Rapid Niche Websites
Submitted by LizWiz on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 02:51.
We are going to be using WordPress for our CMS. However, we want to make our sites not so "blog-like" in appearance. Ran across Rapid Niche Websites and Semiologic. We are more intrigued by Rapid Niche Websites (http://rapidnichewebsites.com) because its apparent ease of use when it comes to changing the appearance of the sites. Whereas Semiologic seems to only be able to easily create blog looking websites. If you want to create a non-blog site with Semiologic, it appears to be a PITA.
Does anybody have any experience with Rapid Niche Websites?
Thanks!
-Marshall
Translations
I went through some of the translations there, specially danish and norwegian since I know both.
And what can I say.
translate.google.com does a better job than this
To me it does not look serious at all cause of all the mixing of english and other language where it is not supposed to be.
Translations...?
Hi gibke,
Was your translations post in response to my question about Rapid Niche Websites? RNW doesn't have anything to do with translations, only creating WordPress sites.
Maybe you intended your response for a different post?
-Marshall
heh
I am sorry. I woke up 5.30 today thinking about my google adwords.
6 hours later I had to pull down 6 espresso's to try to survive the day.
I am very sorry for my mistake. I was almost sleepwalking
No worries.
No worries. I just wanted to make sure you weren't posting in the wrong spot.
I think Marshal is spamming!
I think Marshal is spamming!
Spamming?
How in the world would I (Marshall with two "l"'s) be spamming???
Just asking a simple question to get some opinions about a product I am interested in.
Dissing Anonymously?
Spammer? Hmm. I don't think so.
Best regards,
Judith
www.twitter.com/judithstephens
Thanks!
Thanks for your vote of confidence, Judith! I was going to mention about the "anonymous" but I let it slide...
I think gibke was just
I think gibke was just making conversation.
Hi Marshall, Rapid Niche
Hi Marshall,
Rapid Niche Sites does make a decent website looking blog but it really is pretty simple to make a Wordpress theme look website.
First: choose a theme that looks good for your niche
Second: Create a static home page so your posts don't show up as the index.
Third: modify the navagation panal/sidebar to your liking by making some minor php code changes.
If you go to the wordpress dot org forum you'll find all the information you'll need to do this and it's really easy.
I bought the semilogic theme and really couldn't get it to look the way that I wanted so I just went back to customizing my own themes.
HTH :)
I did the RNW thing for a
I did the RNW thing for a while. At first I thought it was kinda cool...but seeing how Wordpress has come along recently, I think I'd save my money and just stick with learning and using Wordpress. Just my opinion.
Good luck,
Chris
Great feedback!
Some great feedback! So you all would just keep the $200 and learn how to do PHP, CSS, etc by yourself? I was hoping that RNW would just speed up the process and make everything super-simple, which it appears to do.
I understand that learning PHP and everything else is the long-term solution, but to get great looking sites up in a minimum amount of time is what I am looking for here. Wouldn't RNW fit that requirement?
-Marshall
Have You Considered Outsourcing?
Hey Marshall,
Yep, learning PHP and CSS are probably in our future. However, there are other immediate options. Have you considered outsourcing? Jeremy mentions this option in several sessions, and provides outsourcing references. Sources are Elance.com, Rentacoder.com and 99Designs.com are a few. You'll want to review the videos and Action pages. :)
Best regards,
Judith Stephens
www.twitter.com/judithstephens
Outsourcing.
Hey Judith,
I have definitely considered outsourcing, but I am really looking for a solution that allows me to make changes (minor or major) to a landing page for optimization purposes without having to rely on an outside vendor each and every time.
I guess I will brush off my WordPress skills and see if I can't do it myself without a whole bunch of heartache before I purchase Rapid Niche Websites.
-Marshall
Let's Bite the Bullet
Hey Marshall,
I agree with you. If we're to be *real* affiliates -- meaning those making significant revenue -- I think we gotta bite the bullet and become self-sufficient with the platforms we use. Jeff is correct about the frustration one can undergo learning WordPress ... especially those using early versions. However, now there are plug ins that automatically upgrade your site. Moreover, not much is perfect -- including outsourced solutions. That dependency scares me more than messing with WP again.
So, if you want company brushing off your WP skills, I'd like to join you. We can be a finite niche -- the BIP WordPress MasterMind Team. Another BIP member -- a great guy -- is helping me. Maybe you and I can also help each other. Let me know. PM me if you're interested. Thanks! :)
Best regards,
Judith
www.twitter.com/judithstephens
Ask for the source code
When outsourcing, can't you request that the source code and documentation be delivered?
Of course. You, as the
Of course. You, as the employer, can specify exactly what you want and I would suggest that should include the programmer providing you with all the source code.
Outsourcing and WordPress
Hi
There's just one disadvantage regarding outsourcing and WordPress. The 3-4 upgrades of WordPress each year can result in your theme and plugins becoming outdated, and in some cases, they simply won't work.
One of the advantages of purchasing my product or Semiologic is that we keep the product updated, we man help desks, and we both have customer forums.
If you're serious about being successful in IM then you will need to pick up the basics of PHP, HTML and CSS. But if you want to be able to manage a major transition - such as the one from WP2.3 to WP2.5 with a site with many installed plugins, you would find it quite a challenge.
I had to dive into the WordPress architecture, MySQL, Javascript programming of tinyMCE plugins, rewrite both plugins and widgets, and tweak my templates. This is not a trivial task.
Good luck with customising WordPress and choosing from the hundreds of plugins. Of course if you get frustrated with the process, you already know where to find me ... :)
Jeff