[wp-pro] Need someone to upgrade multiple WP sites

[Skaneateles Design]

I agree with Kevin.  There are many "hacks" out there claiming to have
WordPress development knowledge and/or experience.  It's better to find
a developer who is a good integrator (which implies a good knowledge of
the various disciplines involved with WordPress installations, including
PHP/Javascript/Mysql/HTTP/Linux/and other technologies), and is also a
good designer.  Integrators understand the big picture, are not
specifically WordPress developers, and have likely been developing
software long before the Internet became so popular.  Integrators will
charge a higher hourly rate (not necessarily excessive, but more than
$50/hr), but will be able to handle all aspects of any project that you
will have, likely finish quicker, and will provide results that are less
likely to be problematic.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: wp-pro-bounces at lists.automattic.com 
>[mailto:wp-pro-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Miller
>Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:18 PM
>To: Peter A. Chapman
>Cc: wp-pro at lists.automattic.com
>Subject: Re: [wp-pro] Need someone to upgrade multiple WP sites
>
>Peter-
>
>Wordpress can do what you have described, in fact I am doing something
>very similar right now for a large project.   On hiring all I can say
>is you get what you pay for.   If you for example pay less than $50
>hour you get what you deserve ;-)   I would also avoid anyone who
>learned php as a consequence of learning wordpress :-)
>
>Just my two cents...
>
>Kevin Miller
>
>
>
>
>On 3/25/08, Peter A. Chapman <peter at beard.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'd find information about hiring WordPress professionals useful.
>>
>> I first learned about WordPress about 20 days ago. Since that time, 
>> I've asked lots of people lots of questions about WordPress' 
>> capabilities and ability to be enhanced. Nearly every answer I've 
>> received tells me that through the power of plug-ins, scripts and 
>> other programs, anything is possible -- content can be entered into 
>> WordPress seven ways of Sunday and content can be automatically 
>> exported in an infinite number of ways. What I can't get a handle on 
>> is how big of an army is required, at what potential cost, 
>and on what 
>> kind of a time table. To my surprise, everybody I've talked to gives 
>> me the impression that I'm the first electronic newsletter publisher 
>> with existing products that's ever contemplated using 
>WordPress to decentralize and streamline our authoring and 
>editorial processes.
>>
>> ------
>>
>> At 02:11 PM 3/25/2008, David Coveney wrote:
>> >I'm sorry but it's not 'simple enough'.
>> >
>> >What plugins, what WordPress versions (from and to), what 
>themes, and 
>> >so
>> on.
>> >
>> >All I could quote for this is our standard hourly rate. You never 
>> >know -
>> might take five hours, might take fifty.
>> >
>> >I've been debating writing a blog post (our blog is
>> 
><http://www.liverpoolwebdesigner.com/>http://www.liverpoolwebdesigner.
>> com) on the subject of how to hire a WordPress professional. 
>I have a 
>> feeling that many out there are looking for simple solutions to what 
>> are often complicated problems. Messages like this which 
>state things 
>> like "simple enough" and "knock it out" suggest that this is a 
>> straightforward and easy thing to do based on almost no information. 
>> Real professionals don't just "knock out" their work. In something 
>> like this a real pro would be looking at the versions involved, 
>> checking or advising on what issues there (do they need to stage the 
>> upgrades, for example), taking database and server snapshots and so 
>> on. Then there's the issue of malformed content (in 
>particular special 
>> characters), which can get messed up during an upgrade - 
>will you want 
>> this to be corrected or are you happy to search through and 
>find these 
>> yourself?
>> >
>> >Sorry to come across all tetchy.
>> >
>> >Dave Coveney
>> >Interconnect IT
>> >
>> >
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>> >From: wp-pro-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>> [mailto:wp-pro-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Ink Trails
>> >Sent: 25 March 2008 17:55
>> >To: wp-pro at lists.automattic.com
>> >Subject: [wp-pro] Need someone to upgrade multiple WP sites
>> >
>> >
>> >Need someone to upgrade multiple WP sites. Note: I need for all the
>> plug-ins to function properly. Simple enough, right? Get back to me 
>> with price per and how soon you'd be able to knock it out.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Jason
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