General Beginner Question

[drees]

I'm not sure if this is where I should be Posting this but our company is in the market to design a new website. I have been asked to shop around and make a recommendation. I haven't a clue. I am a network admin with no experience in website development. Some of the companies we deal with have talked cold fusion, some have talked asp. I have no idea what I should be looking for. We have an e commerce website that writes to a sql 7.0 backend. I know we are currently having functionality problems with our current website and our main concern for the new one is increased functionality with increased reliability. I would love any advice on what I should be looking for a web developer. Like I've said I am totally out of my depth on this.

 

[tleish]

I'm biased towards ColdFusion, so I wouldn't be much helpf if you asked me which one is better. If you have specific questions, I could better answer them... and depending on where you are located I could help out even more.

Here's few references to help give you some ideas on what to look for in Web Developers/Designers in general.

WebMonkey
Hiring a Site Developer

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/22/index4a.html?tw=e-business

Guru.com
How to hire a Web Designer

http://www.guru.com/channel/hiring/buyers_webdesign.jhtml

bCentral
Here's your Web developer planning checklist

http://www.bcentral.com/articles/workshop/130.asp

FastHostWeb.net
10 Things to Look for When Hiring a Web Developer

http://www.fasthostweb.net/Webdesign/tamsevicius1.html

- tleish