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**jasdon11** · 07-11-2006, 04:24 AM

Hi

Beyond the basic site I use to display my domains, I have no experience in building a website.

I want to develop offplanrealestate.eu so that Eu property developers can enter their own details of building projects and at some point I will add adsense to the site.

I want the site to be very plain and simple - the developers must be able to enter and alter their own information including photos - must be ready to accept adsense.

Can anyone advise what would be required including ballpark costs for setup and ongoing.

Thanks in advance - Jas

**Kingpin** · 07-11-2006, 04:29 AM

It depends on how extensive you want to get. You will definitely need to have a database driven website. Have you looked into Joomla or anything like that? Are you planning on hiring a developer to create it for you?

**jasdon11** · 07-11-2006, 05:01 AM

You see Kingpin, you've lost me already!

What will a database driven website provide and how simple / hard are they to use?

Hiring a developer may have to be an option, but I want to learn as much as as I can before taking that step.

Jas

**Kingpin** · 07-11-2006, 05:10 AM

I would recommend hiring someone to help you if you want to set something up soon and then do some research and learning when you can.

In order for users to enter information you will need a CMS package (content management system) to have users create accounts and enter information, etc. Or you could start off with a forum and eventually work up to that. It really depends on how complicated you want your website to be. There are plenty of ways to create a directory type of site without getting too complicated. Plenty of folks on here sell and write similar scripts. I would suggest for you to search around for some examples of what you are looking for and post them here - it will give everyone a better idea of what you need to accomplish.

Regards ~

**jasdon11** · 07-11-2006, 05:50 AM

Good idea - I'll look for an example site - in the meantime does anyone else have any suggestions please ?

Thanks - Jas

Kingpin, do you undertake this kind of work ?

I would suggest for you to search around for some examples of what you are looking for and post them here - it will give everyone a better idea of what you need to accomplish.

I'm thinking of something along these lines, but plainer, less 'glamorous'

http://www.residencesimmobilier.com/Default.asp

Any thoughts ?

Jas

**GlobalFusion** · 07-26-2006, 11:15 AM

There are several FREE real estate scripts available. Easy to setup.

If anything, they can serve as a learning curve for you.

**jasdon11** · 07-28-2006, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlobalFusion

There are several FREE real estate scripts available. Easy to setup.

If anything, they can serve as a learning curve for you.

Thanks Globalfusion

Can you recommend any ?

Jas