I'm going to have a play with Dreamweaver to see what I can learn, but
I don't intend to create the 'live' version of the site or even have
my code used by the eventual author.  

www.parrotaid.org.uk and www.parrotaid.co.uk need content!

 Parrot Aid in Northampton is a small charity dedicated to the welfare
of parrots and similar birds. It is not a "rescue" organisation per se
- the primary aim would always be to "rehabilitate" the bird and its
owners so that they can stay together.  It also has an active
educational program with schools and similar.   It is not able to
register (yet) with the Charities Commission as it cannot demonstrate
an income of more than £5,000pa (it has outgoings more than that, but
these have been funded, in the main, by the individual who runs the
charity).  When the provisions of the Charities Act 2006 are finally
implemented (hopefully later this year)   it is intended to register
the operation as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

Part of the strategy (a grand word for such a small operation!) for
the charity is to use a website to improve awareness of its existence
and remit and - of course - to be a vehicle for fundraising.

Here's an idea of what we want: 

A simple website like http://www.glutenfree-crawley.org.uk/ or 
http://www.leicesteranimalaid.org.uk/  would be adequate to begin
with, and although it is probably within my personal competencies to
create such a simple site, I would be unable - for example - to
incorporate even a  modest "shop" which would be a short-term
objective to assist in fund raising.  I would not want to create a
basic site and then hand that over to someone else to implant the
shop, as that is a recipe for confusion and cost! 

We would like an offer for creating a site similar to
http://www.glutenfree-crawley.org.uk/ or
http://www.leicesteranimalaid.org.uk/ , hosting same and implementing
a modest shop.   As far as the shop is concerned, there might be a
maximum of 20 categories and no more than 1000 items - but items per
category is probably not a basis for costing anyway.  We will NOT want
a forum or even a guest book; we will want email forms (or, more
accurately a method of contacting us by email that is somewhat
protected against spam or address harvesting),  a POP3 mailbox (or
several if they come at no additional cost, as I would expect within
reason), a 'paypal donate now' button supporting gift-aid declarations
I would want to do the maintenance of the site and shop by ftp (or a
CMS if provided at no additional cost) once created;  the domains
www.parrotaid.co.uk and www.parrotaid.org.uk are already registered
with 123-reg.co.uk.

It is our intention that it be an information site, not an
entertainment site: in other words effective content is FAR MORE
important than flashy yoof-oriented exciting design - which is why we
liked the Gluten Free site. No Flash, thank you. No music, thank you.
No tricksy buttons, thank you.  Maybe one animated gif in a 'Kiddies
Corner' but that's about it. 

 The one issue I have with these two 'baseline' sites is that they
appear to be designed for fixed-width browsing: I would want our sites
elegantly to reflow according to the viewers preference for browser
width (well, within reason. What is reasonable?  I have no idea yet)


Please apply ROT13 to the genuine ROT13'd email adress below if you
would like to reply:

cneebgnvq@agyjbeyq.pbz

Thank you