Pro bono website design

[Chris]

Not often you get something for free... but I'm looking at taking on some clients on a pro bono basis. Thought this might be a good place to put some feelers out. Am looking at organisations which are non-profit and wondered if there's anything beer-related I could get into? Might as well combine it with one of my favourite hobbies!

What do I get out of it? I have spent the last 6 months or so developing a Content Management (CMS) which is basically a framework for quick deployment of websites. It all looks very promising so now I'm stepping up a gear and starting to advertise etc. However before I do so, I need to be able to show commercial clients that it works! So I thought the best way to do that, rather than build 'demo' sites is to offer my services to organisations which might not otherwise be able to afford to build a website.

What do you get out of it? Given enough time, I can build pretty much anything you need. My background is in analysing and developing software based around complex workflows, so I am used to the process and techniques involved. That said, a simple web-presence site is no problem either. And it's FREE!

The catch: Your organisation must be NON-PROFIT; schools, clubs, charities etc are fine. Individual sites (e.g. sports people) will also be considered. This is for the benefit of those organisations who can't necessarily afford it - if you want a business site developing would be more than happy to talk, but it would be on a cost basis (beer is a valid form of payment).

I won't go into more detail here, if you've read this far and are still interested let's have a chat. Email me (address below) with your phone number if you like and I'll get in touch.

Feel free to pass this on to any friends/colleagues/enemies who might be interested.

Email is: [e-mail]

 

(Apologies if this is an inappropriate use of the forum, am not trying to profit from anyone, just sharing the love a bit and developing my skills).

[Rhyno]

Cheers Chris,

I have just passed this onto our secretary on one of the committees I am on.

We had talked about a website at one of our last meetings so it may already have started being built but I really appreciate the offer.

Cheers again, and may the brewing gods smile down upon you :)

[Chris]

Cheers Rhyno, that was quick! Be more than happy to talk if your committee is still looking. Thanks, the brewery gods are telling me to stop working and fill up those empty fermenters I think!

[bart]

Hi Chris,

Awesome offer you have there. So have you developed an entirely new CMS of your own? I have a coupla sites running drupal that could definitely benefit from a spruce up by someone with a bit more technical skill... they are www.urbanorganics.org.nz and www.foodweb.org.nz (both are non-profit organisations). But if I interpret your message correctly it seems like you're more interested in building from scratch on your own CMS?

[Chris]

Yep, I'm in the process of building my own CMS.

 

They look good mate, had a quick look at them.

 

Yep I'm not really able to take on any Drupal/Joomla/etc stuff. Used to do a bit but going down the route of doing my own CMS now.

 

Good luck with the sites!