Re: Company's designing in house

I am currently working on a site for our local County hospital - thanks 
for an example of what I definitely do NOT want to do!
( fortunately our local hosp board knows that the site IS crucial to 
their interaction with the community, and the back end we are creating 
will save time/money/stress internally... now I just have to get it put 
together!)

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Michael Evangelista
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"Shelly Haffly" <shelly@haffly.com> wrote in message 
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> Why do they think they can build their own cheaper than to hire an 
> outside source?
>
> I needed to go to the doctor. The local hospital has a clinic that's 
> open until 9:00 but I wanted to check. I was greeted by this:
>
> http://www.ppgh.com/index.php
>
> The clinic information I needed was no where to be found:
>
> http://www.ppgh.com/fmc.php
>
> So I emailed the only link I could find to ask if they were somehow 
> trying to put together a CMS or something, and if so, were they doing 
> it in-house.
>
> The guy responded today. I was floored by his response. The comment 
> about it not being important to their business was mighty arrogant 
> especially when that's not the reason for a hospital web site. 
> Wouldn't it be for the user to get the information they need? Don't 
> they realize that?!
>
> His response:
>
> Thanks for the inquiry; however, the website is currently being 
> handled in house. We are using php and a mysql database to handle our 
> content management needs. This project is still in its beginning 
> stages. We have already invested a lot of time and money in developing 
> a website, and I don’t believe that we are ready to invest anymore. 
> The hospital is willing to take a little more time to develop our web 
> presence to save money in this area because our website isn’t really 
> too important to the success of our business. 

Why do they think they can build their own cheaper than to hire an 
outside source?

I needed to go to the doctor. The local hospital has a clinic that's 
open until 9:00 but I wanted to check. I was greeted by this:

http://www.ppgh.com/index.php

The clinic information I needed was no where to be found:

http://www.ppgh.com/fmc.php

So I emailed the only link I could find to ask if they were somehow 
trying to put together a CMS or something, and if so, were they doing it 
in-house.

The guy responded today. I was floored by his response. The comment 
about it not being important to their business was mighty arrogant 
especially when that's not the reason for a hospital web site. Wouldn't 
it be for the user to get the information they need? Don't they realize 
that?!

His response:

Thanks for the inquiry; however, the website is currently being handled 
in house. We are using php and a mysql database to handle our content 
management needs. This project is still in its beginning stages. We have 
already invested a lot of time and money in developing a website, and I 
don’t believe that we are ready to invest anymore. The hospital is 
willing to take a little more time to develop our web presence to save 
money in this area because our website isn’t really too important to the 

I think I like this best:
http://www.ppgh.com/meet_us.html

-- 
John
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"Shelly Haffly" <shelly@haffly.com> wrote in message 
news:pajxp8ELHHA.1320@ns1.xroubaix.com...
> Why do they think they can build their own cheaper than to hire an outside

> source?
>
> I needed to go to the doctor. The local hospital has a clinic that's open 
> until 9:00 but I wanted to check. I was greeted by this:
>
> http://www.ppgh.com/index.php
>
> The clinic information I needed was no where to be found:
>
> http://www.ppgh.com/fmc.php
>
> So I emailed the only link I could find to ask if they were somehow trying

> to put together a CMS or something, and if so, were they doing it 
> in-house.
>
> The guy responded today. I was floored by his response. The comment about 
> it not being important to their business was mighty arrogant especially 
> when that's not the reason for a hospital web site. Wouldn't it be for the

> user to get the information they need? Don't they realize that?!
>
> His response:
>
> Thanks for the inquiry; however, the website is currently being handled in

> house. We are using php and a mysql database to handle our content 
> management needs. This project is still in its beginning stages. We have 
> already invested a lot of time and money in developing a website, and I 
> don’t believe that we are ready to invest anymore. The hospital is willing

> to take a little more time to develop our web presence to save money in 
> this area because our website isn’t really too important to the success of

> our business. 

> Why do they think they can build their own cheaper than to hire an 
> outside source?

Sometimes it is cheaper/better to do it in house, with the right size 
company and the right experience.  Obviously, at least one of those 
criteria wasn't met in this case.

To help your cause, I voted and indicated that I don't like their new 
site...

      John     

Im pretty sure she mean't that.

-- 
John
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http://johnsphotojournal.blogspot.com
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"P@tty Ayers" <pattyayersTAKETHISOUT@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in
message 
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>I just hope that, in your subject line, you meant "[This] Company's 
>designing in house", and not "Companies designing in house".
Please tell me 
>you meant that.   :-)
>
>
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>
> "Shelly Haffly" <shelly@haffly.com> wrote in message 
> news:pajxp8ELHHA.1320@ns1.xroubaix.com...
>> Why do they think they can build their own cheaper than to hire an 
>> outside source?
>>
>> I needed to go to the doctor. The local hospital has a clinic that's
open 
>> until 9:00 but I wanted to check. I was greeted by this:
>>
>> http://www.ppgh.com/index.php
>>
>> The clinic information I needed was no where to be found:
>>
>> http://www.ppgh.com/fmc.php
>>
>> So I emailed the only link I could find to ask if they were somehow 
>> trying to put together a CMS or something, and if so, were they doing
it 
>> in-house.
>>
>> The guy responded today. I was floored by his response. The comment
about 
>> it not being important to their business was mighty arrogant especially

>> when that's not the reason for a hospital web site. Wouldn't it be for

>> the user to get the information they need? Don't they realize that?!
>>
>> His response:
>>
>> Thanks for the inquiry; however, the website is currently being handled

>> in house. We are using php and a mysql database to handle our content 
>> management needs. This project is still in its beginning stages. We
have 
>> already invested a lot of time and money in developing a website, and I

>> don’t believe that we are ready to invest anymore. The hospital is 
>> willing to take a little more time to develop our web presence to save

>> money in this area because our website isn’t really too important to
the 
>> success of our business.
>
>