>>My brother's wife wants to start a 'Hot or Not' site but for cats instead of people
ROLFMAO. I need a new key board now... G! On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Josh Nathanson <p...@oakcitygraphics.com>wrote: > > I feel your pain. I had to give up freelancing because there were just too > many "I want everything for free" people out there trying to get some dumb > business started. "My brother's wife wants to start a 'Hot or Not' site > but > for cats instead of people...you can probably set that up in a couple of > hours, right? They can pay you once the site starts to make money." > Pfffft. > > -- Josh > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phillip Vector [mailto:vec...@mostdeadlygame.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:27 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: ecommerce emergency > > > hehehe.. To move, I need money.. To make money, I need to move. :) > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Mark Kruger<mkru...@cfwebtools.com> > wrote: > > > > You are definitley working with the wrong clients... And it sounds like > you > > need to move as well :) > > > > > > > > > > Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE > > (402) 408-3733 ext 105 > > www.cfwebtools.com > > www.coldfusionmuse.com > > www.necfug.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Phillip Vector [mailto:vec...@mostdeadlygame.com] > > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:30 AM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: ecommerce emergency > > > > > > I'll keep my eye out for it. Thanks. :) > > > > The client I'm doing this for is only willing to part with $450. > > That's total. For my setup time, configuration, etc. I'm not sure how it > is > > around the country, but where I am (NW USA), it's dog eat dog with PHP > > developers who are charging $9/hr. for websites. I managed to convince > the > > client that I'm able to code allot faster with ColdFusion and that PHP is > > open source, therefore not as secure (I used the "Google 'PHPbb virus' > > response). So I have this guy set to dump his hosting prepaid for 2 years > to > > get some hosting on hostingatoz (which I'm hesitant to do since they > still > > have yet to fix my cffile issue) or pay for some cf hosting someplace > else, > > but that's another issue. > > > > I am glad you guys could tell your clients "You need this and this and > this" > > and you guys get it. Us contractors in this area tend to tell our clients > > this and they go, "Well, I'll go with someone else then who does PHP and > > take my chances because I don't have the money". > > > > I'd enjoy getting a $400 product that I can customize for clients. But if > I > > were to ask a client out here for that up front (instead of at the end), > > then I wouldn't have the client. It's tough enough to get the client to > pay > > 50% down nowadays. > > > > BTW, if anyone DOES have a client they are too busy to handle who is > willing > > to drop $400 at the start and needs an ecommerce solution, I'll be glad > to > > take them off your hands. :) Thank you for the advice, but I still have > to > > go with CFShopKart at the moment. > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Gerald Guido<gerald.gu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>>>Phillip, you might need to double check but last I looked cfshopkart > >>>>it > >> was > >> storing credit card details in its database (an MS Access database). > >> > >> Last time I looked at it, a couple of weeks ago, it had queries that > >> did not use use cfqueryparam. Double plus ungood. You can always use > >> that tool (the name escapes me) to cfqueryparam-tize the queries. I > >> have used it before and it worked well enough, It did not add the > >> cfsqltype attribute. I had to do that by hand, but it did 90% of the > grunt > > work. > >> > >> My advice, free and worth every penny, is to get something battle > >> tested. I have 5-6 carts under my belt and they can be rather involved > >> and hence there is a lot that can, and if that Murphy fellow has > >> anything say about it, will go wrong. > >> > >> G! > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Kevan Stannard > > <ke...@stannard.net.au>wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Phillip, you might need to double check but last I looked cfshopkart > >>> it was storing credit card details in its database (an MS Access > >>> database). And if you're on shared hosting this this db is likely to > >>> be web accessible. If this is still the case then avoid this cart. > >>> Mike, cfshopkart was one of the authors first cf applications so is > >>> not a good example of a well designed or coded app. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Gerald Guido > >> http://www.myinternetisbroken.com > >> http://www.cfsimple.org/ > >> > >> "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." > >> -- Thomas A. Edison > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:324876 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
