Comments on: 4 Most Annoying Mistakes to Avoid When Building a Client’s WebSite

By: Brett Widmann

Brett Widmann — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:53:38 +0000

These are some great tips to keep in mind. Thanks for sharing. the valuable info!

By: Omer Greenwald

Omer Greenwald — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:07:39 +0000

Absolutely right, Harsh. I always note the per our fee of changes before starting the project

By: Harsh Agrawal

Harsh Agrawal — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:30:25 +0000

Really nice point and one more from my end would be: Also not letting client know after support charges. I have seen many freelancer build a website and once it comes to bug fixing or support, they tend to charge more since client is left with no option.
It’s always a good advice to let the client know about this before hand…

By: Omer Greenwald

Omer Greenwald — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:33:17 +0000

I think signed agreements are a must in these cases to avoid future misunderstanding with the client. Thanks for your comment Angela.

By: Angela Easterling

Angela Easterling — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:27:23 +0000

Numbers 1 & 2 aren’t really a problem of mine, I tend to let the client know up front about the browsers I will work with and SOE info. But numbers 3 and 4 I think have been my most common mistakes. You give your design price and then have to tack on the domain and hosting cost. Here lately I’ve been including it in the design cost. That way there’s no questions later. I still have not used a signed agreement. Think I will implement that on my next project. Thanks for the post, very interesting.

By: Omer Greenwald

Omer Greenwald — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:43:09 +0000

@Tom – thanks for commenting.
I intended to provide an example for the “side effects” of rusty browsers like IE6. I am aware of the solutions for PNG transparency in IE6 that take 2 minutes.
However, making entire websites compatible for IE6 can take hours sometimes.
Unless you make sure the clients do not expect it from you, I believe charging extra for IE6 compatibility is more than fair

By: Tom Bradshaw

Tom Bradshaw — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:31:12 +0000

Regarding the ugly grey background when you view PNGs in IE – we use a PNG fix and it looks fine – Takes 2 minutes, happy days!

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By: Omer Greenwald

Omer Greenwald — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:53:35 +0000

@element321 – this is the way to go. As long as you clear the misunderstandings before it becomes to late, everything should be fine

By: element321

element321 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:51:44 +0000

I agree on the uncertainty, we must minimize it. I was burned once because of ignoring it, now if I am uncertain about anything or if the client is uncertain about something on the contract, we sit down and talk about and make any changes before money changes hands or if its the middle of the project, the project is stopped if necessary, and work on any changes before I have to deal with a mess.