Something Simple Will Do

ripped off! that's a phrase we never like to use, but for thousands of business owners that's exactly what happens when dealing with a so-called web developer who knows how to take advantage of them. more often than not this involves a robust and powerful content management system called wordpress. today there are dozens of powerful solutions available “out of the box” to do things early web pioneers would have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for. but wordpress (without modification) is actually free. so why is it a wordpress “developer” can charge thousands of dollars for something free? the easy answer is that most of the time they shouldn't be. i have seen websites created with wordpress and a free, or inexpensive theme, which the site owner was charged $2500 or even more for essentially 30 minutes of work. that said if the site requires detailed graphics, custom plugins, or theme code (css/javascript/php) modification the time and cost can go up. but how do you know if you're