mjh513 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hi Everyone, My apologies if this is in the wrong topic... I recently had a website developed for me and I need to make some adjustments but am pretty clueless in PHP. Let's just say the original developer has been unresponsive to my additional inquiries. *link removed* The issues I would like to have resolved immediately mostly pertain to layout. Layout - Overall, the page just looks funky, need it to have some form of border and just cleaned up - Adjustment for Resolution - The page does not adjust for screen resolution as far as I can tell - Image Sizes - Ideally, all of the images would appear in a default size (or close to it) on the home page - Page Shift- the page is shifted to the right in Firefox, I'd like it to be sized & centered in all browsers - Ads - I need help placing ads..as of now I've just slapped them in where they dont mess up the formatting too badly Additionally I need some changes made to the member/registration process. As of now the process is way to complicated for a user to sign up. I would like this to be very straightforward or possibly removed. I'd like it to be as easy as possible for users to comment on pictures and upload pictures. Also, the picture management system is not working properly. I would like an easy way to delete pictures from the system. If anyone could provide some guidance as to how I may go about accomplishing this it would be truly appreciated. I have a lot of other ideas for developing the site that I consider the next phase. As of now I just need it working and looking good for what it is.... Thanks! Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haku Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 What you are talking about isn't really something that can be addressed in one thread. Each one of the things you brought up could be a separate thread on their own, and even then some of them would be too much for one thread. I really hate to tell you this, since I'm guessing you spent some money on this, but you would probably be best starting from scratch. The design isn't particularly inspiring, and is half broken. The images aren't so great (though I have to admit, I'm not even sure what you are going for), and if you are finding troubles with your login system etc, then there is a huge chance that the guy who originally designed it didn't really know what he was doing, and you would be trying to fix a broken system, whereas it would probably be better to build a new one from scratch. In all honesty, the site doesn't really look to be salvageable, but if you are dead set on sticking with it, then you would be best off hiring someone who knows what they are doing, rather than trying to fix it yourself. If you think about it, the guy who kind of knew what he was doing obviously couldn't do it, so to go in as a guy like yourself, who it appears doesn't really know what he is doing, most likely isn't going to work, and is going to break your site more than it already is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh513 Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 Thanks for the advice. I have decided to listen and built over from scratch. Actually using a web builder tool called webnode. I've been able to do everything I needed, best of all its free! check out the new site. I think you will agree its light years ahead of where I was a few days ago.. *link removed* Best, Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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