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[ISee]

Hi again
I might be looking for someone to create a website with a nice (mostly closed) forum and a front page (and possibly update it on semi regular basis in future)

and also a kind of community/portal website with frames, forum, maybe a newsfeed etc. (again with the possibility of a regular update)

The last one has to look highly professional

Could anyone give me a ballpark figure of how much i should be looking at spending (and the updating fees separately) and offer their services in case I go ahead with it pelase?

Thanks

[TcM]

Well you mean something close to:
TheComputerMaster Technology Blog

??

[ISee]

Yup that's pretty much spot on. maybe even a bit too high techy

[TcM]

Yeah.. Well I think that is very simple to do I could help you, or you want a custom script?

[John]

There is much OpenSource software that does what you suggest, for the installation of such software, prices may vary from free to $50. However, should you want a custom, closed source software of which you own the intellectual rights - I wouldn't touch the project for anything less than a few hundred dollars.

For professional development, the going rate is somewhere between $20 and $30 an hour, but keep in mind, those professional developers are highly efficient at what they do. Chances are, should you choose someone who charges $10 per hour, the development time will be three times longer, and in the long run you end up with the same bill and crappier/less efficient code.