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Away with web careers?by WSherratt(at)aol.com |
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Heya gang, I am kind of new to these lists, so forgive any ignorant comments I may happen to make. Nuff said, I enjoy reading all these posts from various webmasters etc. Regarding the point of the web designer's role becoming somewhat diminished due to Frontpage and the like, I have only to say this:- I am glad that such things are being brought out, and that people are having a go themselves. Quite simply the problem here in the UK is that there is not enough knowedge about the Internet or it's possibilities. Add to this the fact that when these people actually fumble and make their attempts using these tools, it will be far easier to impress them with your design skills and expertise. Case: Ezio Merchandise A rather good band named Ezio has a good following, but not enough to warrant full record deals etc. and I suggested to the merchandising head that they sell directly to the fans over the Internet, came up with a plan for them to use the URL on all promo materials etc. and offered to do the site. Being new to the industry I offered to do this for free, for the references, and to actually get in with the band. They took all my suggestions, bar the web design. "Oh, one of our ladies is learning frontpage" they said and gave me lots of free CD's, tickets etc. WHen I looked at the site, she had apparently spent weeks and weeks on it, there were mispelled tags all over the page, and it was only one page. I went back and said "look man, split the page up into sections, use navigational frames perhaps and put some photos of the merchandise in so people can actually look before they buy". She sighed "How the F*** am I supposed to do that?". She was rather happy to let me do it, and do it well for her. Perhaps I went on a little too long there, but I must also stress that the computing departments consider their job to be wepages, however, they are so stressed that they can't afford time, or money to put people on courses, and will gladly outsource what seems to be cheap in comparison to other media. In fact one of the problems may be that we aren't charging people ENOUGH to be taken seriously! That may sound crude, but the best selling brands tend to be the most expensive. When you offer a media solution that costs less than the MD pays to have his lawn mowed, is it any wonder the service is not regarded as serious? Anyway, I think I have lacked focus and clarity, but I hope I was of some help. Thanks for reading. Mr.Will
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