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<div class="bbWrapper">Hi<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> I am maybe somehow going to build a website for the new trend &quot;rent out your stuff&quot;, where people can rent our their stuff and also rent other peoples stuff.<br /> <br /> Here is a site allready doing it (danish):<br /> <a href="http://www.jepti.dk" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Jepti - udlejning - lej udlej</a><br /> <br /> <br /> Anybody out there who knows how to learn how to build a website from scratch? I read others blogs on this fastlaneforum where they set up websites. <br /> But when I ask people how to build a website, someone says &quot;use wordpress&quot; and someone says &quot;it will take 6 months to a year to learn&quot;. <br /> Currently I have no money to pay someone else to do it. <br /> <br /> Is this website <a href="http://www.jepti.dk" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Jepti - udlejning - lej udlej</a> possibly created in wordpress? <br /> <br /> Or are these my only possibilities?:<br /> 1: Spend 6-12 months learning to build websites first.<br /> 2: Spend 3-4 months at a job and then pay someone else to do it.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Thanks,<br /> <br /> <br /> Jonas Preisler</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">You could also modify Templates, and save huge time instead of building from the Scratch.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="The Autobahn" data-source="post: 281532" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=281532" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-281532">The Autobahn said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> You could also modify Templates, and save huge time instead of building from the Scratch. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> <br /> Thanks you Autobahn. But does a template in Wordpress allow guests to create their own profile, upload pictures and receive payments with other profiles?<br /> <br /> I thought Wordpress is only for very basic websites with very few features.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I would create a simple mockup or coming soon page to see if people are interested first. <br /> <br /> Here&#039;s a quick, cheap way to create coming soon pages(<a href="http://launchrock.co" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">LaunchRock.co</a>). I would try to get people to sign up. If you have enough signups it&#039;s a sign that there&#039;s enough interest in it. If you don&#039;t have enough signups you didn&#039;t waste €8000 on a developer</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Sounds to me like your best option would be to hire someone to do it. You can probably get something like this done for less than $1000 on Elance or oDesk. That is, unless you are familiar with modifying CMS systems and integrating payment portals. Doesn&#039;t sound like it to me.<br /> <br /> FYI, Wordpress would NOT be the best solution for a project like this.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Preisler" data-source="post: 281528" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=281528" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-281528">Preisler said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Anybody out there who knows how to learn how to build a website from scratch? I read others blogs on this fastlaneforum where they set up websites. <br /> But when I ask people how to build a website, someone says &quot;use wordpress&quot; and someone says &quot;it will take 6 months to a year to learn&quot;. <br /> Currently I have no money to pay someone else to do it. <br /> <br /> Is this website Jepti - udlejning - lej udlej possibly created in wordpress? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> That website was made with PHP using the CodeIgniter framework. So it&#039;s a custom made website, no CMS.<br /> If you want to learn to build your own website you should first learn HTML/CSS, then learn Javascript and jQuery and if you want to do more advanced back-end stuff I would suggest PHP. Since you want people to be able to register you&#039;ll also need to learn mySQL.<br /> This may seem like a lot but you can learn html, css, javascript and jquery within a month. You&#039;ll not be an expert but you will have enough knowledge to create your own site from scratch using snippets, tutorials etc.<br /> <br /> You can build it in wordpress too.<br /> Pick out a template that looks good, tweak it a bit and then look for plug-ins for the other functions (creating a profile, uploading pictures and receiving payments)</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/web-marketing-seo-social-media/45940-businesses-not-interested-helping-themselves-calling-businesses.html" class="link link--internal">https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/we...ed-helping-themselves-calling-businesses.html</a><br /> <br /> read through this thread, about the same business, and then the other thread I commented on that outlines in detail about the rent to others <br /> <br /> take that into consideration before you get to far along</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper">Thanks for your answers guys, really helpful.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="rorschach" data-source="post: 281538" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=281538" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-281538">rorschach said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I would create a simple mockup or coming soon page to see if people are interested first. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I guess that is not needed since so many people joined the other sites already, which shows that they must be interested.<br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Ungodly" data-source="post: 281542" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=281542" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-281542">Ungodly said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> You can probably get something like this done for less than $1000 on Elance or oDesk. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> If I get someone on Elance or oDesk to do it, am I then &quot;stuck&quot; with that person? If say, I want some changes on the site in the future, can I then hire someone else to do it, or does it have to be the same?<br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="FearAverage" data-source="post: 281543" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=281543" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-281543">FearAverage said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> That website was made with PHP using the CodeIgniter framework. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Is that something like this? <a href="http://ellislab.com" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">EllisLab</a><br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="zend***phin" data-source="post: 281544" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=281544" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-281544">zend***phin said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> read through this thread, about the same business, and then the other thread I commented on that outlines in detail about the rent to others </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Thank you , will definitely take a look at this tonight.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Post the project on Elance, let people talk about their idea, persuade someone to do it for free for future earnings. Believe it or not, if you&#039;re passionate, you can make other people passionate about it as well. My friend launched three websites, with coding from one guy that works as a Programmer in Microsoft. That&#039;s the best suggestion I have. If you can&#039;t persuade someone to join you on a good idea, it&#039;s probably not a good idea to begin with, or you&#039;re not the right person to be doing it.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Hi Jonas, building from scratch will really take more time to study<br /> because you will have to study first the programming side, designing and building everything.