Hi tedd,
I agree, getting the layout nailed down can be a problem. It seems that
no matter how many content reviews, mock-ups and wireframes I do, most
clients can never quite "get it" until they see an actual live site, so
they usually end up being billed for post-launch changes. With a stati
Kristina, thanks for adding to Marc's advice. I'm putting everyone's
feedback together so I can sort through it, organize it, and use is as a
guide to try and work my way through this project with as few gotchas as
possible.
Though I'm no longer working freelance, I'll advise my employer that
At 5:38 PM -0400 3/27/08, BAS wrote:
Hi Marc,
Yes, I've got 11 years of experience with static sites and I've even
done some simple custom CMS work, but I've never tried integrating
an existing CMS package with a bunch of other stuff. My PHP skills
are at the lower end of intermediate, so thi
On Mar 27, 2008, at 12:34 AM, Larry Ludwig wrote:
On Mar 18, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Rob Marscher wrote:
Hey everyone,
Does someone know the best practice for detecting ip addresses with
php/apache for use in reporting/metrics?
I'm re-evaluating our code for detecting ips and I see it's built
t
Exactly. The operative words here being "unexpected client requests".
No matter how thoroughly you spec things out and try to anticipate
everything you will be spending a LOT of time dealing with client
saying "OH, but I thought the site would do XYZ..." or "OH, but I
thought that it would be
Hi Marc,
Yes, I've got 11 years of experience with static sites and I've even
done some simple custom CMS work, but I've never tried integrating an
existing CMS package with a bunch of other stuff. My PHP skills are at
the lower end of intermediate, so this is going to be a challenge &
learni
Marc Antony Vose wrote:
You are going to make mistakes. Lots of them. And, you'll have
situations where to get to problem x, you might need to go through
steps a, b and c to get there, which takes time and is mind-numbingly
boring.
So, so true...
when it comes to e-commerce, it has to wor
Hi:
It sounded like in the beginning that you had some experience with a
static site, and now you're going to build something that's dynamic
and has a shopping component.
If I had to pass along any advice about this in general, I'd say that
actually sometimes templating things instead of
Thanks for the additional info & caveats, Jake. Looks like I've got a
bit more searching & reading to do...
Regards,
Bev
Jake McGraw wrote:
Re payment gateways, It's my understanding that the handling of credit
card transactions is done via the payment gateway's servers--i.e. if the
client
> Re payment gateways, It's my understanding that the handling of credit
> card transactions is done via the payment gateway's servers--i.e. if the
> client has a merchant account (or pays for gateway services that provide
> one for a fee), then all I need to be concerned with is that the
> sh
André Pitanga wrote:
I unfortunately made that mistake once when I was starting to freelance.
It quickly got really bad...
Now I don't miss an opportunity to pass on this warning to others in
case it may save someone the headache. :-)
I always try to pass along the warning too. When I was free
Jake McGraw wrote:
Well it really depends... do you have experience doing any of this:
4. Find, install & configure shopping cart
a. Product photos
b. Product descriptions/details
c. Pricing
d. Shipping
e. Tax
f. Create/modify shopping cart templates? (Not sure
if this has to be done
I unfortunately made that mistake once when I was starting to freelance.
It quickly got really bad...
Now I don't miss an opportunity to pass on this warning to others in
case it may save someone the headache. :-)
BAS wrote:
I never, ever worked without a contract when I was freelancing.
Than
André Pitanga wrote:
I noticed that on your numbered list you didn't repeat the need for a
newsletter. That can take significant time as well. (I've been using
POMMO as a mailing list manager at work and it's been great.) I would
say add at least another 10 hours just for that.
Good catch; th
Well it really depends... do you have experience doing any of this:
4. Find, install & configure shopping cart
a. Product photos
b. Product descriptions/details
c. Pricing
d. Shipping
e. Tax
f. Create/modify shopping cart templates? (Not sure
if this has to be done or if the cart can u
I'll take a stab, BAS:
I noticed that on your numbered list you didn't repeat the need for a
newsletter. That can take significant time as well. (I've been using
POMMO as a mailing list manager at work and it's been great.) I would
say add at least another 10 hours just for that.
I not sure
Okay, I've got a very general estimating question here.
Here are the basics: The focus of the site will be selling products to
people with autistic children. I'm still waiting for an answer on how
many products there will be in the beginning, so let's just say a dozen
for now. The client wants to
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