A new project and weblog

Posted on May 26, 2007 
Filed Under Thoughts

Yesterday an old client came to visit me wanting a new website.

“Here we go again” I thought to myself.

The benefit of working with this client is that they are easy to work with, they understand the value a website brings to their business and they basically left it in my hands to come up with something that will clearly present their business.

An open plate, freedom to do what I want, freedom to choose my own colors & design … not quite.

If this was someone else, the book of 101 questions would come out and we would begin the process of asking questions about site requirements, expectations, target audience, timelines, etc.

Because this was a company I previously had done some work for, having to go through the questions and explaining why I am asking those questions really was not a factor here.

So why not blog about the experience?

This brought me to another thought about trying to document & journalize the process in a weblog. Maybe by doing so, I may assist others in their quest for information about building a website from scratch.

Questions like:

These basic questions plus more are what most independant web developers need to answer with each new website client in regards to their websites.

I’ve probably worked on a couple dozen sites, programming projects and special case clients where sometimes the questions even baffle me. I’ve also taught at a post-secondary level on the topic of website development a few years back and the questions there were even more perplexing … in a good way. At least in that scope, I was properly compensated for taking the time to explain the topic at hand. In business sometimes, the time is not there or the client is not really too interested.

Building your own site

I firmly believe that it is possible for anyone to build, set-up and manage their own site as long as they are prepared to put in the time to learn, explore new tools, practice patience, seek out answers and keep an open mind on the process.

Most recently a number of clients are approaching me on being able to manage and write content for their own sites. This is possible. Through time, I hope to explore these topics here and more.

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