RE: CD - Creation - Websites

Carol,

With all due respect, it looks to me ...

1)  Create, maintain and update a complete web site for those folks with 
Internet access.
2)  The site itself has to be specifically designed so that it can be 
burned onto a CD and distributed to those folks who do not have Internet 
access.
3)  In addition, many areas of the web site must be re created again as 
(PDF?) forms which are able to be printed and faxed, and included on the CD.
4)  The CD has to be compatible for Mac and Windows platforms, using 
equipment of unknown age.
5)  Does "all" browsers refer to the major browsers (latest version only or 
going back how many versions) or real all browsers?

Hmmm.  If this is a contract, you are getting screwed.  The work involved 
is more than full-time work.  You effectively have to do at least twice the 
work of maintaining/updating a web site.  If they are paying you more than 
an equivalent full-time pay, you are still getting the short end of the 
stick.  Without knowing details, I bet your client/employer would be more 
cost-effective in supplying Internet connections for those areas without 
them and have you just build/maintain a web site.

It also appears the client/employer is still using old methods to do 
business while giving the appearance of moving into the Internet.  By 
creating/maintaining web forms, along with hard copy forms on a CD, there 
is a dependency with legacy procedures which is hindering a move to an 
all-electronic system.  That may not be your concern, per se, however you 
are doing twice the work (and then some) to keep two almost identical 
methods going of doing business.  I am willing to bet in time this will 
turn into a major headache for all concerned.  More importantly, if you are 
building this for someone and then turning it over to their staff to 
maintain it once it is operating, all bets are off.  Unless the folks who 
will maintain the operation have the same dedication and attention to 
detail as you do, and you have written an explicit manual explaining every 
step in the process,  the project will fail within 30 days after you have 
turned it over to them.


Kukla



At 08:31 AM 3/21/02 -0600, Carol Parent wrote:

>More specific;
>
>One Main Site
>         For the web with forms that require cgi
>         For cd-rom with forms that are printed and faxed
>
>One Subsite
>         For cd-rom with forms that are printed and faxed.  Subsite has 
> 75% of the
>information from Main Site.
>
>All the above has three formats.  Web (with navigation) Print (no
>navigation) PDF
>
>The target audience is Industrial and Municipal.
>The web works for everyone.
>The CD's have to work on ALL platforms (Mac or windows).  ALL Browsers.  ANY
>Speed CD-Player.
>
>I have to create the cd's with the assumption that there is NO connection
>with the internet.
>
>
>Carol Parent


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