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for several months, I've been building a site builder in php. It's different to the other turnkey services out there. Some of the things it does differently :
- clean semantic markup (xhtml) - committed to web standards
- no tables for layout
- no restrictions on templating (markup and css is completely customisable)
- extremely easy to use
- very generic. There are several features but I take a very hands off approach. You could use it to host a single-page AIM profile or a business website with customer forums.
I'm almost done with the coding. the next stage involves beta testing and having some stunning (as in zengarden stunning) designs made up but this is going to cost a lot of money and I'm starting to get cold feet.
My fear : this would appeal to people who know and care about webstandards but they probably know how to set up a site anyway. The people who don't know or care about standards won't care and would be just as happy using a $2/month turnkey solution.
what do you all think? should I cut my losses and run or bite the bullet and get on with it?
eric
there are a great many not very good and expensive products out there that sell very well.
and the converse is very true too.
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this applies to both software and tangible goods.
it is all about getting customers, if you can do that then no problem.
my point is that there are always plenty of potential customers no matter how cool, uncool, weird, conventional or wacky the product, but getting them is the hard bit, thats why marketing is such a huge industry.
My fear : this would appeal to people who know and care about webstandards but they probably know how to set up a site anyway
