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Warning: I saw a client's website at a coffee shop in Portland and the homepage was a mess
I was at a cafe on 3rd Avenue and saw a local bakery's site on their public tablet. The homepage had a huge auto-play video, no clear menu link, and the phone number was buried. I know the owner paid a firm over $5k for that site last year. On one hand, the client got what they paid for if they approved it. On the other, the designer should have pushed back harder on bad choices. Has anyone else had to fix a site after a client got terrible advice from their first web person?
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oliviajenkins5mo ago
My first portfolio site was so bad I'm surprised I ever got a client lol.
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fisher.jessica5mo ago
Yeah, it's like when you hire a contractor to redo your kitchen and they don't tell you putting the stove in the hallway is a bad idea. The expert is supposed to guide you, not just take orders. I see this all the time with local shops who trust a fancy sales pitch over good sense, and then they're stuck with a site that drives customers away.
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xenam844mo ago
Putting the stove in the hallway" lol reminds me of when I ordered a pizza and they put the toppings on the box.
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