Comments on: Themes Falling Apart at the Seams http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/web-design/themes-falling-apart-at-the-seams Design stories & tips, peppered with life's little tidbits Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: catherine http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/web-design/themes-falling-apart-at-the-seams/comment-page-1#comment-314 catherine Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:13:39 +0000 http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/?p=506#comment-314 <p>No kidding! (Says the woman who brings her own knives and pots on vacation!) ;-)</p> <p>I seriously doubt I'll ever make the same mistake again--I'll find a new one!</p> <p>Really though, coulda, shoulda rebuilt it from scratch. Woulda taken less time overall. I'm still amazed at the sloppiness of the code. (Eeewww...wonder what <strong>that</strong> designer's kitchen looks like?)</p> No kidding! (Says the woman who brings her own knives and pots on vacation!) ;-)

I seriously doubt I’ll ever make the same mistake again–I’ll find a new one!

Really though, coulda, shoulda rebuilt it from scratch. Woulda taken less time overall. I’m still amazed at the sloppiness of the code. (Eeewww…wonder what that designer’s kitchen looks like?)

]]> By: christine http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/web-design/themes-falling-apart-at-the-seams/comment-page-1#comment-313 christine Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:37:15 +0000 http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/?p=506#comment-313 <p>I feel for you.</p> <p>I've done this so many times. I've agreed to do work, thinking that it should be super simple until I start looking at the raw files and realize that the previous designer(s) simply just kept adding stuff, some of it totally unnecessary and useless. It feels great to get it to work in the end, but I'm always wary now about fixing someone's else site.</p> <p>I often use the kitchen analogy. Sure, I can make a pie in your kitchen, but I may not have the right tools, ingredients and it may take me a while to get organized. Clients tend to understand that more, then talking about messy code.</p> I feel for you.

I’ve done this so many times. I’ve agreed to do work, thinking that it should be super simple until I start looking at the raw files and realize that the previous designer(s) simply just kept adding stuff, some of it totally unnecessary and useless. It feels great to get it to work in the end, but I’m always wary now about fixing someone’s else site.

I often use the kitchen analogy. Sure, I can make a pie in your kitchen, but I may not have the right tools, ingredients and it may take me a while to get organized. Clients tend to understand that more, then talking about messy code.

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