Hi everybody,
Just thought id talk about joomla and its many functionalities for real estate websites and the steps in getting your website set up.
First of all what is joomla?
Joomla is an open source content management system for websites. You can edit all of your websites content, change templates of the website, add forums add shopping carts add a million and one features, some of the joomla add ons come at a cost but most of them are free.
The most important thing here is that with joomla as your content management system back end you do not have to pay anyone to update your website, you can do it yourself, furthermore you can have some very advanced free SEO features available at your fingertips.
How do i start my own joomla based website what do i have to consider and what are the steps involved?
You have to consider:
STEP 1: Finding the right Programmer/Designer
Where do I find a programmer that can do this for me?
I would recommend posting your little project on freelance site (a website where programmers bid for your business). This will allow you to get the most bang for your buck - in a couple of hours you get bids on your project.
Some freelance sites I have used are:
- http://www.elance.com/
- http://www.freelance.com/
- www.guru.com
I could also refer you to some of my friends that are programmers (just shoot me an email).
This project should not cost you over 1200 dollars.
STEP 2: Website Design - finding the right SEO friendly website template
Considering design is very important, however considering DESIGN and SEO simultaneously is even more.
In order to consider both at the same time and not loose sleep over it, i would buy a template from here:
http://www.compassdesigns.net/services/joomla-templates/
A designer can easily make those templates look like a real estate website, without loosing the SEO beauty those templates come with.
STEP 3 - Considering the right Plug-ins for your website.
- SEO
- STATISTICS
- REAL ESTATE
SEO - so you can measure your keyword density, compose url's, view your link popularity and many other things.
Use: Open SEF Plug-in FREE
STATISTICS
Use: Google Analytics Plugin FREE
REAL ESTATE - So you can post your listings through the admin back end
Use: http://www.mosets.com/hotproperty/ one time fee of $ 119 US dollars
So, what are the total costs to you?
Developer team = 500
Real Estate Plug -in = 119
Template Design = 500
total = around 1200 dollars.
For 1200 dollars you can have a SEO friendly website design with a back end that you manage/ add listings etc!!!
Your only cost would be a low hosting fee of around 10 to 15 dollars per month with your local hosting provider!!
A website this SEO friendly and with all the gadgets it comes with can easily cost around 6 thousand dollars or it comes with one of those high monthly fees of around 60 dollars per month!
Go a head give it a try! :)
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