Web Developers...

[diseased-idiot.livejournal.com]

I had an email from a director at a company I do some part time work for.

He noticed that if he used his e-commerce site in "secure mode" (https) the browser pops up a box saying this site has both secure and nonsecure items. Do you want to display the nonsecure items as well. He was quite rightly disturbed and annoyed about this.

The email went to me (The sysadmin) and The Web Developer.

I was the only one to reply. I merely stated that some logos down the left hand side were tagged only with http img tags and a simple update of those to https (or even just use relative paths, to be right) should fix it.

I then get this from the Web developer (he copied in the director)

"Okay, thanks for clearing that up.

In an attempt to edit those image links I’ve managed to lose the site menu entirely, so I’m going to have re-write the site from a backup (thus losing 6 days’ work)!

:("

I wouldn't mind, but he's not doing any actual developing. It's all done from a program with many wizards and "Image located here, thanks" type buttons. I doubt he's had to type a single piece of HTML or perl (the silly thing uses much perl). He's been trying to make this site for almost a year.

*headdesk, considers murder by shovel*

Comments

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Murder by shovel is good! Am big fan of shovel kinetic therapy.

[ptstech.livejournal.com]

That's no developer, he's a 'FISH!!!

[70schild.livejournal.com]

WHAT?!?!? God, my 15yo could make that edit and not screw it up...

[bard-mercutio.livejournal.com]

::pets:: I sympathize completely. Our company decided to hire a web developer to redesign our website. I'd written the support section. The web developer decided to take out all numbered lists and hand number them instead because he couldn't figure out how to use his custom list items as well as ordered lists.

Then, immediately after that debacle (which I had to fix, using a simple bit of code in the .css file), another bright young thing decided to remove all of the relative tags from the html pages because he didn't understand what they did.

Oy.

[geekgrrl-ca.livejournal.com]

I has dream weaver, i r webs maker.

[diseased-idiot.livejournal.com]

It's worse. It's something called Actinic. "Ecommerce shopping cart Software"

"Deploy highly functional ecommerce sites for clients quickly and efficiently. Easy for you, easy for your customers."

Hmmmmmm.

[tanetris.livejournal.com]

I can only surmise by the e-mail that he is attempting to either garner some sort of sympathy, or find a way to shift the blame onto you. Possibly both.

Either way, no dice.

[jill-idle.livejournal.com]

yeah, um, that ain't a web developer. and I would probably recommend he consult with someone who can save him 6 days work, you know, like a high school kid.

[ateji.livejournal.com]

another bright young thing decided to remove all of the relative tags from the html pages because he didn't understand what they did.

What ever happened to looking stuff up in the documentation or making a test file on one's own hard drive to test what taking it away does?

[bard-mercutio.livejournal.com]

Apparently, common sense is for the weak.