Posted by Steve on 05/11/06 13:44

> I'm the part-time webmaster for a small non-profit. [...]
> [...] I can do some simple design--it's just not eye-popping or has much of
> a "OOOOOOOh, pretty" factor [...]

It looks fine to me, professional rather than flashy. Maybe the forms
pages could be neater. Anyway, if you just want to add some eye candy
the cheapest option would be to specify and shop for a suitable
one-shot customised layout/template from somewhere like SitePoint
<http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=219>. You can
probably get what you want for well under $500. Don't buy more "web
design" than you need; what you have built does the job, you just need
some glitter.

Outside the look-and-feel issue, you've got some technical requirements
for content management; so ask around the F/OSS offerings and target
your template(s) to your preferred CMS.

> I'm looking for a web design and hosting company that uses the
> open-source tools--templates, php, MySQL, apache, e-commerce (SSL,
> shopping cart), listserver, etc.--for these people.

<http://www.php4hosting.com> offer hosting at reasonable rates with an
OS stack and SSH root access; SSL extra but not too extortionate.

--
Steve

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