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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 02/11/06 23:54
randfish@gmail.com wrote:
> NC and Jerry - Thanks for your responses. We have designed the
> application very thorougly so that visual mockups for each type of page
> are already existing. The developer would simply need to cut up and lay
> these out. The information architecture of the website, in the form of
> a hierarchichal sitemap, is also complete.
>
> However, if you predict this will take many more hours, perhaps that
> has been our error - we based the time schedule on what it would take
> us to accomplish this in-house with an existing staff member.
>
So you do have the back-end designed?
The visual aspects of a site are one thing. Any competent web designer
can do those pages quite easily just from mockups. But what happens
behind the scenes is harder and takes a lot more time.
Have you designed the database, the flow of data between web pages, how
shopping carts will be managed, etc.? All this and more are what NC is
referring to. This is where you need a competent designer.
Since you allude to the fact you have the capabilities to do this with
an in-house staff member, why not let your own staff do it?. It would
be a lot easier on you in the long run, and your staff would be familiar
with the code. Also, you seem to have a reasonable amount of time that
they would only need to spend a few hours a week developing it.
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