Meet Here >> http://cospaceatx.com >> (512) 814-8379 >> >> -- >> Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Refresh Austin" group. >> >> [ Posting ] >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy >> We do not accept job posts from recruiters. >> >> [ Unsubscribe ] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<refresh-austin%[email protected]> >> >> [ More Info ] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin >> > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<refresh-austin%[email protected]> > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
