Re: FN-FORUM: site awfulness - what do I do?

date posted 14th May 2004 15:30

At 15:31 on Friday, 14 May 2004, Paul J White wrote:

>
> I've just been passed this by the developer, and the client is waiting
> for me to ring with comments and my input:
>
>> Ok here is the link for the test site
>> http://members.lycos.co.uk/altvinyl
>
> The look is amateurish, the coding horrible and it's hosted on Lycos,
> with adverts and stuff...
> Can anyone find anything remotely positive to say about it?

no

> My instinct is not to get involved, but the client is a friend of a
> friend and I'd feel terrible letting him down. Help!


speak to your friend first, ask him to find out what the client thinks of
the developers offerring - if he likes it, then you can gently walk away,
if he's unsure you could go down a SEO route - all image nav means no
search results.

you have my commiserations...