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  • Rochard
    Jägermeister Test Pilot
    • Dec 2001
    • 75733
    #1

    This is why I don't design sites for other people

    So a friend of mine came to me and told me he wanted a blog, and told me a little about what he wanted. I quickly bought a domain name for him, got hosting, put up a blog and... Now he wants a page with "four buttons", three of which point to other sites (all of which look like they were designed in 2002).

    Meh.
    Herschel Savage
    Brooklyn, NY
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    • blackmonsters
      Making PHP work
      • Nov 2002
      • 20970
      #2
      I don't understand your problem.
      Just add the four buttons.

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        • EddyTheDog
          Just Doing My Own Thing
          • Jan 2011
          • 25433
          #3
          I have done this sooo many times - Then they say things like 'well you can use it to get more business' like they are doing you a favor - Like fuck am I going to put my name to that monstrosity!..

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            • OneHungLo
              So Fucking Banned
              • May 2001
              • 40906
              #4
              No good deed goes unpunished.

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                • lordaRaG0n
                  Confirmed User
                  • Nov 2013
                  • 93
                  #5
                  Welcome to the club. Wait two weeks more till he remembers he wants more changes!

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                    • Klen
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 32235
                      #6
                      Originally posted by EddyTheDog
                      I have done this sooo many times - Then they say things like 'well you can use it to get more business' like they are doing you a favor - Like fuck am I going to put my name to that monstrosity!..

                      Just hide the fact how you know to do stuff

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                        • Mr Pheer
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 22083
                          #7
                          All changes are billed at a minimum of 1/2 hour, regardless of how much less time it takes. 31 minutes is billed at a full hour. They will cut out the bullshit. Friends and business don't mix. If it's something I do for a living, my friends don't get it for free.

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                            • CaptainHowdy
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 94735
                              #8
                              Originally posted by OneHungLo
                              No good deed goes unpunished.
                              . . .

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                                • CurrentlySober
                                  Too lazy to wipe my ass
                                  • Aug 2002
                                  • 38946
                                  #9
                                  The reason I don't design sites for other people is cause all my sites look like fucking shit so I don't get asked...


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                                    • King Mark
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Aug 2016
                                      • 27033
                                      #10
                                      Yeah I went though this before. Many times back when I was still kinda fresh to this and wanted to take in as much money as possible. One of those sites turned my customer into a millionaire before me.

                                      Now I just say no. Not because of the design bullshit like this or dude striking gold before me. I just don't enjoy making sites for other people like I do for myself. Especially when you have to nanny them afterwards because they don't know how to maintain or operate it.

                                      Fuck all that, I got my own shit going on.

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                                        • blackmonsters
                                          Making PHP work
                                          • Nov 2002
                                          • 20970
                                          #11
                                          The only full time developer in this thread is the only one who isn't mad.



                                          This experience is just how it normally works.

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                                            • Zuzana Designs
                                              All Your Design Needs
                                              • Feb 2005
                                              • 20896
                                              #12
                                              I don't mind helping people but time=money and I have to remind people of that ALL the time. Once you offer something for FREE people will take advantage of you when you try and charge for small things and just expect you to continue doing things free of charge. I also don't work for family or sell family or friends anything.

                                              Don't even get me started on the "We're friends so it should be cheaper right!" If I had a dollar for every time I heard that I would be rich on those dollars alone. I always try and price things fair for all my clients and take into consideration the amount of time and creative energy a project will consume.

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                                                • blackmonsters
                                                  Making PHP work
                                                  • Nov 2002
                                                  • 20970
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by lordaRaG0n
                                                  Welcome to the club. Wait two weeks more till he remembers he wants more changes!
                                                  All your website links are 404 for the site in your sig.
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                                                    • PornDiscounts-V
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Oct 2003
                                                      • 5744
                                                      #14
                                                      Hey, how many sites so you run now?

                                                      Upwards of 1000 or so, why?

                                                      Think you can make me one? I just want to....

                                                      Sure. Here you go.

                                                      Hmm, seems like nobody is going to it. How do I get them to come?

                                                      Google for your issue and read.

                                                      Can't you just tell me?

                                                      Not enough time in the world. Sorry.

                                                      You suck.

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                                                        • Rochard
                                                          Jägermeister Test Pilot
                                                          • Dec 2001
                                                          • 75733
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by blackmonsters
                                                          I don't understand your problem.
                                                          Just add the four buttons.

