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mj1256
Joined: Jun 05, 2006
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Posted: 2008-May-20 16:45
well... in my experience education always costs money, in this case your education is the cost of this website. I would not try to save what you have. I would start over.
So.. your going to continue to invest in a website that is poorly designed and ill conceived, and then work with a designer who doesn't know the basic concepts and issues being discussed in this thread. You can't educate him, you can only educate yourself.
have you ever heard the story of the 3 little pigs?
have you ever heard the phrase, "building on a house of cards?"
your business endeavor needs a solid foundation to build on. Do you want to base your success on a foundation of bedrock or quicksand?
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Quadrille
Joined: Nov 15, 2000
# Posts: 1064
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Posted: 2008-May-20 16:46
Depends on your contract.
If it stipulated that he could provide a cr*p site,and still be paid, then pay.
But if the deal was that it should be 'fit for purpose', then it's worth discussing remedial action.
At the very least, he should fix the duplicate URLs problem that dinkar highlighted, and the site search should work, shouldn't it?
But the final decision depends on your country's laws; in the UK for example, he'd be laughed out of court. But not all countries have strong consumer protection laws (and ours aren't perfect!).
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beth_lk
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Joined: Jun 23, 2004
# Posts: 1247
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Posted: 2008-May-20 21:22
I agree with MJ and Quad -
PLUS I would never use this person again - really he has not done you any service, only "harm".
Check your laws.
I know how very frustrating this must be for you and the thought of scrapping all this has to horrible.
Right now your scrambling for a fix to correct this quickly. As many people would be doing.
However many of us here do see what needs done. You can either take the loss now and move on or take a bigger loss down the road.
I am not trying to be rude. I too have had to scrap a site and it HURTS! I know. But in order to move forward you really need to get out of the quicksand.
You could with a good web designer and a expert SEO save this site with a LOT of hard work, and I believe it was Dinkar here who listed how you can do this.
But staying with your current designer long term is not going to fix this.
You may be stuck with him until contract ends, but again look into that too.
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Hampstead
Joined: Feb 20, 2001
# Posts: 2015
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Posted: 2008-May-20 21:50
There is a software solution that can help with your URL ugliness.
It's called LinkFreeze.
I have used it successfully on windows servers.
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topstuff
Joined: May 13, 2008
# Posts: 9
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Posted: 2008-May-27 15:06
Hi guys thanks for the help and advice, ill contact my web designer with the details, Im new to the web business so its been a steep learning curve but Im sure ill get there eventually
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