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   FatRoman | Jan 01, 2008 08:05pm | #1

   Depends on how elaborate a setup you want to create and how savvy your secretary is.

   For quick and dirty, and pretty darn simple, it's hard to beat Wordpress. It's really software designed to power blogs, but you can make a decent small site out of it. And frankly, running a building blog much like some of the better photo threads here, could be a nice advantage. Only catch with the blog idea is that you have to commit to keeping it updated, and use some decent photos. (And you don't have to run a blog to use Wordpress, either). You won't get a lot of variety in the look and feel of the site, as you'll wind up using a template already being used by many other people.

   For something that's more powerful, I use Joomla for a lot of my clients. It's a full blown, open-source content management system. You can do just about anything you'd ever want to do on the web with it, but it's got a steep learning curve on the development/creative side. The user side is fairly easy once the system is in place, in fact, if you can create a Word document, you can use the interface on Joomla with no problem. The only issue you'll face is trying to keep track of where different parts of the system live in relation to what's displayed on the screen.

   Both of the above are free to use and customize as you'd like. And I'd recommend them hands down over any free interface that your web host might provide, or any boxed software that you'd buy.

   'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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   Huck | Jan 01, 2008 08:24pm | #2

   I used GoDaddy's WebSite Tonight Deluxe for mine - $7.20/month, little bit of a learning curve at first, pretty easy to set up and  modify once you get the hang of it.  I would think a secretary with just a little bit of computer savvy could handle it.  I change it frequently, adding pics, changing pics, adding text, shifting content, etc.

   But it can be time-consuming, so if I was paying someone hourly to work on it, it could get expensive.  Unless you just stick to a real basic layout and don't play with it once you get it set up.  Me, I gotta tinker and fine-tune constantly!  Lots and lots of hours invested.

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   Huck | Jan 02, 2008 01:30am | #3

   here's a link

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   JMadson | Jan 02, 2008 03:10am | #4

   http://www.coffeecup.com for the software. Easy to learn.