Czola on fri 20 oct 00
OK, I'll put on my other hat and step up as the owner of a small, multimedia
design company. If your designers require handling, you are using the wrong
people. The site is not about their expertise, but YOURS
You get what you pay for; be leery of folks who will do your website for you
to build their portfolio, as they might be more interested in showing off
the programming they're just learning than actually designing the kind of
site you need. As a producer, it is my job to listen to what my client
needs, then accurately translate those needs and desires to my designers and
programmers. The site should be easily navigable, uncluttered, and lucid.
The design should unify the various aspects of the site.
A good web development team will be transparent -- users will never think
that the site was "done", but rather marvel at the fact that this virtual
workspace, showroom, studio is such an organic extension of your real life
one.
Dump the prima donnas. There really is no such thing as "can't be done"...
often, i find, if a client is insisting on something ill-advised (flashing
neon 72 pt BUY BUY BUY BUY across the screen, for example), a conversation
about *why* it's important will root out what the client is really
requesting ("could we make the purchase of this $500.00 vase seem
irresistable to the buyer? Really catch their eye and make them feel they
can't live without it?")
Let the designer handle the nuts and bolts (navigation, especially) after
you specify your wants -- and have frequent conversations to be sure you're
both on the same page.
Good luck.
christina
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