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In what I hope will not be a series about the stupid things that clients complain about.
Several years ago I had the pleasure of building an e-commerce site for a long-standing client. The site has run smoothly ever since, despite what has now become legacy code, plus the occasional tinkering by several different developers. That was until today.
The phone rings. It's my client.
Client (angry voice): I'm not receiving any orders through my web site.
Malarkey: I'll look into that right way.
After half an hour of checking the site, its code and the client's email server. (It's not like the web site has changed and it doesn't need oiling).
Malarkey: Everything seems to be working fine. I've placed a small order fifteen minutes ago, can you check your email to see if that arrived?
Client: No, nothing here.
Malarkey: Can you log into your Secure Trading control panel to see if the order has been processed. That way, we can isolate where the problem is occurring?
Client: Hmmm. Secure Trading also seems to be down.
Malarkey: Can you do one more thing? Can you type in g o o g l e . c o m?
Can you guess what is coming next?
Client: Nope. That's not coming up either.
Malarkey: So it looks like the reason you're not getting any orders is because... you are not connected to the internet.
I love my clients. They help me to feed my children something other than coal, but sometimes…
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A premium Eleventy starter kit for designers and developers who want to spend less time setting up the same project structure and more time designing distinctive websites.
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