The hell that is a career in web design
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- GollumX
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LOL @
http://www.mbwebdesign.co.uk/blog/nightmare-web-design-clients/
So familiar. - Say no to Internet Explorer 6.
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- James Spencer
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Haha, great read
- James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- GollumX
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lol again
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and this one from the comments:Me: “What type of design do you have in mind?”
Client: “I want something really cool.”
Me: “Do you have a color scheme in mind or perhaps some ideas for the layout?”
Client: “No, just make it really cool.” - Say no to Internet Explorer 6.
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- Mike VanKirk
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How true and funny.
Thanks for sharing.
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- Daniel Chapman
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- good stuff there.
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""This is a conversation I had with a client. I had just emailed them a link to a demo of a web page I’d made for them. The underlying page structure was identical, but I’d modified the CSS to change some colours and alter the size of some H1 and H2 tags. Nothing that major.
Client: I don’t like it.
Me: OK… what about it don’t you like?
Client: I don’t like any of it. It doesn’t work for me.
Me: Is it the colours, or…?
Client: No it’s ALL of it. You need to change this all completely.
Me: I only changed the colour scheme and the size of the headings. It’s otherwise the same as the last version.
Client: (pause) Well, now I don’t like it, change it back.""
Some people don't even know what they want... I also like the
"#3 - “I want to be number one in Google for the term ‘consultant’. My budget is £200.”
I just had to write back to this guy. What kind of consultant is he anyway? Turns out he was a life coach operating in the South-East of England, and didn’t even have a site yet. I briefly explained that it is useless to target the generic term ‘consultant’, far better to go for something like ‘London life coach’, and that the whole effort was useless when there wasn’t even a site in the first place. His response? “If I’m only going to show up for ‘London life coach’ then the cost should decrease proportionally. £25 should be enough.” No, it won’t."
It's like do you realize how many people spend thousands of dollars on ad campaigns to be #1. I'm glad I won't have to deal with the majority of these things. :
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That sounds painfully familiar
I had a enquiry last week from a guy who wanted a site with functionality to match Friends Reunited
His budget - £250
Shut door on the way out thanks
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- Eric Dios
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- "'I’m paying you to do a job, so do it as I tell you'. Fair enough.Then they got all offended when I removed my “Designed by…” credit from the bottom of their site." HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
- Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience...
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- Richie Mortimer
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im not a webdesigner and i may be discribed by you aseveryone with a computer and a copy of Dreamweaver can log onto sites like Gumtree and Craigslist and call themselves web designers(although i dont advertise my services to anyone, yet)
although that really isnt the case, ive been doing this for a couple of years now, and i learn on a tight budget (nothing)
im still learning everything, and saving for my real training.
i only really put the websites together for ppl - who tell me what they want (theme and all) and have only been paid once - so i dont feel bad about it.
anyways, back on point
it was after one of those free jobs i did for a friend that i got a client (my friends mum)
whos brief was
i want it to be like this www.bytheowner.com/
and i want users to be able to upload virtual tours of there homes
as you can tell it took me quite some time to get any real infomation, and did my damndest to please her
alas, i still didnt get paid never mind eh
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- Donnie Maynard Christianson
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Awesome.
I lost a bid on a job the other day because I wasn't willing to do the site design, new logo, and business card, letterheade, and all other stationery layouts (with print-ready files) for $20.
I HAD to laugh.
- "I've got a theory: it could be bunnies."
Donnie Maynard Christianson
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