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Originally Posted by Unique_Carpenter
Tech Forum has a thread started, as does Member Suggestions.
A couple non-eccie IT guys have already identified the "new" old software and are vaguely amused with concepts of "owner should be embarrassed" starting to float.
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Typical attitude of the IT guys for anyone in business. They all think that they know best. The customer never seems to know anything. I thought for a long time that I was the only guy with this problem from IT people. Nope, it turns out that the arrogance is usually the case. I learned something last year that I would want to share.
1. You usually get about 80% of what they are suppose to deliver for the amount of money pledged for the project.
2. Fire the first guy, and hire another with the specifications, again, in writing.
3. You will get about 80% of what you want from the second guy, or crews.
4. Fire the second guy, or crew, and repeat the process again and again.
Website development can be very expensive, and go out of control fast. Be ready to have everything in writing concerning what you want and what they are obligated to deliver. If they begin to slip (usually when the project gets harder). Place them on probation with a harsh warning. If needed, don't hesitate to fire them.
Document everything, and keep all the emails about the project so that you can take them to court.
These are always difficult people to work with, because they just don't understand what you want to do. You can explain it for hours, but they are not you. They can make a website; they just don't understand what the other person wants. So, you don't always get what you want. That is the way with artsy fartsy people.
This is not art. So don't hesitate to get rid if the art people who want to do it their way.
Sorry, been there - done that; including taking them to court.
JR
why did they change the way the site lay out is
