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I need a very simple and inexpensive webpage where people can post their stories...I am guessing up to 10000 words. Plus pictures or drawings, videos maybe.

The site would allow folks to post, edit, remove posts but only they or the site admin. would be able to do so. Or, if it was going to be cheaper, the site admin. would be the only one able to do any of these things.

We are trying to archive evacuees', emergency workers', and others' "fire stories" from our little incident last week.

Any thoughts? What kind of commitment is involved, how much $?
Thanks.
 
There are quite a few free social networking solutions that would meet your needs and which could be quickly and easily implemented, basically for the cost of the hosting and the developer's time. Here are a few examples:

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/ning

http://www.elgg.org/

http://www.boonex.com/dolphin/

Some forum applications also have plug-ins that can do all of what you mentioned, such as phpBB, one of the more established and popular free forums.

Give me a call if you want. I'll be in and out the next few days, so cell would be better.

-Rich
 
If you want to save loads of money on hosting and time, you could just use of of the forum-type programs without the modules for things like video uploads. Then have users post their photos, pictures, etc. on free sites like YouTube, PhotoBucket, etc. and just link to them there. The forum itself would then contain, basically, just messages.

-Rich
 
I run a web development company and my recommendation for things like this is always wordpress.com

PM me if you get stuck.
 
Heck, a simple WordPress blog can do all that for free. As with any other solution, each user will need to sign up for their own account (to allow the editing functionality) but the Administrator can then add them as a contributor to the blog.

http://www.wordpress.com/
 
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