Comments on: Why small websites are often bad

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:47:41 +0000

I have been working on this downtown site for a few months now with no experiance.(www.downtownlogan.com) Learning a lot.
In one month it will begin to be advertised.
I would like your comments and advice.

Thanks
Rich

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 26 Aug 2002 01:09:50 +0000

as a chronic volunteer, currently in remission
generally it is expected that you’ll be better than any expert that gets paid
and then be there to help out with anything else that is remotely connected with your original volunteered task
watchout for the onslaught of requests!
I am not surprised they accepted without questioning,
it is hard enough to get someone to volunteer, far less someone competant!

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 21:05:27 +0000

I think part of the problem is that most groups who take on volunteers to do their sites wouldn’t know what questions to ask in order to make a well-informed decision. Maybe by the time you’re done working with them they will!

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:17:49 +0000

Oops, maybe I didn’t make my point very well. My point was meant to be that they didn’t even ask for credentials.

I included the information about my small town only to set the scene – we live quite close to Canberra (Australia’s capital city).

And who says I’m not a good visual designer (OK, I’m not brilliant – I’m with Hayden in that I’ll do the IA and usability and leave the visuals to someone with talent…)

By: Hayden

Hayden — Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:47:42 +0000

I can empathise with you entirely; I am NOT the world’s best visual designer, but I’ve been guilty for the visual design of a number of sites (that have hopefully died quiet deaths!) over the past few years only because no one else volunteered to! What have I learnt? Stick to IA and making good-looking sites more usable . . . hehehe

By: Joshua Kaufman

Joshua Kaufman — Thu, 15 Aug 2002 14:30:28 +0000

Or do you mean why so many small town websites are often bad?

Coming from a small town in western Pennsylvania, I can definitely identify with this. There’s usually such a lack of local web talent, that groups and small businsses are willing to take whoever they can get.