Hi Mike, I'm glad to hear you did not take the comments badly. It's always good to receive criticism, it only improves your and everyone else's work, I know it does mine.
I understand what it is like to work with a client that puts in ideas that don't work so well, its an art to guide them away from the bad input they provide. You have to make them understand that it is not about them liking the site in end, but about the clients liking and being able to use the site so the user can order stuff and they can make money. If they make bad decisions it is up to you to explain why the decision they made is bad, and a simple "its no good" will not do for them, they need valid points to understand why their idea is no good. After you explained this to them it's best to take an attitude like you done your work and its up to them how they handle the information that you given them. T -----Original Message----- From: Mkear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 2004 9:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] Launched my third xhtml site!! Thanks Hugh, Cameron, Taco for your thoughts on my site. I really appreciate your going to the trouble to look for me and let me know what you think. This is something that normally happens across a desk in a bigger shop, but since I'm a one-man-band, I have no one but the client to ask about these things. A lot of the points you raise are a result of the client wishes. For example his son made the large front page graphic that takes up so much space. I don't know how to tell him we ought to lose it, so I just figured I'd work around it. I think it will go on the next site review in a month or so. The other things can be altered when I next work on the site after it's had a while running live. The client will have things he wants changed and I'll do them then. Thanks again for your thoughts. This group is extremely valuable to me as a resource for lots of things, not just improving my standards compliance. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ________________________________________________ Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2 ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ***************************************************** Register now for the 3rd National Conference on Tourism Futures, being held in Townsville, North Queensland 4-6 August - www.tq.com.au/tfconf ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
