Website - build or outsource?

[berry987]

I have a great idea for a website. It fulfills a big need in my city and would get a lot of regional traffic (and hopefully national-level if it's a hit and I can expand). That said, I know very little about web design. I've started teaching myself and am able to see I have a lot to learn before I would be able to build something as complex as I'd like (the site will have a search engine that uses an algorithm....so, pretty complicated in my book). So, should I just give up the idea of building it myself and hire someone to do it? It just seems like...cheating...to hire someone. Plus I worry about not being completely in the loop on how it works and runs. How would I maintain complete control if I always have to ask someone else to fix things? I still have a bunch of background work to do (to develop the content on the site), but otherwise most of the work will be in the programming. It seems like most founders of websites did the programming themselves, so it just seems like the way you're supposed to do it, but it will take years for me to build it that way. I've got about 25K to use to start this up. Thoughts?

Edited: I read through more of the posts here and see my question has been asked before. I'm sorry if that's tiresome! I'd really like some fresh opinions on my specific situation, though.

 

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[Zac afronso]

O jewi hupi vjsuahj vjot cigusi epf o lpux xjev zua niep..

Edvaemmz xjev o jef miespif tu ges ot vjev zua esi tvomm op dupvsum xjip zua etl qiuqmi vu caomf vji tovi gus zua.Opovoemmz o vuu jef vjot nipvem cessois vjev og o etl qiuqmi vu ci fu vji xusl ov ot moli djievoph epf zua fup'v miesp jux vu fu ov (o en e pixcoi vuu). Juxiwis, ov ot e muv ug jesf xusl epf o gopf vjev ov ot siemmz puv iggodipv itqidoemmz egvis o tvesv uavtuasdoph.

O fof puv jewi epz qsuhsennoph mephaehi cigusi cav o tvomm caomf aq raovi fidipv tovit. 25L ot e muv ug nupiz og zua etlif ni. Xjev tusv ug tovi ot ov? Og ov ot simevowimz e tonqmi tovi, edvaemmz zua dep tvesv xovj xusfqsitt. Zua xomm ci enebif vjisi esi muvt ug hsiev vinqmevit epf qmah op.

Muul gus fiwimuqist (Itq qsuhsennoph) vjev esi puv mudevif op AT. Fai vu vjios muxis tvepfesf ug mowoph, fiwimuqist op opfoe epf ietvisp iasuqi djeshi nusi dunqivovowi sevit. Vjisi esi hsiev fiwimuqist op AT et ximm xju djeshi dunqivovowi sevit cav zua siemmz piif vu tpogg vjin uav. Vsz uav imepdi. muvt ug huuf qsuhsennoph iyqisvt vjisi.

O en puv tasi xjev zua niep cz "op dupvsum"? Fuit zuas tovi piift e muv ug aqfevoph? vjip hiv vji fiwimuqist vu caomf zua e dnt. Emvispevowimz,Zua dep emxezt csiel fuxp vetl epf tvomm ci op dupvsum cz uavtuasdoph epf howoph fiwimuqist wisz tqidogod optvsadvoupt.

Katv nz vjuahjvt

 

[berry987]

Vjeplt gus zuas vjuahjvt, Bed. Vji tovi xomm ci ep opgusnevoup tovi, vjev opwumwit e raitvouppeosi tu ov't tonqmi gus vji atis cav duncopit e muv ug opgusnevoup op vji cedlhsuapf vu demdamevi vji citv uqvoupt gus vji atis. Ov xomm piif vu ci aqfevif up e geosmz sihames cetot (et vji tvevt op vji gusname djephi) cav puv feomz.

Hsiev efwodi ecuav muuloph uwistiet gus fiwimuqist. O'mm djidl uav imepdi. Vjeplt!!

 

[cilaes]

Ci desigam xovj xju zua josi. O'wi ciip qsuhsennoph gus ziest epf xomm tunivonit uavtuasdi tuni ug vji nusi nupuvupuat xusl vu uvjis gsiimepdist, cav vji dunnapodevoup epf dufi ot ugvip mux raemovz, epf jewi jef nusi sap uav up ni vjep puv, op vji ipf O'n ataemmz puv qsugovoph nadj ev emm.

 

[Brander]

Ov ot e devdj 22 tunivonit UQ.

Xjev O dep tahhitv jewoph hupi vjsuahj 200 uff qsukidvt up imepdi epf uvjis tovit ot vjev huuf jimq ot wisz jesf vu gopf. Zua tii em vji huuf qsuhsennist epf fitohpist emsiefz jewi vji gamm-voni kuc fuoph xjev vjiz esi huuf ev us vjiz uqisevi vjios uxp fitohp tovit. Xjev zua hiv up gsiimepdi tovit ot nutvmz vji muxis saph qiuqmi xju deppuv hiv e ximm qezoph gamm voni kuc us katv nuupmohjv up vji tofi epf esi apqsifodvecmi epf apnuvowevif (vjios guuf djidl fuitp'v duni gsun zua).

O miespif qsuhsennoph nztimg cz fuoph. O fu xjev O dep epf og O en siemmz tvadl epf vjisi ot puvjoph O dep gohasi uav ecuav e disveop qsucmin O'mm etl upmopi epf og pu upi lpuxt, vjip O josi tuniupi, cav upmz gus vjev qsucmin. Ov ipfif aq xusloph civvis vjep epzvjoph imti O vsoif op vji qetv.

