What do/don't you like about how you maintain your website?

Originally Posted By: Webmaster
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As many of you know, I’ve been working for quite some time on a way for our members to create and manage their own websites through a simple what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editor, much like Microsoft Word. That system is still in development, but I expect to have a version that NACHI chapters and our committees can use to maintain their own sites up by the end of August.


That said, I'd like to know a little about what people like and dislike about the way they're currently managing their website. A little over a third of our members have a website. Give me some feedback. ![icon_smile.gif](upload://b6iczyK1ETUUqRUc4PAkX83GF2O.gif)


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Chris Morrell
Director of Information Technology
http://www.nachi.org/

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Originally Posted By: tallen
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I use Alamode.


I like the fact that I can change anything on the site in minutes. Instead of haveing to wait for an IT guy to do it after I submit the changes.



I have put the past behind me,


where , however, it now sits, making rude remarks.


www.whiteglovehomeinspections.net

30 Oct 2003-- 29 Nov2005

Originally Posted By: ssmith3
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I use Dreamweaver and the full macromedia suite (tho I do tend to leave my site extremely simple and clean).



Scott Smith


Marinspection


Vice President NorCal NACHI Chapter


I graduated from collage. Now my life is all mixed up.

Originally Posted By: jtedesco
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I use Word to save any items and text as an HTML web page, and be sure to save backups of the index.html page to be reposted into the directory when needed.


I can make changes in minutes using this method. I just need a little help when it comes to layouts. It is not difficult to save a popular site and revise it as your own.

PS: Chris please put this beerchug image into the NACHI area for others to use:




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Joe Tedesco, NEC Consultant

www.nachi.org/tedescobook.htm

Originally Posted By: lschmid
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Chris, I like the way my site is maintained. You set it up for me. If I want to change a word, picture, or page, I go in with my passcode and make the changes. When I want to do something above my simple skills, I pay you to do it. That works really well for me. You have always given me good service at a fair price.



Larry Schmid


First Choice Home Inspection,Inc.


South Carolina Chapter President


www.1stchoicehomeinspection.com


A SAFE HOME IS A HAPPY HOME

Originally Posted By: jburkeson
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lschmid wrote:
Chris, I like the way my site is maintained. You set it up for me. If I want to change a word, picture, or page, I go in with my passcode and make the changes. When I want to do something above my simple skills, I pay you to do it. That works really well for me. You have always given me good service at a fair price.


Yeah Chris, what Larry said ![icon_biggrin.gif](upload://iKNGSw3qcRIEmXySa8gItY6Gczg.gif)


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Joseph Burkeson, RPI (Hooperette)

?Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.?
~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Originally Posted By: cmccann
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Larry, What report software is that I see you use? Thanks



NACHI MAB!

Originally Posted By: lschmid
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I use 3-D Inspection software. Easy to adapt and make changes, and easy format for me and my client to follow.



Larry Schmid


First Choice Home Inspection,Inc.


South Carolina Chapter President


www.1stchoicehomeinspection.com


A SAFE HOME IS A HAPPY HOME

Originally Posted By: kmcmahon
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I write my own html code for my site. I just have a problem positioning things (picture, etc.) in my site. Haven’t mastered that aspect yet.



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Originally Posted By: ppetroska
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I use MS-Frontpage.


What I like:

Works offline.
Keeps the site well organized.
Keeps track of links, updates changed links, etc.
Has auto-thumbnail feature for creating client photo pages.

What I don't like:

Debugging.
Having to be creative writing copy, picking fonts, graphics, etc.
Uploading client reports.


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Phil Petroska, Certified Home Inspector
Maine Home Inspections
New Hampshire Home Inspections
http://northcountryhomeinspections.com