I feel your pain. I had to give up freelancing because there were just too many "I want everything for free" people out there trying to get some dumb business started. "My brother's wife wants to start a 'Hot or Not' site but for cats instead of people...you can probably set that up in a couple of hours, right? They can pay you once the site starts to make money." Pfffft.
-- Josh -----Original Message----- From: Phillip Vector [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:27 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: ecommerce emergency hehehe.. To move, I need money.. To make money, I need to move. :) On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Mark Kruger<[email protected]> wrote: > > You are definitley working with the wrong clients... And it sounds like you > need to move as well :) > > > > > Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE > (402) 408-3733 ext 105 > www.cfwebtools.com > www.coldfusionmuse.com > www.necfug.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phillip Vector [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:30 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: ecommerce emergency > > > I'll keep my eye out for it. Thanks. :) > > The client I'm doing this for is only willing to part with $450. > That's total. For my setup time, configuration, etc. I'm not sure how it is > around the country, but where I am (NW USA), it's dog eat dog with PHP > developers who are charging $9/hr. for websites. I managed to convince the > client that I'm able to code allot faster with ColdFusion and that PHP is > open source, therefore not as secure (I used the "Google 'PHPbb virus' > response). So I have this guy set to dump his hosting prepaid for 2 years to > get some hosting on hostingatoz (which I'm hesitant to do since they still > have yet to fix my cffile issue) or pay for some cf hosting someplace else, > but that's another issue. > > I am glad you guys could tell your clients "You need this and this and this" > and you guys get it. Us contractors in this area tend to tell our clients > this and they go, "Well, I'll go with someone else then who does PHP and > take my chances because I don't have the money". > > I'd enjoy getting a $400 product that I can customize for clients. But if I > were to ask a client out here for that up front (instead of at the end), > then I wouldn't have the client. It's tough enough to get the client to pay > 50% down nowadays. > > BTW, if anyone DOES have a client they are too busy to handle who is willing > to drop $400 at the start and needs an ecommerce solution, I'll be glad to > take them off your hands. :) Thank you for the advice, but I still have to > go with CFShopKart at the moment. > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Gerald Guido<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>Phillip, you might need to double check but last I looked cfshopkart >>>>it >> was >> storing credit card details in its database (an MS Access database). >> >> Last time I looked at it, a couple of weeks ago, it had queries that >> did not use use cfqueryparam. Double plus ungood. You can always use >> that tool (the name escapes me) to cfqueryparam-tize the queries. I >> have used it before and it worked well enough, It did not add the >> cfsqltype attribute. I had to do that by hand, but it did 90% of the grunt > work. >> >> My advice, free and worth every penny, is to get something battle >> tested. I have 5-6 carts under my belt and they can be rather involved >> and hence there is a lot that can, and if that Murphy fellow has >> anything say about it, will go wrong. >> >> G! >> >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Kevan Stannard > <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Phillip, you might need to double check but last I looked cfshopkart >>> it was storing credit card details in its database (an MS Access >>> database). And if you're on shared hosting this this db is likely to >>> be web accessible. If this is still the case then avoid this cart. >>> Mike, cfshopkart was one of the authors first cf applications so is >>> not a good example of a well designed or coded app. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Gerald Guido >> http://www.myinternetisbroken.com >> http://www.cfsimple.org/ >> >> "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." >> -- Thomas A. Edison >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:324870 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
