it depends on how you frame it. I just want to know the problem(s) that you find infuriating or lacking in your day to day that could be solved with a web based app.
It's different for everyone of course. I have just finished a contract and am looking for something fun to make while I take a few months off - so I'm interested in anything and everything :)
I have fairly strong feelings when it comes to the stored procedures versus dynamic SQL argument, but one thing is clear: you should never, ever use concatenated SQL strings in your applications. Give me parameterized SQL, or give me death. There are two good reasons you should never do this.
[I need to spend some time looking at this - tyvm benologist]
I'm not the host. Just the developer. The host is shrugging it off as 'just one of those things', which it may well be and have billed for restoring dbs etc..
I think you're right - I not sure how to broach the subject with the client though. tyvm for your $0.02 :)
Well, in that case, you might want to chalk it up to lesson learnt this time.
However, you might want to use this as a opening point for discussion with your client should something similar happen in the future. It is your responsibility to set expectations but if the client merely expects you to work for free, I would say then you know what you need to do...
Yes I should have included what happens when a site is compromised in the terms. As the developer, not host this just didn't occur to me. I provide a 90 warranty but generally this only requires a small amount of hours as major problems are usually picked up in testing.
Hi
I've set up a shopify site. I decided to give shopify a go as I'm getting requests from clients for ecommerce and already do wordpress and custom carts but wanted to try and find a low cost offering for small businesses. The url for my concept test is (it's live and all setup)
It has good products but I csn't seem to get any traffic (like 5 visits in 3 weeks). Adwords hasn't delivered any impressions, posibbly because it's a very competitive category. Maybe it's the redirect but I've but I've a/b tested urls and even used.
I'm not clear on what you want help on here. Are you looking for a custom shopping cart solution or improve on driving traffic to your site?
I'm going to assume you're trying to improve your traffic, but it's not clear on what you've tested or tried. There's a wealth of knowledge on the web, but from your initial request it doesn't sound like you've done your homework and you want me to point you in the right direction. So start with this: http://blog.appsumo.com/getting-the-most-from-setting-up-a-n... for starter information.
Thank you so much for the reply. I should be more concise.
1-I am a developer.
2-I have tested shopify as a concept as it would be a good fit for small retailors to dip their toe in the water
3-I have done sccessful ad campaigns in the past for clients (one client has contributed over 750k in adword related sales for a campaign although they were a decent sized company with good market share already :) )
4-I am testing how adwords works with shopify. All adwords ads are approved and active
5-My 'test' shopify site has not generated a single adwords impression in 2 weeks
6-This is really odd.
7-I have tried to contact google and to read everything I can to see if this problem has come up for others and can't get any traction
8-I just need a fresh perspective as I'm at my wits end
Main question:
Have I missed anything obvious that is causing me to be ignored by adwords. I get the horrible feeling that I've overlooked something obvious. I'm not trying to get you to generate me more traffic I just wanted you to have a quick look and say whether you can see a probelm
I've tried
-A/B testing of ads
-Using both redirect url and shopify domains in ads
-Targeted really non competitive key words and searched for them directly in Google to see if I can get adwords to acknoledge my ads
-My campaign has hundreds of keyword recommendations from the adwords keyword generator.
-Would it have been better to use Exact match domains and targeted a 'selling' word(s) for the sites name?
Occam's Razor suggests that this is a average site in a competitive market that is a hard(ish) sell to customers?
I really don't want to waste your time so sorry. I just need a fresh pair of eyes pls
Hi. First of all well done in getting something up and running. I think I'm missing the point here. Whats the difference wwhen compared to delicious? I'm not being rude I'm really interested
Thanks, the difference is that historious searches inside the pages rather than just the titles. So, if there was a page talking about fish called "Sea creatures", you could search for "fish" and historious would find that bookmark.
It's different for everyone of course. I have just finished a contract and am looking for something fun to make while I take a few months off - so I'm interested in anything and everything :)