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e-Philanthropy:
Fundraising and Friendraising in Cyberspace
Rollins
College, Winter Park, Florida, November 6, 2000
The Bootstrapper's Guide to Web Site Costs
Equipment/Software: Cost No Object
- Computer, 128MB RAM,
20GB hard drive, high-end monitor, sound and video cards: $2,500
- HTML Authoring Software
-- up to $500
- Image editing -- Adobe
Photoshop (educational discount): $229
- Sound Editing -- CoolEdit
(shareware): $50
- Video Editing -- Adobe
Premier (educational discount): $229
- Fabulous digital camera:
$1,000
- Scanner -- $200-$500
- CD Writer -- $200-$500
- TOTAL: $5,000-$5,500
(approx)
(Add $1,000-$2,000 for VCR and tape deck if
desired)
Equipment/Software: As
Cheap As It Gets
- Computer, the one you
already have, or an old 486 with 8MB and monitor bought at yard sale:
- $0 - $500
- HTML Authoring -- do
it yourself
- Image Editing -- PaintShop
Pro (shareware): $70
- Scanner -- none, scrounge
help from friends or get images scanned from repro house, drugstore
photoprocessor
- Zip Drive -- use to
transport large files or groups of files to friends/family with better
computer (optional): $150
- Sound, video, digital
camera, CD -- outsource or do without
- TOTAL: $0-$720
Some Time-Commitment Rules of Thumb:
- Time to get up the
learning curve -- about 3 months of working at least 2 hours/day to
get really comfortable
- Time to develop pages,
once experienced: average 1 hour/page for pages (once a format has
been set) to convert text to html, scan/edit images, assemble page,
check links, etc.
About Server Space
- Some server space included
with many basic Internet accounts (Bell Atlantic, AT&T;, AOL, etc.)
- Commercial server space
available from many providers -- as little as $.60/mo per MB
- To create a skill-building
site, free space is available from Xoom (http://www.xoom.com/),
Tripod (http://www.tripod.com/)
and many others
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