The Belfast Telegraph Jobfinder Site
...is rubbish.
I believe I could build the Belfast Telegraph's entire Jobfinder site for less than £500, and in one day, I'm sure of it. Here's my approach - see what you think:
- Install a commercial version of Movable Type (£90)
- Set up the employment categories, one hours work (£35)
- Set up templates, say, 10 hours work (£350)
In one day, one person. And you know something, I believe it'd be faster and much easier to use (and it's have nifty XML feeds too!). Am I wrong?
What about the whole Belfast Telegraph site (it's just a few blogs, subdivided into categories with individual post pages) - one week enough time?
It occurs to me that the Jobfinder site could be redone for less than the Telegraph's cost of advertising and securing the contract in the first place. Maybe I'm missing something...
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You forgort about hosting - can their current service run Perl and MySQL?
Have you considered offering your services to them?
It has since occured to me that maybe they want the site to be broken, that way people have to buy the newspaper.
Apparently the person in charge of this site is of the type that “can’t be told” and “thinks they know everything” - which would explain why it’s so broken.
How can something so simple end up being so impossible to use and riddled with errors! I think you are right….. They want us to buy the paper!
they seem to have taken a hint and are not accessible today
No, that’d just be it’s general broken down, rubbish state.
Like most decisions made within Organisations it has nothing to do with ability it has more to do with ego.
God … you are so right - it sux!
Infuriates me - broken, bad, bollox!
Boo!