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nrhatigan Posts: 76 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline	Inheriting someonelse's site - 1/25/2008 8:36:54 Volunteers were sought to take on the village cricket club's website. I have offered on the basis that nobody else will want to take it on and don't anticipate changing anything other than the content. I've never taken over anyone elses work before and suspect this is a minefield. What be your top 3 things to ask or do if it was coming your way. If you really want ot go to town the site is http://www.mulbartoncricketclub.co.uk/


Tailslide Posts: 6270 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: Inheriting someonelse's site - 1/25/2008 9:15:21 I'd make sure that everyone understood EXACTLY what you are willing to do with the site and when - (i.e. that's it's a favour and you have a day job so they can't expect things done yesterday or a sudden overhaul of the site etc). Obviously you'll need the FTP details and confirmation of whether they want you to keep an eye on the domain name renewals and hosting, adverts if there are any etc (find out who's paying out/receiving money now). Plus you may want your name on the site rather than the original guy (or not as the case may be!). To be honest I think that most important thing is to manage expectations of what you'll be able to do with the site. _____________________________ "My strategy is so simple an idiot could have devised it" Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Blood, Sweat & Rust - A Land Rover restoration project (in reply to nrhatigan)


Donkey Posts: 3910 Joined: 11/13/2001 From: Blackfield United Kingdom Status: offline	RE: Inheriting someonelse's site - 1/25/2008 10:27:21 I'd take the URI out of the banner header. What's the point if the visitor can read it they are already there? Secondly I would have serious words with whoever writes the "news" stories. Perhaps you should sack him and write the stories yourself. For the club's own site to be so negative is wrong. The lead story and one other read as though they were written by the local paper's sports reporter with a grudge against the team. There is always a positive side to accentuate even if the team are rubbish eg perhaps the tea was good. Negative comments on the team's own site will dishearten them and make them even worse. _____________________________ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Samuel Clemens (in reply to nrhatigan)


dpf Posts: 7126 Joined: 11/12/2003 From: India-napolis Status: offline	RE: Inheriting someonelse's site - 1/26/2008 9:39:40 After looking at the code, I would suggest to get on your knees and say a prayer of thanks. All in all, that code is quite clean and understandable compared to many of the monstrosities out there. _____________________________ Dan (in reply to nrhatigan)


womble Posts: 5702 Joined: 3/14/2005 From: Living on the edge Status: offline	RE: Inheriting someonelse's site - 1/27/2008 6:04:19 quote: ORIGINAL: Tailslide I'd make sure that everyone understood EXACTLY what you are willing to do with the site and when - (i.e. that's it's a favour and you have a day job so they can't expect things done yesterday or a sudden overhaul of the site etc). I'd agree entirely. Having worked on a fair few sites on a voluntary basis, I know what a nightmare they can be (especially if it's a committee calling the shots). Give 'em an inch and they take a mile. It's very easy when you're working (paid or unpaid) for a community or voluntary site when you know they don't have much income to feel as though you ought to do as much for them as you can and take on more than you'd really like to, either because you feel sorry for them or because they expect more from you. One site I work on needs a new banner graphic and some changes to the stylesheet, but I've had to make it clear that I can't do it right at the moment, but I'll do it for them as soon as I can and my paid work has to come before that. Chances are though that they probably don't have a clue what's involved in designing or maintaining a site, so in part you need to educate them that it's not always click a button and a change is done instantly. _____________________________ ~~ "A cruel god ain't no god at all" ~~ ~~ Erase hate. Practice love. ~~ (in reply to Tailslide)