Apr
2019
Discussion with client
During the past week I have been working on the development of the WordPress website, which admittedly is taking longer than expected due to the fact that I have been learning all of the aspects of WordPress in order to develop this site to the original standard in which the client is looking for. From this, when it came to meeting the client there was not too much to show for the work which I have been making on the WordPress site as I have been learning more so than developing the site itself, and when it came to showing the client, they were very disappointed with the progress which I had been making with the site. The discussion began with the theme of WordPress and how I have been finding it difficult to understand how to develop the site using WordPress to create the wire-frame outline which had previously been worked on. I had mentioned that it might take slightly longer than expected to develop the site and it also might not be to the standard in which the client might be expecting as my knowledge has only taken me so far whilst learning WordPress. From this the client suggested if WordPress was needed to be used or if the site could be coded from scratch using the methods which I have practised being at university. During the conversation the client mentioned that they would want to host the site when it is complete to enable future employers to view the site, but after looking at the different pricing options which WordPress offers, there were not happy with the prices as they had not looked before, and began looking at different hosting sites for an originally coded site. After much discussion about the different pricing options along with the timings of when the project could be finished, the client decided that they would prefer to have a site which was completely hand coded, rather than one which was developed using WordPress. The discussion with the client ended with this point with the assignment moving forward with a new site which will be coded from scratch, along with using the new skills in CSS grids and JavaScript to create animations.