Superwoman ... <br><br>I would strongly advise that you put together a thorough RFP in which you detail the requirements of the project, pointing to sites that offer the features that you want to see on your site, and post it somewhere like on a google doc that you can point people to. That way you'll get a lot of eyes looking over the project, and you'lll be much more likely to get contacted by developers who are ready and capable of handling what your project requires. Surely, after hiring 4 developers and giving them the down payment to start work, you must have a very clear vision of the project, right? <br>
<br>Another thing to consider ... If you still don't have a clear project proposal, detailing all of the deliverables, then before you pay the 50% down, you may want to start the process by paying someone an hourly consultation rate until they provide you with evidence that they have a clear vision for what your website will be. That will give both of you time to assess each other while not making a large commitment. By the time the developer is ready to begin real design and/or development work, you'll know how good their communication skills are and whether they really understand the needs of your project.<br>
<br>Good luck.<br><br>Michael<br><b>Open Chimp<br></b><font size="1"><i>evolving the internet through open source drupal websites</i></font><br><br><br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Mehboob Alam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:malam@thinkx.com">malam@thinkx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">"Fool me once, shame on you.." scenario comes to mind.. after the third time, the client should look inward and figure out what they might be doing wrong. It takes both sides working to make a project successful.<div>
<br></div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Sam Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sam@samcohen.com" target="_blank">sam@samcohen.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Ok, first developer situation goes bad -- and unfortunate.<br><br>The second goes bad, less common, but it happens.<br><br>Four contracts with four developers, four 50% deposits, and the site still isn't live. <br><br>
Well, something is seriously wrong here. <br><br>I'd be curious for you to share more details about the situation.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Sam</font><div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Ashish Gupta <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ashish.gupta@tekritisoftware.com" target="_blank">ashish.gupta@tekritisoftware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Superwoman, not sure if you got my mail. Please send across the details<br>
of the project to me as well so that we can take the discussion further.<br>
<br>
Thanks & Regards,<br>
<br>
Ashish Gupta<br>
Vice President - Business Development<br>
<br>
<br>
Tel. : +91-9313338550 <br>
Email : <a href="mailto:ashish.gupta@tekritisoftware.com" target="_blank">ashish.gupta@tekritisoftware.com</a><br>
Address : 726 Udyog Vihar Phase V,Gurgaon - 122016 India<br>
Website : <a href="http://www.TekritiSoftware.com" target="_blank">www.TekritiSoftware.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.webPRmanager.com" target="_blank">www.webPRmanager.com</a><br>
<div><div></div><div><br>
<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org" target="_blank">consulting-bounces@drupal.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org" target="_blank">consulting-bounces@drupal.org</a>]<br>
On Behalf Of <a href="mailto:superwoman@superwoman.org.au" target="_blank">superwoman@superwoman.org.au</a><br>
Sent: 09 May 2009 14:18<br>
To: A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers<br>
Subject: Re: [consulting] (no subject)<br>
<br>
No condescending tone from me pity u took it that way. Im just frustrated.<br>
<br>
Thanks for the offer brian I will send an email off the post with a more<br>
detailed explanation.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
consulting mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org" target="_blank">consulting@drupal.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting" target="_blank">http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting</a><br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
consulting mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org" target="_blank">consulting@drupal.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting" target="_blank">http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>
</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
consulting mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org" target="_blank">consulting@drupal.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting" target="_blank">http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br><br>m|a<br>
</div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
consulting mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting" target="_blank">http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br>