Drupal by Dean Myerson for your Website Project
Your project
I'm available to make a website that meets your needs and aspirations. I will provide you with a bid and keep to the schedule that I committed to. I can work either on a fixed price or an hourly basis. Work on fixed price contracts will be thoroughly detailed so that we know what is expected under the bid.
Drupal
Drupal is an open source content management system (CMS) for building websites. It is one of the fastest-growing CMS systems on the internet and also one of the most flexible. A simple website with blogs and comments can be put together in an hour, or Drupal can be customized for complex sites. I am a member of the Drupal Association and attend Drupal User Group meetings in Portland, OR, as well as annual DrupalCon conferences.
Open Source
My background
I have been using and programming with Drupal since October, 2007. I can create your site from scratch or provide maintenance and upgrades to an existing system. I can work with Drupal's powerful administrative interface or add custom modules. I can customize a theme for your site and add jquery/javascript features. I have experience with the e-commerce system called Ubercart, adding Google maps to your site, and many more features.
Contact me!
Send me an email or call me at 509.493.3388
Hosting
Hosting a drupal site requires three things: an Apache web server, a PHP interpreter, and a database server, preferably MySQL, though PostgreSQL also works. Most web-hosting services have all these capabilities, though a few free services might not. Cheap hosts can be found for as little as $5 per month.
Open source is a powerful way to do software. Rather than depending on a company and a limited workforce to maintain and upgrade a program, many programmers - thousands in the case of Drupal - are constantly adding new capabilities, a system that a specific paid workforce could never keep up with.
Maintenance
A website needs fresh content constantly. Visitors and web search engines are impressed by sites that are not static. While you can update the content on your website, you will probably want to add new features and capabilities on occasion. I can be available for your maintenance needs, as which includes dealing with any problems that come up.