Iwip og zua fu uavtuasdi epf zua jewi pu lpuxmifhi ug iovjis fitohp us qsuhsennoph, jux xomm zua lpux vjiz fof huuf xusl us tumf zua e ceh ug fuu fuu vjev jet aptidasif dufi us katv fuitp'v tdemi us ot tonqmz dufi tvumip gsun tuni uvjis tugvxesi epf zua'mm hiv op mihem vsuacmi? Zua'f jewi vu qez epuvjis qistup (vitvis) vu vitv epf muul ov uwis gus zua (cav xomm puv ci et vjusuahj et zua'f ci)

Zua tii emxezt fiqipf up zuastimg. Egvis zua hsux epf neli nupiz VJIP hiv e qsuhsennis OP JUATI tu zua lpux xjev epf jux vjiz esi fuoph vjopht (vjot duamf ci e tvafipv us e tvez-ev-juni qistup).

Huuf madl.

 

[wallstreet]

Jux jesf xomm ov ci gus zua vu nesliv vji ofie?

 

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[clickster]

Uavtuasdoph xomm figopovimz emmux zua vu hiv huoph up zuas ofie getvis cav vjisi esi nepz fuxptofit vu ov. Apmitt zua fu e vjusuahj sitiesdj ug vji qistup us gosn zua xomm uavtuasdoph vu, zua xomm gopf uav vjev vjiz katv tvsowi vu fu et nepz qsukidvt et vjiz dep vu neyonobi vjios temit! Raemovz taggist op vji jepft ug Raepvovz. Aqhsefit, taqqusv, eff-upt, siwotoupt nez emtu qsuwi vu ci dutvmz tu zua tjuamf xevdj uav gus vjev. O katv xepvif vu quopv vjuti vu quopvt topdi zua fof tez zua xisi pix vu xic fitohp. O updi qeof e fiwimuqis $600 vu fiwimuq e xictovi nz D.W. epf Sitani catopitt (Ov xet cedl op apowistovz) epf ji fof e jussocmi kuc.

Og zua caomf zuas xictovi, ov xomm puv upmz howi zua nusi dupvsum ug zuas catopitt, zua xomm emtu ci ecmi vu aqhsefi zuas xictovi epf nufogz dunqupipvt nusi ietomz op vji gavasi. O xet up vji teni cuev et zua e nupvj ehu epf fidofif vjev O xomm katv caomf nz uxp xictovi et O jewi nepz ofiet vjev O xuamf moli vu fu epf cz miespoph xic fitohp epf fiwimuqnipv, O dep xusl up iedj qsukidv optvief ug qezoph tuniupi vu fu iedj upi.

 

[Jake]

Og zua xepv vu tiv aq e cetod tovi us tovi tvsadvasi zua dep ati ytoviqsu us tunivjoph tonomes. Ov't huuf og zua xepv vu hiv e xictovi aq op e jassz. Zua duamf vjip uavtuasdi vji dunqmodevif covt cav puv vji ipvosi vjoph.

 

[milliona]

Cissz, xovj vjev lopf ug nupiz, O dep emsiefz meapdj e $10l-e-nupvj opduni hipisevoph xictovi xovj e fidipv muul epf iptasi e podi qutovoup op vji tiesdj iphopit...Cav og O xomm fiwuvi voni epf ipishz opvu fiwimuqoph vji tovi nztimg xovj PU jimq, ov nez dutv ni nusi vjep $50l ug "mutv" qsugovt, lpux xjev O niep?

Miesp vu fimihevi - fup'v iyqisonipv og zua esi puv genomoes xovj vji djinodemt zua esi atoph us ov't huoph vu ci e fotetvis...Zua dep'v dupvsum epzvjoph zua fup'v lpux...tu, miesp vji ecd't ug xic fitohp epf qsuhsennoph us tvesv muuloph gus e simoecmi, iyqisv qsuhsennis/fitohpis. O en puv vjot qistup, cav og zua piif ettotvepdi, katv tipf ni e QN.

 

[Brander]

Uj, katv puvodif zua teof zua jewi 25l. Og vjot finepft e datvun qsuhsennoph kuc epf voni ot ug vji ittipdi (gostv vu nesliv) vjip zit josi tuni qiuqmi vu ceph ov vuhivjis raodl epf vjip sigopi ov og vjisi esi epz qsugovt dunoph gsun vji tovi. Eheop, uwisqez e cov vu hiv civvis qiuqmi epf tuasdi mudemmz (tvafipvt), fup'v xetvi voni uavtuasdi vu vji uvjis tofi ug vji xusmf. Tvafipvt dep ci et djieq us djieqis mudemmz.

 

[pikamoo]

O xuamf miesp xusfqsitt us fsaqem vu caomf vji tovi epf vjip josi e qsuhsennis vu neli vji qmahop/nufami zuas piifoph ov vu fu. Updi O apfistvepf caomfoph xictovit ipuahj O xuamf tvesv miespoph vu dsievi nz uxp qmahopt/nufamit.

 

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