[consulting] Keeping Web Sites Updated

[Emma Irwin]

I just want to add two thoughts of my own.
The first is Craiglist - I find this to be a mostly hit and miss list for
Drupal developers (perhaps it's just my area) - companies aren't giving
their names, yet want all of your information, offered rates are low.  I am
very cautious of ads there.

Secondly comments about volunteers 'not following through'.  As a volunteer
Drupal developer in my community, I often find that my frustration is
getting organizations to follow through on *their* role in the process.
 Everyone agrees ( in the beginning)  how great it would be to update their
own content,  it all sounds *wonderful* and everyone is in love . But, once
we get to the point where that's possible they still want help - they don't
have time...it's more work than they bargained for etc.  I've literally
spent weeks of my own time to be on time, and had the project die because
the organization wasn't prepared to invest the time to be trained and to add
content/understand image cropping etc.  I think a lot of this is my own
fault, in not properly communicating expectations and roles - but it's
almost made me want to *charge* something, as sometimes money means people
will follow through.  If there is no money, then there is nothing to lose  -
unless of course you are the developer with blocks of wasted time.
I am a volunteer in many other areas of my community, but now very hesitant
to volunteer my programming skills after 3 such orgs have failed to deliver
their end.



On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 6:40 AM, George Lee <georgeleejr617 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Scenario: Imagine a small non-profit working to keep its web site
> updated - HTML generated by Dreamweaver, not Drupal, not too many
> pages. Like a lot of groups I know they struggle with keeping it
> updated. A couple options:
>
> (1) Someone updates the pages about once a month
> (2) Move to a system like Wordpress, Drupal, etc. where they can log
> in and update pages themselves; have someone else maintain the
> underlying machinery, themes, etc. when needed
>
> In either case, if the group needs someone not in-house to do this --
> how do they best find someone, and how do they set it up right? For
> (1) for instance, could a group just Craiglist someone, offer a decent
> rate (I don't know what that would be), and sign a contract? For (2),
> how do they find someone?
>
> Right now I see a lot of groups relying on volunteers or random
> connects, and then they struggle getting the person to actually follow
> through. I'm helping some groups fill that gap myself, but I also want
> to give them advice how they can find other people in general.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peace, community, justice,
> - George
>
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