RE: Paper mind based client - need help

Beth,

Adobe Acrobat comes to mind, for the document itself, and then design the
site the way (both you and the client) have agreed upon. If this is still
not acceptable to the client and they want all 100 pages of HTML (I'm
assuming created from the WP file), the visitor count will drop quickly
after the site is up for a period of time. Repeat visitors to the site will
most likely only appear when they believe the document is already in their
local cache... But I digress...

Import it into HTML (if you have MS Word, this is a snap), and format for
640x480. Get the client up on the site on a 28.8K modem and see if he would
wait that long to view this document.




Gil Tennant
Webmaster at WebWham
http://www.webwham.com
Creating Web Sites with IMPACT!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-critique(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-critique(at)hwg.org]On
Behalf Of Beth A. Borysewich
Sent: November 12, 1998 12:17 AM
To: hwg-critique(at)hwg.org
Subject: Paper mind based client - need help


Hi all,

I have a client who is used to advertising by paper only.  They are in
employee background checks and are very detailed oriented.

The site in question is http://www.netstat.com/rds.

The client provided the entire text on a diskette in Word Perfect format
and wants to duplicated exactly.  I have tried to convince them that
they need to consolidate the topic buttons and minimize the text.  All
to no avail.  They seem to think people will take the time to read all
100+ pages of text.

I need honest opinions of the site - as to readability and navigation -
I will NOT take it personally as this is the clients design.

In my opinion the client IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT.

Thanks in advance.

Beth Borysewich
beth(at)netstat.com

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