Thanks for your reply...I didn't mean to stir up any controversy, this is just new to me and I appreciate the guidance. Do you have any idea what the market rate for an assessment like that would be, or what I would need to find out to know what kind of work someone would be up against (ie how many pages/lines of code, what program its written in, etc)?
On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 12:16:35 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > > This is likely to spawn a cult war here so I'll briefly advise to > stick with PHP if you already have some stuff in place + an operating > environment. > > Then have a good programmer make an assessment around whether it is ok > to build on what you have or if a rewrite is needed. > > There are tons of decent PHP programmers in town. Just need to know > where to look :) > > Cheers, > > Luis > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:07 PM, bdetcinc <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > This is my first time posting anything in this forum... > > > > I don't have a computer background, but I designed a website that is > being > > built in PHP and I am running into several issues with the programmer. > The > > site is fairly complex with three user types (buyers, sellers, and reps) > and > > several functions for each one, site replication for reps and > > downline/commissions tracking for 5 levels of Multi-Level Marketing, > > posts/blogs with media and attachments similar to Facebook, email and > SMS > > notifications, back-end management, admin, and more. > > > > The challenges I am facing: > > > > - the site has been under construction for over a year when I was told > it > > would be completed within two months...it should be completed asap > > - almost every time the programmer updates some functions on the site, > some > > other functions seem to fail (not always seemingly related) > > - the programmer is non English-speaking...the product is not being > > delivered in correct English, and the language barrier makes a lot of > the > > work take much longer than necessary > > > > I am looking for someone to take over the project, address the > unfinished > > items, and make what has been created already function properly without > > constant malfunctions. > > > > I have heard arguments that PHP is flawed to begin with and wondering if > it > > would make more sense to finish the project in PHP (since so many of the > > functions are built out and have functioned at one time) or have the > site > > rebuilt in another program that will not malfunction so often. > > > > Any words of wisdom or solutions would be appreciated, I am willing to > pay > > market rate or other reasonable consideration for work done. > > > > -- > > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "Refresh Austin" group. > > > > [ Posting ] > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javascript:> > > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > > > [ Unsubscribe ] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] <javascript:> > > > > [ More Info ] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
