I lost another client today. They needed to be able to modify the site themselves without my intervention (read, charging them for my services). But as the site stands, they cannot do that, and at the time they approached me with this concern, I was stuck with the site I had.
But that has all changed. I have discovered that ease of use is what WordPress does best. It puts the power of the content into the hands of the average user/web site owner. For many years I had maintained the site; that is, when the yearly renewal for web hosting came around I sent them an invoice. That was the extent of our relationship. They have found other developers to continue their site, and I wish them luck.
In Other News: I have been working on the Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce conversion site and it’s coming along quite well. After many tries with different WordPress themes, I think I finally have the one that will work the best and have the kind of look the Chamber is wanting. I hope so. Now all I need are photos and we’re on our way.
BlueAirMan is stalled; that client just doesn’t have the time to put together the products he wants to sell on the site. Too bad, he could be making money right now.
My final client, Madexalli, is also not providing me with the information I need to fully flesh out her site. I wonder if all web developers have such balky clients? I’m sure they don’t; they probably have clients that want impossible features by the next time. I’ll take the balk over the hair-pulling anyday.
Finally, I am seriously thinking about converting my Candles for Life site over to WordPress using an excellent multi-lingual plugin I found (although I can’t remember the name of it offhand). It will be a heck of a lot easier to maintain and to add pages to. At present, with CodeIgniter and the plugin I’m using to the do the translating, it is a serious job to make changes to any of the pages. Work better, not harder. That’s the ticket!
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