(Click on image to enlarge)Grace Counseling Center (http://www.gracecounseling.org/) retained me to complete and launch their website, which had been started by another developer who had moved away, leaving the project unfinished. All GCC was able to give me was a CD with multiple versions of the HTML files and graphics, and a couple emails about the domain name registration. There were no notes or comments about the code, and the previous developer was not available for questions.
I first examined the HTML files and identified the most recent and complete set, and what was needed to complete the website. The interface was close to being complete - only the menu required modification - but the internal code had many gaps in functionality, and the text that had been used was now out of date. Also, the website as it stood would not work in the Mozilla Firefox browser, only in Internet Explorer.
In order to minimize the number of hours spent on the project, I kept the design by the first developer. First I got the website complete and working in IE, by modifying the existing HTML files to fill in the gaps in functionality, and updating the text. I then went through all the HTML files making consistent modifications so that it would work in Firefox as well.
GCC decided they wanted to take advantage of the free web hosting provided by Rosenet (http://www.rosenet.org/) to all Madison, NJ organizations. I worked with the Rosenet webmaster to create the account, and then uploaded the files and set the domain name http://www.gracecounseling.org/ to forward to http://www.rosenet.org/gracecounseling/index.html. Several issues arose on Rosenet's side, and I worked with the Rosenet webmaster to resolve them.
After the GCC website was launched, Thomas Harris, the Communications Consultant to GCC, emailed me:
Nina,
Thank you for a terrific job. It looks fantastic and without you it would still be floating around in the digital ether.
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