FWIW, what you are describing is well within the range of what Weebly can do. Weebly isn't all things to all people, but it is a rather straightforward system for setting up basic websites, and definitely includes the ability to sell products online, such as your arrangements. If you already have a basic site on Weebly, I would try to find somebody willing to extend that.
For a person conversant in web development, the Weebly learning curve is not very steep. If you can live with one of the templates that Weebly provides, it is quick and easy. I inherited a Weebly site recently and was able to be productive fairly quickly. The really time consuming things are customizing the look and feel of the site if you want to do more than the templates provide. That is not easy, but I suspect that would not be an issue in your case. I'm not in a situation to take on any more work in that area, but I just offer these thoughts in case there is a web-savvy person out that that was scared off by mention of Weebly. My point is simply that Weebly is easy to use and there is no reason to avoid that solution. On 9/4/2014 8:24 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: > Esteemed members of the list: > > I have a proposition that could prove beneficial to one of you (and me): > > I posted > on the trb-L earlier today, have gotten a bunch of interested replies > but no cigar, yet. > > I realize that Finale skills are a must, and I kept getting "I have a copy > of Finale..." > > > > Situation: > > I have dozens and dozens of arrangements on the computer in Finale. I have > > a website - rayhortonmusic.com - with teasers about many pieces but very > > little functionality, even though I am paying for Weebly Pro or whatever. > > (My music is far better than most of the crap out there, and much of it > is quite marketable, IMHO.) > > > I have no time to work up the skills, or time to work on the site. Also > I have > > severe back pain following my stroke and subsequent spine injury which > > limits the amount of work I can do seated at my favorite computer setup. > > > > _What I need_ is a person with web site skills to set up my site so patrons > > can log on, pay and download music or pay for printed music to be mailed. > > > This person would get: > > > > - A percentage of every sale, and all the music he or she wants to harvest > > (Upfront money is likely not possible at this time, but we can talk. > > > _What I don't need_ is a lot of geek-speak about which programming > languages, etc. etc. I want to simplify my life, not make it more > complicated. I have the site mentioned above (name from name.com, design > on Weebly Pro) and want to keep the name. I can pay some other sites, as > long as it is in the same price ballpark. > > > I need to enable patrons to log on, get some free samples as a way to > induce traffic, see samples of music to buy, maybe hear some sample mp3s, > then pay and dl PDFs or order printed copies and leave happy to return > another day. > > > I also need to figure out pricing, would appreciate someone who can advise > and/or price. > > > If you have done a similar site please send a private message with a link, > and a description of some of your abilities and accomplishments. > > > The instrumental combinations include: > > > > - Brass Trios (many) > > - Brass quintets (a few) > > - Trombone ensembles (several) > > - Hymn descants for trombone, trumpet, flute (hundreds) > see below about formatting issues*. > > - Church hymn solo arrangements for trombone and piano (some of you got > > one of these several weeks ago, my church loves them) > > - Church hymn arrangements for brass, especially for congregational > > singing (brass quartets, not so much quintets, and a bunch of stuff for > > about 4 brass and 3 or 4 WW) > > > > > > - Organ Preludes (very popular) > > - Choral arrangements and compositions > > - Compositions for orchestra (these are starting to take off around the > > country and are going to be listed in the next edition of the > > Daniels _Orchestral Music_) > > - arrangements for elementary school band (varying instrumentation, can > > be altered to order) > > > *Finale skills come into play particularly for these: I have dozens of hymn > descants for trumpet, trb and flute, in separate files and with > inconsistent formatting. I have a format (hymn tune name, title, etc.,) I > would like to use for all of them but haven't had time to reformat them > all. I also want the melody added on a separate staff whenever it is not > there already (these are readily available on the web as midi files, and > hymnal scans are all over the place. Then, I would like to be able to sell > them separately or all together (at a discount). > > > Anyone interested please send me a private message, summarizing your > abilities and experience. Thanks!!! > > > > Raymond Horton > > Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra > > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC > > Composer, Arranger > > VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
