Hi Linda
At first sight there appears to be too small a budget for a web developer
to make a meaningful stab at this and too short a time-frame in which to
ponder the alternatives.
The suggestions made by the others are sound, use free stuff wherever
possible: Wikimedia, YouTube, perhaps a Wordpress website. Save your small
budget for when you run into a problem you can't solve by any other means.
If there is some dosh left at the end then use it to add the things you
have forgotten, to respond to changes in web-world between now and then, or
just to make the site look a bit nicer.
Also, I need to ask: what is meant in this context by 'multi-layered'
content?
Cheers, Phil Blume
On 16 April 2015 at 11:54, Graham Walden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> do you have an example of an item and the multi layered content, as this
> will impact on how the back end is built
>
>
> Graham Walden
>
> On 16 April 2015 at 11:19, Izzy Bartley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Linda,
> >
> > I think the project I described to you before that I am constructing
> (with
> > help from a web designer) for my Masters dissertation is quite similar to
> > what you are describing in your brief. I am using both content directly
> > from the museum (mainly images, also some Youtube videos already in
> > existence) and linking these to open access resources to create a
> > multi-layered and multimedia approach. For a low budget, I think linking
> > to existing content on open platforms (or hosting your content on them as
> > Jonathon Cardy suggests) is a very good idea. Using existing open
> content
> > also helps to democratise the voice of the museum.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Izzy
> >
> > *Izzy Bartley*
> > Heritage Interpretation and Education Consultant
> >
> >
> >
> > T: 077 26 77 00 95
> > E: [log in to unmask]
> > @FireflyHeritage
> >
> >
> > On 14 April 2015 at 16:40, Jonathan Cardy <
> [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Linda,
> > >
> > > Provided the images and video are released under an open licence you
> are
> > of
> > > course welcome to upload them to Wikimedia Commons
> > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard>, the media
> > > library sister to Wikipedia. Hosting cost to you would be zero.
> Depending
> > > on the nature and size of the content we may even be able to introduce
> > you
> > > to a volunteer who can show you how to do the upload.
> > >
> > > If your content includes images that can be used to illustrate or add
> > video
> > > to Wikipedia articles then we can achieve the "We need the online
> > resource
> > > to be live by June 2015 featuring one object from our collection with
> > > multi-layered content linked to that object."
> > >
> > > As for "We want to be able to add more objects each with their own
> > > multi-layered content over time and expect the project to be live for
> at
> > > least 5 years" Wikipedia has been live for over a decade now and is one
> > of
> > > the most popular sites on the Internet with close to 500 million unique
> > > visitors per month. So we can be fairly sure of the project being live
> > for
> > > at least five years.
> > >
> > > Good:Fast:Cheap - Providing you are happy to be open.
> > >
> > > Happy to discuss further.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Jonathan Cardy
> > > GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser
> > > Wikimedia UK
> > > 020 7065 0921
> > >
> > > (I'm normally in the office Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Fridays - Emails
> on
> > > Mondays and Thursdays wont usually be seen till the next day)
> > >
> > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
> and
> > > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
> Registered
> > > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
> > 4LT.
> > > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> > > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation
> (who
> > > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> > >
> > > Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> > > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 14 April 2015 at 15:33, Tony Crockford <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > On 14 Apr 2015, at 14:29, Ellis, Linda <
> > > > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > We need the online resource to be live by June 2015 featuring one
> > > object
> > > > from our collection with multi-layered content linked to that object.
> > We
> > > > want to be able to add more objects each with their own multi-layered
> > > > content over time and expect the project to be live for at least 5
> > years.
> > > > >
> > > > > We have a total of £15,000 (including VAT) put aside for this, but
> we
> > > > wish to allocate £10,000 of this is to creating the multi-layered
> > > content.
> > > > The proposed costings must include the graphic design of the website
> as
> > > > well as the technical build and hosting for 3 years.
> > > > >
> > > > > Responses must be sent by email and received no later than 9am on
> > > Monday
> > > > 27 April 2015.
> > > >
> > > > I will, no doubt, appear rude, [1] but you have declared a budget of
> > > £5000
> > > > for three years hosting for multilayered content *plus* graphic
> design,
> > > > *plus* build and only a month to get it all done in.
> > > >
> > > > It wouldn’t be unreasonable to spend £500 a year on hosting, but
> > there’s
> > > > no budget there for 5 years of updates and maintenance, and you’ve
> now
> > > > only left £3,500 or (less than ten days work-time at average
> day-rates)
> > > to
> > > > design and build. An agency that is VAT registered will have to look
> > at
> > > an
> > > > income of under £3000 to meet your including VAT constraint
> > > >
> > > > It’s possible to create a basic site for that sort of budget, but to
> > fit
> > > > ten days work (and I suspect it needs more than that) into four weeks
> > > > starting early(?) May would need a fairly empty order book for any
> > > agency.
> > > >
> > > > I worry that for your budget and timescale you’ll probably get
> > proposals
> > > > that will make promises that the writer knows they can’t keep, which
> > is a
> > > > sad reflection on the industry.
> > > >
> > > > I don’t suppose a massaged off the shelf WordPress theme would do?
> With
> > > > all your ‘multi-layered' content hosted on YouTube/Vimeo; SoundCloud
> > and
> > > > Codepen (for example). If your timescale was more realistic I might
> be
> > > > making a more considered response, but I have no real spare capacity
> > for
> > > > the next six weeks at least.
> > > >
> > > > I hope you’ll take my comments as helpful and perhaps consider a more
> > > > accommodating timescale or budget?
> > > >
> > > > As they say - Good:Fast:Cheap - pick two, but not all three…
> > > >
> > > > :o)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [1] I was hoping for pragmatic, concerned and helpful...
> > > >
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