Ever-Learning.com Modernization
Website looking a little outdated? Hired the wrong developer?
Change is inevitable and lessons are learned – I’ve got your back!
The Project:
The client had outsourced the initial construction of their new website to a Nigerian developer.
Yup, we can probably just stop there.
I was hired to modernize it and have the aesthetics match first-world standards.
The challenge? There was already a fully functioning store and Learning Management System (LMS) that were taking payments in real-time.
So how do we re-skin the site without disrupting business?
It took some out-of-the-box thinking, but we got it done.
Almost.
Crash and Burn:
I have my own staging sites where I can build mockups and then transfer them to the client’s live website.
The issue I ran into in this instance was that there was a severe case of – and I mean this politely – “I am the developer.” You aren’t. But Ok, here’s my game plan – does this work?
Was told it did.
And then the CO went silent, bad sign. Employees were let go mid-project. Not good. And the remaining team members got weird.
It happens.
The modernization elements I delivered were in line with what I promised but I didn’t finish the site to my standards.
The look and feel are good enough that I am not embarrassed to add it to my portfolio although there are pages that aren’t finished and the business process going forward is in disarray as evidenced by a lack of updates and missing data on pages.
Lesson learned.
Still – it is a testament to dealing with adversities that sometimes happen.
Stay honorable, deliver what you promised.
