How to tell if a website has been done well

[Khalid Adam]

"Done well" is subjective.

For me, if a website is not able to convert clickers/visitors into subscribers, customers or paid members, it's not doing well no matter how professional and clever it looks (glorified brochure).

The other aspect is getting people to websites and that's where PPC/PPM/SEO comes in.

Maybe i'm too results oriented but then again, why shouldn't every dollar invested yield tangible and measurable return in the short term?

Originally Posted by Niks

*I have also posted this in one other place, so I apologise if you have read this twice! I'm 8 weeks away from having a baby so I'm hoping to get all of this sorted out ASAP

Some of you may remember my recent posts about my website disaster – 8 months post the expected date of completion, sent a link of the 'finished' product with many features missing and distorted on internet explorer.. and many other disasters in-between.

In the past few weeks I moved on and really thought that nothing would ever come of working with them. I requested a refund and listed the things that they had not done (it's not the first time I had asked them to fix it though). I hadn't heard from them for a couple of weeks, and had a look at the link tonight and it seems that they have now done most things I asked of them, and to me it appears to be near completion. Last night it was in the form described above. It's not perfect, and it's not exactly what I asked for, but I am able to have it handed over to me for a reasonable price.

- What things do I need to look for to see if it has been done well? I want to make sure I don't overlook anything
- Who handles the process of moving it onto another host? I have a host lined up – do I get them to get in contact with the developers?

There are a few things I need to do myself. How easy will it be to:
- Add all of the product photos
- Set flat rate shipping
- Add in my Paypal Details and Direct Deposit details
- Add in content for static pages (some with bold headings and images)

I'm happy to send through the link if anyone is keen to have a look – I'll be forever grateful!

And I will also looking into hiring someone to do a few things at an hourly rate if things go ahead with the current site... probably prior to its launch. I definitely realise I can't do all of this myself.

Thanks in advance

[LemonChip]

Originally Posted by BizPromo

Moving to another host is not their responsibility, however, if you told them in the beginning you are gona move to anotehr host and they will have to do it then that's their responsibility and they must do it.

How is it not their responsibility to move the website to the new web host? The client can't do it themselves unless they have access to the files, and the ability to perform the migration which is basically never.
From my experience, if the client has a new web host they want to use, once they provide the necessary codes etc, it's entirely up to the developers to shift it across...