<br /> <br /> However, you have the option to learn and build it fast even in 2 weeks.<br /> If you spend more time learning on it. Money is not a hindrance when you really want to learn new things. So to help you get started:<br /> <br /> There are 3 steps how to set up a website:<br /> <br /> 1. Get your domain<br /> 2. Get your hosting<br /> 3. Setup the website using wordpress<br /> <br /> There are a lot of free tutorial videos on the internet so that would be a better way for you without spending any amount of money.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Just wanted to add I think you&#039;ve discovered a very unique niche. How did you find this site, and what was your motivation to operate in this segment? I have bounced this idea around many times, but never phased into the research time. More pertinent to your question: I think Wordpress does not take long to learn. You can learn it in one week as a hobby, I did. It has limitations which will inevitability affect your offering. Getting it to market and gaining exposure is great, but don&#039;t rush into the website if you haven&#039;t forecast your revenue engine. Or do you intend to simply copy the foreign company? Nothing wrong with it.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="fsna.hartley" data-source="post: 281623" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=281623" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-281623">fsna.hartley said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> 1. Get your domain<br /> 2. Get your hosting<br /> 3. Setup the website using wordpress </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Thank you. But I allready know how to build a wordpress-site. I&#039;ve tried before, but I don&#039;t think it is possible in Wordpress to build a site that allows guests to register as a member and then upload pictures and receive money. Or is it?<br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="presh22" data-source="post: 281694" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=281694" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-281694">presh22 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Just wanted to add I think you&#039;ve discovered a very unique niche. How did you find this site, and what was your motivation to operate in this segment? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> My motivation is that I see the sharing-economy is getting popular, and I think it&#039;s here to stay. And I think the big money is in owning the platforms for it.<br /> <br /> Check out these sites. <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.cookening.com/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">https://www.cookening.com/</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.airbnb.com" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">https://www.airbnb.com</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://relayride.com" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://relayride.com</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.google.dk/#sclient=psy-ab&amp;q=sharing+economy&amp;oq=sharing+e&amp;gs_l=hp.3.0.0l10.11444.12728.2.13550.9.9.0.0.0.0.207.1606.0j7j2.9.0...0.0...1c.1.14.hp.pjXS87FHVGc&amp;psj=1&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&amp;bvm=bv.47008514,d.ZWU&amp;fp=fa2a267927a96b8d&amp;biw=1030&amp;bih=656" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Google</a></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Preisler" data-source="post: 281742" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=281742" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-281742">Preisler said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Thank you. But I allready know how to build a wordpress-site. I&#039;ve tried before, but I don&#039;t think it is possible in Wordpress to build a site that allows guests to register as a member and then upload pictures and receive money. Or is it?<br /> <br /> So far, what I know is on member registration where I use s2 member wordpress plugin for membership registration only. I haven&#039; tried this one but you might want to check : NextGEN Public Uploader. It allows frontend image uploads for your users. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">That&#039;s a site that you&#039;d need to build as a web application. <br /> <br /> If you don&#039;t plan on building more than 1 kind of web application, like this one, then I suggest that you pay someone to do it or convince a developer to build it for you in exchange for some type of consideration to keep your contract legal. (you can&#039;t create a contract to promise consideration/payment in the future if there may not be any. That&#039;s an &#039;illusory&#039; contract)<br /> <br /> If you DO plan on building more than one kind of application, then I&#039;d suggest learning Ruby on Rails. Consider yourself a jr. developer and build something good enough to earn money so that you can pass off the developing task to more experienced developers. <br /> <br /> It will take you about a year if you&#039;re doing this part time because honestly the learning curve is a bitch. I know because I&#039;m in the EXACT same boat as you. No money, just an idea and a potential market. I decided I&#039;d focus on making my business an online business through a web application of some sort so it made sense that I simply just learn the damn language and get to work. <br /> <br /> So, if that&#039;s something you want to do, I&#039;ll be happy to point you in the right direction.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Ok thanks for your replies.<br /> Bought a wordpress theme, so now I will try to build it that way.<br /> <a href="http://fest-portal.dk" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Fest Portal | Alt Til Din Fest</a><br /> <br /> --------------------------------------------------<br /> <br /> Besides that, I came up with another idea - a book, based on these threads:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.ted.com/conversations/12365/what_advice_would_you_give_a_y.html" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">What advice would you give a younger you? | A conversation on TED.com</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/meg_jay_why_30_is_not_the_new_20.html" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20 | Video on TED.com</a><br /> <br /> <br /> ...to get people to write their advices and form it into a book. <br /> <br /> <br /> Created the site <a href="http://www.20wisdom.com" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Letters To The Younger Me - &quot;What I Wish I Knew In My 20&#039;s&quot;</a> so people can share their advices, and then I&#039;ll pick like 100-200 most interesting comments and create a book out of it. Maybe with different categories - health, relationships, career and so on. <br /> <br /> It seems like people over 30+ like to share their thoughts on it - and I think people in their 20s who are into self development would LOVE this read.<br /> Fx this video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_yr2LDVObs" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Top 10 mistakes to avoid in your 20s - YouTube</a></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Preisler" data-source="post: 281528" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=281528" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-281528">Preisler said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Anybody out there who knows how to learn how to build a website from scratch? I read others blogs on this fastlaneforum where they set up websites. <br /> But when I ask people how to build a website, someone says &quot;use wordpress&quot; and someone says &quot;it will take 6 months to a year to learn&quot;. <br /> Currently I have no money to pay someone else to do it. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I am learning how to build a website from scratch without coding via the product Adobe Muse. Adobe offers a subscription based service. I&#039;m also using adobe&#039;s hosting service called Business Catalyst Or BC. It allowed me to easily setup a members only page with auto-generated passwords among other features. I can find everything I&#039;m looking for without knowing the programming lingo used.</div>
 

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