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  • Juliette Cook 2:37 pm on November 21, 2013 Permalink |
    Tags: pixel ruler, , workshops   
    Categories: Project Coordinators | Wordpress Developers ( 113 )

    Great Pixel tool for developers and PC’s 

    Hi all,

    This is a great tool to use when a PC isn’t sure of the size an image should be, when ‘make it smaller’ just won’t cut it and we as PC’s need to give exact dimensions. It is super useful to give a developer the exact pixel dimensions so that there is a lot less guesswork/back and forth and time spent on a task.

    It is called PixelWindow and it is FREE on itunes. i got mine for the mac. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pixelwindow/id503739894?mt=12

    hooray!

     

  • Juliette Cook 2:29 pm on November 21, 2013 Permalink |
    Tags: , , , workshops   
    Categories: Project Coordinators | Wordpress Developers ( 113 )

    How long does it REALLY take to put navigation item on a theme and build pages? 

    Hi all

    I have had varied results here. Some developers will take 4 hours and some will take 2 hours.  Since we are charging client per hour and have to account for each task what is with the variation on this. So to be specific, a PC says on a task, Place Nav Items in Top and Build out corresponding pages.

    We need to set a standard time for this as anything over 2/3  hours seems too long. I need developer input of course.

    thanks,

    juliette

     

    • Juan Villegas 10:29 pm on November 21, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      mm I think the variation comes from the time it takes a developer to do the context switch from whatever he is doing and start working on whatever he is asked to. if im in charge of a site, and you ask me to create a menu/page, it shouldnt take me longer than a couple of minutes as Im supposed to know already the structure and constraints of the site. In the other hand, if I get a login and a ftp by email of a site i’ve never worked with, then its going to take me some time to get used to it, the plugins it use, the theme, the framework, etc.

      other times menus arent created, and thus the dev needs to dive into the php templates and code the menu himself.

    • Juan Villegas 10:32 pm on November 21, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      last but not least.. several times requirements “outrange” whats included in the theme, and diving into the php files of a pre-made theme isnt as simple as it sounds. simple stuff like making root menu items unclickable or changing the number of columns of a page/post require some evaluation of the consequences those changes will have in the whole package.

  • Becky 1:54 am on November 19, 2013 Permalink |
    Tags: , workshops   
    Categories: Project Coordinators ( 113 )

    Recording / marking time 

    Juliette suggests a workshop on what time is marked billable versus not billable and how that fits with contracts, and how to get visibility to all the damn deals I’m making with people, etc.

    This isn’t exactly a STWP topic, since all time on STWP projects are billable, however, since this is a knowledgebase, I want to capture the request and also to start a new tag called Workshops!

     

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