Actinic Designer/expert Required

[ROBK30]

Hello,

We are looking for a designer to make a retail jewellery site for us. We have used Business V.7 for years with our wholesale jewellery site and are familiar with actinic.

We bought V.9 business multi site about 8 months ago but not had time or knowledge to create a professional looking web site.

We have a basic idea of what we want, have our own pictures, have a good working knowledge of backshop so basically just looking for some one to create template/skeleton/set up of site.

PM or e mail us for more details.

Thanks

[RuralWeb]

post it on gabes find a designer service thing

[ROBK30]

I did look at it but there were no posts etc, did not look like it was very active.

Maybe I'll look again tomorrow

[RuralWeb]

it's free so worth a try.

[pinbrook]

it's free so worth a try.Is it free? last time i looked there was a small charge.

whilst it was only £2 i felt it was sufficient to put people off and reduce the number of requests.- thus negating its usefulness IMO

[RuralWeb]

last time i looked there was a small charge
Hmmm - I remember asking gabe at the time it was launched if it was free as there was mention of paypal on there and Im sure he said it was - obviously I was wrong or hes changed his mind???

[RuralWeb]

Give Lee at websitedesigned a call

[pinbrook]

Hmmm - I remember asking gabe at the time it was launched if it was free as there was mention of paypal on there and Im sure he said it was - obviously I was wrong or hes changed his mind??? I assume he changed his mind as there is a paypal button there now.

It would be interesting to see how many requests there were before the charge and how many after

[RuralWeb]

It would be interesting to see how many requests there were before the charge and how many after
Im registered and there were a few coming through but then they stopped so I guess thats the reason

[ROBK30]

Hello,

Yes i registered and there is a charge to list your job although not completely clear how much, the reason I did not list is not because of the small charge, it was I didn't like the look of the system to be totally honest but that was just my opinion. I think had it been a bit more active or all registered designers etc were listed etc I may have listed the job.

Anyway this is all getting off topic, I'm still looking for someone to do this job.

Thanks

[RuralWeb]

Anyway this is all getting off topic
Ah but it keeps you up on the new post list here and gets you traffic;)

[Quantum]

Give Lee at websitedesigned a call

Definately Lee. He did our new site :-
http://www.quantumelectronics.co.uk

[grantglendinnin]

Definately Lee. He did our new site :-
http://www.quantumelectronics.co.uk

Andrew,

Good looking site, Lee's done well on this. One thing I did notice is the tabber mod - the tabbed fragments at the bottom. The text runs through the 'footer' of the tab box in FF3, I think this is more to do with the controlling CSS for the add-on and not the CSS Lee has created (or am I barking up the wrong tree?:rolleyes:) - might be worthwhile getting the developer to have a look at this, which I think is Norman (Drillpine).

HTH,
Grant

[gabrielcrowe]

Is it free? last time i looked there was a small charge.

whilst it was only £2 i felt it was sufficient to put people off and reduce the number of requests.- thus negating its usefulness IMO

You're right.

Initially, I thought it was a good plan, and the the amount was trivial, however, it seems like, looking at the stats, there is a high dropout rate at the 'part with 2 gold coins' part of the whole show.

The cost to post a job, or a project, has been removed.

If you want, you can pay a paltry £1 for your project to be featured (above all other projects), other than that, its now completely free.

[malbro]

Andrew,

Good looking site, Lee's done well on this. One thing I did notice is the tabber mod - the tabbed fragments at the bottom. The text runs through the 'footer' of the tab box in FF3, I think this is more to do with the controlling CSS for the add-on and not the CSS Lee has created (or am I barking up the wrong tree?:rolleyes:) - might be worthwhile getting the developer to have a look at this, which I think is Norman (Drillpine).

HTH,
GrantIt is using normans add on, never seen it with embedded images before though. Opera has the same problem of overrun when displaying the tabs.

[NormanRouxel]

It is using normans add on I'll no doubt be hearing from Lee soon then ;)

[pinbrook]

You're right.

Initially, I thought it was a good plan, and the the amount was trivial, however, it seems like, looking at the stats, there is a high dropout rate at the 'part with 2 gold coins' part of the whole show.

The cost to post a job, or a project, has been removed.

If you want, you can pay a paltry £1 for your project to be featured (above all other projects), other than that, its now completely free.

you could add a low key voluntary "donation" button?

i think we all appreciate the value of the service and the time you have to put into it :)

i often find myself donating to software with a paypal donate button - but it is often my 2nd or 3rd visit that sees me putting my hand in my pocket, like a lot of people i like to know i will benefit before parting with cash

[gabrielcrowe]

tbh, until it gets bigger, its using zero resources on my server, as well as being designed in such a way that it almost manages itself.

i can only justify having a tiny payment, for people to 'limelight' their projects. This is really to cover any bandwidth expenses.

:) thanks for the idea.

[RuralWeb]

Tbh if people are not prepared to spend a couple of pounds advertising their request then they are unlikely to be able to afford the services of a designer in the first place. When you compare it with the time involved emailing and calling designers to get quotes then its cost is nothing really.

You may get a better take up if you listed what designers were signed up so prospective clients can see who is getting thier requests

[pinbrook]

Tbh if people are not prepared to spend a couple of pounds advertising their request then they are unlikely to be able to afford the services of a designer in the first place.

Personally i don't think its the actual cost, its more to do with the process.

I was going to post a small job a few weeks ago - which is why i noticed the cost - it had already taken me a while to register as a shop owner (BTW what is a project and what is a job) then it asked for payment. So bearing in mind i could log in as both a designer and a shop owner I could see there was little activity on the site, i gave up and contacted someone direct and got the job done.

Who is going to pay to advertise on a site with few views when they can place a job on this commnity get hundreds of views and no cost?

If the system is to work it needs to be easy

[RuralWeb]

a site with few views
Gabes service is very different to the forum in that any requests for quotes are emailed to every designer that is registered. I never visit the site but do get whatever is posted on the other hand I tend to ignore design requests on the forum.