Web Design is Good, Cheap or Fast.  Pick Two.

Sometimes clients don’t understand why I can’t just crank their 5-page site in a day. There is a truth to the motto: "You can have it GOOD, CHEAP or FAST. Pick two." In that vain, I’m posting my to-do list for this very website.

This odds ‘n ends todo list is after this site is pretty well in place - everything is sliced into HTML/CSS/JQuery and the templates are working. Still, friends and family ask me, "Why do you spend so much time on this?" But details make all the difference. Since this is my first full-scale Expression Engine site, I’ve got alot to learn. My goal is to crush this list by June 25, 2009 (in addition to my other projects and English/Korean tutoring).

Beginning June 18, 2009:

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• Create a mobile version of my site using Mobify
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• Add RSS Feed
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• Use Feedburner for RSS Feed Instead:  http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Amystoddardcom
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• Integrate MailChimp
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• Create Search for Blog
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• Hook Up Contact Form/Hello Form
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• Edit Text within the Portfolio
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• Add Blog Entries to Homepage
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• Write Process Entries for Research/Wireframe/Comp/Production/Maintenance
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• Update LinkedIn Profile
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• Add Google Analytics
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• Test in IE 7
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• Add 404 Error Page
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• Redirect Aimelise.com to AmyStoddard.com.
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• Set up amy (at) amystoddard.com email address.
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• Add Social Links to Blog Entries
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• Implement tag linking within blog
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• Research comment SPAM
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• Create and Post Resume
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• Post Helper Doc for people filling out RFP
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• Clean up your Flickr Account
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• Provide a Print Style Sheet
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• Generate Site Map
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• Create a list of Services
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• Create a rough price list for estimating

Other Possibilities/Future Add-Ons:

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• Ads for "Authentic Jobs" Found out I can’t post these cause I’m apparently “not cool enough.”  Nice.
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• "Say Thanks" with Amazon/Paypal wishlist
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• Side Links
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• Add Affiliate Links: MailChimp, HostGator