I have no freggin' idea how to make it all work :D

I need to find a developer but I am curious about how developers establish their fees for service. I just don't want to end up in a situation where my ignorance of web development could be taken advantage of. Is there some sort of standard or is it just a matter of price comparison ?

You can expect to pay from 50 USD (sometimes cheaper) to above 1000 USD...

Depends on what you want done, just a template, coded template, logo etc etc

I have php forums and phpNuke that I would like to have coordinated skins created for that also blend well with the site itself. I need some sort of private IRC chat ability and form creation. I need to have a members only password protected area ... to be honest I don't know what you mean about coded templates and such. I suppose I just need to find a developer and then let them tell me what it is I need ... based on how I would like for the site to function.

The members only area thing is coded in with phpnuke
IRC you would have to install, Im still trying to figure that one out lol.

Forms arent hard.

Not familiar with skinning phpnuke though


edit: Maybe threeboy.com?

Originally posted by psydox
I have no freggin' idea how to make it all work :D

I need to find a developer but I am curious about how developers establish their fees for service. I just don't want to end up in a situation where my ignorance of web development could be taken advantage of. Is there some sort of standard or is it just a matter of price comparison ?

Most developers charge by the hour. If you want a fixed price on a project, they estimate the number of hours they will need and add on a percentage for unforeseen events, and then multiply that with their hourly charge - and that's then the fixed price.

Then you can ask, how much is it fair to charge per hour. Don't compare this figure with your own salary (if you're in a regular job), as that's not comparable. Instead compare the charge of a developer with what your pay a electrician or a plumber or similar to do work for you.

I think most professional developers charge 50-125$ per hour for their work. Experts in certain areas can charge 250$ or even more per hour.

Sheesh!! if only I had dated the geek instead.....

anyone need a kidney by chance ? :D

I never thought charging by the hour in projects was much of a good thing

first, if you pay some guy by the hour, you risk he'll pump up the time needed to do the job and if he's incompetent you are bound to get high bills

and if you are a developer working too fast, being too quick in comparison to the competition, your killing your business, making no money and if you are quick there are probably other things you want to do and not prolong the time spent on the project just to satisfy some weird industrial standard

so establishing a project value is a good thing, making it pretty much equally fair for both sides

Airnine