[BNM] jinxed by free work syndrome

[Jason Bailey]

Hello,

I don't speak to my brother much; he's usually too busy. Anyway he rang me 
today and has asked me to do a website for him. All this talk of free work 
has obviously jinxed me.  I'm unusually worried about this as it could go 
on forever.

He's going to quit his job and go into business for himself fitting 
fireplaces/stoves etc in the midlands area. If enough people down here 
wanted a wood burning stove etc. I might be able to get him down for a 
week. He's been promising to come and fit a wood burning stove for me for 
about 2 years.

Anyway can anyone suggest an appropriate way for me to set something up for 
him.

I'm thinking:
a php/mysql based CMS -any suggestions? I think he'll want to upload 
details/images of recent work and his showroom photos. Is Mambo still the 
best choice for a simple site with simple CSS.

Something like a blog to get him to update it regularly with recent work. 
Actually Wordpress might be useful with a RSS feed on the main page might 
do it.

I think something that includes a wysiwyg editor (TinyMCE) would be nice.

Something that will allow me to easily add simple CSS. I'd appreciate some 
tips on a basic design/layout as I generally use other peoples CSS and I'm 
really not that creative. Off to zengarden but any tips for a simple look 
greatly appreciated.

I think I've found a use for twitter. My brother wants to update the site 
regularly (day to day) but not necessarily at the computer. I think he 
wants to say where he is when he remembers so that potential customers 
might ring him and say "Oh I see you're in Walsall today; how about looking 
at my fireplace". I reckon he might be happy to text his whereabouts when 
he remembers. I was thinking I'd also send him a text saying "where are 
you?" as a reminder!

I know this is all obvious to some of you but I don't really get involved 
with doing this kind of work; usually just work on stuff for my day job. I 
could do some of this from scratch but I think this is a good excuse to 
look at stuff suitable for businesses etc.

Jason