Build a website in 30 minutes
I was in the middle of a Dutch lesson today and I was finding it quite hard to get my brain into gear. It turns into custard after a long day.
So I set myself a challenge: could I build her a website in under 30 minutes? Everything - register the domain, set up hosting, create the content and get it live in half an hour.
So here it is: www.dutchteacher.com. It’s not shiny Web 2.0 and I will add a picture when she sends one but we went from zero to live in half an hour. It does includes some SEO, Google Analytics and a few hundred words of copy.
It raises an interesting question: are there other complete and satisfactory tasks that could be done in 30 minutes?
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Fatalique wrote:
Posted on 25-Sep-07 at 8:01 pm | Permalink
Heather Yaxley wrote:
I got a phone call today from a friend asking if they could come round for coffee - I managed all the housework in under 30 minutes. Not quite in the same techy league as creating a website, but it shows how motivation (and embarrassment at not having done the vacuuming etc) is a great incentive.
Posted on 25-Sep-07 at 8:49 pm | Permalink
Ming wrote:
The 30 minute stopwatch is a great way to get started on anything we would otherwise be reluctant to start, or are likely to put off. And once its done, there is always tweaking:)
Posted on 26-Sep-07 at 2:20 am | Permalink
Donna Papacosta wrote:
Well, I’m impressed. Just shows how much a person can accomplish when you’re FOCUSED, which you obviously were.
Posted on 26-Sep-07 at 11:53 am | Permalink
Rich Murnane wrote:
Did this one over lunch one day with the woman I did it for sitting behind me.
http://www.berrybushfarm.com
The trick for this was using the website template from oswd.org (in fact, it took longer to find a template then to do the tweeking).
Love your blog…Rich
Posted on 26-Sep-07 at 12:58 pm | Permalink
Stilgherrian wrote:
Inspired by your example, Matthew, and inspired by a Flash Rave created in Sydney yesterday, I decided to see if it’d be possible to create a Flash Chant with a political message at today’s Australian Football League final in Melbourne. When I’m in Sydney.
It took me 45 minutes to create the website at http://flashchant.com — but that included installing WordPress as well as creating the domain. It’s been online less than 2 hours and already it’s got 600+ unique visitors with just a tiny bit of promotion on Facebook. Wow!
The game starts in 100 minutes. It’ll be interesting to watch the TV coverage…
Posted on 29-Sep-07 at 2:23 am | Permalink