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    How much did you pay for your website... and why?

    Our first few websites I did myself when Dreamweaver was a thing. After that I've paid £750-1000 for redesigns then around £3000 for a total redesign around 10 years ago. After that (circa 2016) we did another complete redesign to the tune of around £12,500 and now we have a full time designer...
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    Webhosting recommendation

    We'd be happy to help and have been in the web hosting business for 20 years this year. We can provide anything from smaller shared hosting packages through to reseller accounts and dedicated servers. Feel free to check us at https://www.clook.net
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    Forum software recommendations

    Thanks for your reply. That shows how out of the loop I am on forum software! We'll look at XenFora as an option too :) That remains to be seen but I definitely want to give it a try. I'd prefer self hosted with open code (allowing us to modify or install modifications) but will give...
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    Forum software recommendations

    We're planning a new project that may involve a community forum so interested in what everyone recommends for forum platforms nowadays. I'm from the old school where phpBB was the best free software, vBulletin was the only paid choice and Invision Power Board was the new kid on the block! I...
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    If you were starting a hosting company...

    I started a web hosting business 20 years ago and still doing it today. It was a competitive industry back then but even more-so now. My advice would be not to try and compete on price, server spec or packages because you'll never win against those with much larger budgets or those happy to B$...
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    How long should redirects exist

    I agree with the above. Speak to the web host of your main website about adding another domain so you can keep the redirects live without incurring the extra cost.
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    Recommendations for self hosted ticket systems

    Most helpdesk systems are cloud hosted on a "per seat" subscription model nowadays. If you want a self hosted one, take a look at Supportpal (.com)
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    Teamviewer

    We have used the Citrix products - GotoAssist, GotoWebinar, GotoMeeting - and they're pretty solid. Not the cheapest solution though and I think there is a minimum contract term so may not be the best solution for only occasional use.
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    Monitoring staff through external website?

    Check out opendns DOT com (can't post links as I'm new ;) ) It can sometimes be "worked around" depending on employee's privileges on their workstations but in many environments it will just require a change to the dns servers in your main router (which then gets applied to workstations via...
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    Should I be happy, angry or just throttle my partner ???

    Monty Lister, Take it from me… seriously… if you’re feeling this way now and have a sense of anger/animosity/whatever about the relationship, DO NOT sign over the 50%. There’s a fair chance that things won’t improve and it will be 100 times more difficult and costly to get out of (or get him...
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    How to get, and where to place comments on your website.

    We're currently weighing up the pros and cons between Trustpilot and Feefo - currently Feefo are looking like the one we're going to go with
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    Selling services

    You could do it in such a way that they purchase a "credit" (for a logo design or whatever) which will involve a straight forward order form (contact details, card details, etc). Following the payment being received, you could then have your order system send out an automated email to an online...
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    The best place to post for a job vacancy?

    Rather than manage the vacancy yourself at a whole load of online job boards, I'd recommend going to somewhere like Webrecruit.co.uk who will take care of all this for you. This can often work out cheaper than paying the insert fees at all the individual boards (depending on how many you would...
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    What do you think is the average cost of buying UK website design.

    The most we've paid for a website redesign is around £14k. The least we've paid for a small few page website is around £80. I know that there are designers that will work for every price in between :) Generally, I'd say £400-700 for a cheap and cheerful 3-5 page promo style website (ie no...
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    Has anyone kualo resellers hosting for magento ?

    Going back 10-11 years I had a reseller account with Kualo and it was pretty solid - I have heard nothing to suggest they're anything less nowadays. Whatever hosting company you choose, Magento can be an absolute nightmare on server resources (CPU, RAM, etc) and generally, shared/reseller...
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