                                                          It's not a matter of adding the buttons. He wants to build a "community resource site" that links to three sites that.... Are utterly worthless.

                                                          Whatever. I'll do what he wants. Instead of building something great, we'll just build a site with a few buttons on it.
                                                          Herschel Savage
                                                          Brooklyn, NY

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                                                            • Rochard
                                                              Jägermeister Test Pilot
                                                              • Dec 2001
                                                              • 75733
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Mr Pheer
                                                              All changes are billed at a minimum of 1/2 hour, regardless of how much less time it takes. 31 minutes is billed at a full hour. They will cut out the bullshit. Friends and business don't mix. If it's something I do for a living, my friends don't get it for free.
                                                              LOL. I am not doing this for money. This is a "emergency resource site" for our community.
                                                              Herschel Savage
                                                              Brooklyn, NY

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                                                                • King Mark
                                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                                  • Aug 2016
                                                                  • 27033
                                                                  #17
                                                                  If you really don't want to do it, tell him to make one of these: https://myke.ly/COVID19

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                                                                    • NoWhErE
                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                      • Sep 2005
                                                                      • 10583
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Why not just point him to Wix or something similar and be rid of the problem?
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                                                                        • crockett
                                                                          in a van by the river
                                                                          • May 2003
                                                                          • 76818
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by Rochard
                                                                          So a friend of mine came to me and told me he wanted a blog, and told me a little about what he wanted. I quickly bought a domain name for him, got hosting, put up a blog and... Now he wants a page with "four buttons", three of which point to other sites (all of which look like they were designed in 2002).

                                                                          Meh.
                                                                          Did you inform him about magic join links?
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                                                                            • digitalfantasies
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Sep 2010
                                                                              • 2759
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by CurrentlySober
                                                                              all my sites look like fucking shit(
                                                                              Just how you like it right?

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                                                                                • pornguy
                                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                  • Mar 2003
                                                                                  • 62912
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by Mr Pheer
                                                                                  All changes are billed at a minimum of 1/2 hour, regardless of how much less time it takes. 31 minutes is billed at a full hour. They will cut out the bullshit. Friends and business don't mix. If it's something I do for a living, my friends don't get it for free.
                                                                                  Half hour??? Woao.. NOOOOOO three hour minimum.
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                                                                                    • ANAL PASTE
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Mar 2006
                                                                                      • 9070
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Originally posted by Rochard
                                                                                      So a friend of mine came to me and told me he wanted a blog, and told me a little about what he wanted. I quickly bought a domain name for him, got hosting, put up a blog and... Now he wants a page with "four buttons", three of which point to other sites (all of which look like they were designed in 2002).

                                                                                      Meh.
                                                                                      Installing WP and uploading template isn't exactly "design". But some don't know how to do that.
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                                                                                        • digitalfantasies
                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                          • Sep 2010
                                                                                          • 2759
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by ANAL PASTE
                                                                                          Installing WP and uploading template isn't exactly "design". But some don't know how to do that.
                                                                                          That's why I don't have/had a problem installing WordPress and designing/modifying a template. But it pisses me of when afterwards they keep asking to post/upload/images convinced they cant do it and too lazy to read the WordPress documentation and learn it themselves.

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                                                                                            • EddyTheDog
                                                                                              Just Doing My Own Thing
                                                                                              • Jan 2011
                                                                                              • 25433
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              I can't help myself - Someone says 'I need a website done' and before you know it my mouth is open and out it comes: 'Oh, I can help you with that' - I can hear myself saying it, I try to stop but it still comes out...

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                                                                                                • adultinnovation
                                                                                                  WIFE CHANGING MONEY
                                                                                                  • Mar 2019
                                                                                                  • 5347
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  too many poor people in porn these days can't afford to pay for 4 buttons
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                                                                                                    • CurrentlySober
                                                                                                      Too lazy to wipe my ass
                                                                                                      • Aug 2002
                                                                                                      • 38946
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by adultinnovation
                                                                                                      too many poor people in porn these days can't afford to pay for 4 buttons
                                                                                                      i cunt a4d2 pay for 4 buttons...


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                                                                                                        • mce
                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                          • Jun 2012
                                                                                                          • 3915
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          These are precisely the situations Fiverr was invented for

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