Comments on: Piece of Advice Before You Develop

By: Web Design New York

Web Design New York — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:56:55 +0000

Planning is the most important aspect to any design and development project — and often the most overlooked. You are so correct in the thought that extending the planning stage to include both short and long term goals for the site is important!!

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:18:01 +0000

I agree w/ using Dreamweaver – teach yourself Div’s, CSS, a little PHP and mySQL and you can do most anything you want.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:52:36 +0000

Why not use and learn Dreamweaver and have total control?

By: nSathees

nSathees — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:35:38 +0000

need a hand with CMS, let me know.

By: IowaCities

IowaCities — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:41:05 +0000

Elliot,
After attending several conferences and speaking with all the great folks there, I felt ready to get started with my GEOs. I hired a developer, gave him all kinds of direction on what I wanted, then launched the site. I was so wrong. I couldn’t do anything to the site myself – even minor changes he would have to do. That was so totally not what I wanted. So I have given up (I didn’t get anywhere near as far as you have with your GEOs) and decided to start from scratch with a Wordpress site. Unless you are ready/able to hire staff and go big (a la Shaun Pilfold) in my experience hiring a developer can be almost counter-productive.
Thanks for another great, honest post.