[chbot] Recommendations for competent local web designing talent

[Mark Atherton]

Thanks Dave,

Will pass this on; might be interesting.

Regards, Mark

On 3/02/2019 5:18 PM, Dave Bracken wrote:
> Mark,
> Do you think SA would be up for doing this via a student project using 
> the final year web development students at Ara? If so, we can tick the 
> free/cheap labour box, students (usually) available every 6 months 
> that can continue development if necessary (as long as the task is 
> large enough to be classed as a project at the time), we will still be 
> in business in 5 years time, open source code development, track 
> record with lots of companies in Christchurch ...
> I don't supervise web projects myself but can put yourself and SA in 
> contact with those who do. I'm pretty sure examples of recent 
> development work could be made available.
>
> Dave.
>
>
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 07:56, Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz 
> <mailto:markaren1 at xtra.co.nz>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     I am currently helping Science Alive with various projects; one of
>     them
>     is to ease them into the whole world of web development (mainly
>     from a
>     specification, and contractual viewpoint).
>
>     The next-generation web project needs to be developed using
>     completely
>     open-source tools (possibly wordpress); the development work needs
>     to be
>     completely transparent and portable so that any competent web
>     designer
>     can maintain the project as required.
>
>     Part of the project will be creating documentation so that SA
>     staff can
>     understand how the web site has been constructed, along with all
>     of the
>     associated pieces of the web--puzzle, including all passwords etc. SA
>     will also own all developed IP associated with the project so they
>     can
>     do with any of it as they wish. No part of the project will use any
>     proprietary, or licensed components without explicit permission
>     from SA.
>
>     The developers need to be local to Christchurch, easy to work
>     with, have
>     a good track record in terms of integrity, no hidden surprises,
>     on-price, and on-time delivery; you know - nice journeymen
>     professionals
>     with a sense of humour, who can also answer web and internet related
>     questions, and won't charge the earth.
>
>     I have has a couple of very odd exchanges with web-developers in the
>     past - they have got quite excited (in a bad way) after explaining
>     the
>     need for open source and transparency issues. Strangely, neither of
>     these people got the job...
>
>     Also, (clearly) neither of these requirements can be met using the
>     'free' tools and environment provided by WIX and the like.
>
>     Still have lots of details to work out, but first step is get SA
>     introduced to some candidate companies who are likely to still be in
>     business in five years time.
>
>     Recommendation appreciated.
>
>     Thanks, Mark
>

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