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Terrance Corley
Terrance Corley
11,990 Points
Posted by Terrance Corley
Terrance Corley
11,990 Points

Tips for my first paid project

I've been approached by a friend to revamp a website for a local gym. I've been learning code for a little less than a year and though I've made a few project websites I'm not sure if I'm ready. I'm not a designer by any means so I'll be using stock photos plus whatever content the gym provides me with.

Basically, I'm just looking for tips. Anything in particular I should ask during my sit down with the boss of the company? Any tips in negotiating prices? If I feel like I'm not ready to take on my first client should I still go ahead and try? I figure if this ordeal goes wrong then at least I'll have a good learning experience that'll only help me better serve my future clients, but then again I don't want to ruin my reputation by jumping in too early. To get an example of what I'm currently capable of you can see my web portfolio at https://terrancecorley.github.io

Any advice is much appreciated.

Thanks.

2 Answers

Clayton Batchelor
Clayton Batchelor
5,817 Points
Clayton Batchelor
Clayton Batchelor
5,817 Points

You can see what kind of site he wants. Maybe can give options to him like bootstrap or wordpress. If he want's it to be a blog? Maybe if he wants a database for his clients. As for pricing i would go with an hourly rate rather then a fixed rate. Most people who design websites charge between $15-35/hr. Or you can charge per page.

Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points
Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points

nice job :) you ready to make standard HTML + CSS + JS sites but you should lear some BACK END i mean PHP because customers want theyr own simple CMS to add Pictures to site or remove old one

and if you know JS, you learn PHP so easy :) but before PHP you should take a look on Databazes ( SQL just BASICS and all abozt INSERT INTO, UPDATE, SELECT )

in : https://terrancecorley.github.io/touche/

your gallery no works when you chaose category, and if some one see on your portfolio something wrong he will never chaose you :)

also adding some scroll animation when you clock on MENU will be good :)

try use some CSS from : http://ianlunn.github.io/Hover/

in https://terrancecorley.github.io/cafe-imaginare/menu.html

Menu is not in center idk maybe you dont want it but without centering content it not look good

tell him yes :) you will be able learn PHP in 1 day :) i learned php in few hours in pas but it was my 3rd programing language first was JAVA and all programing languages are almost same :) so if you know JAVASCRIPT so you now PHP almost :)