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Gambit37 wrote:6 hours before launch

client wrote:Pete has sent a screen grab of how he’s seeing the donor form when going through from a charity, is this how the layout was agreed or should it be like the first page of the donor form when you go to it directly – ie with the four radio buttons across the top?

me wrote:The user doesn’t see the four selection buttons—that whole panel is removed when coming from the charity page; the assumption being if they viewed the site and selected a charity from its individual page, they are most likely creating a new donation.

client wrote:I don’t think that we can assume it will always be a new donation – I think we’ll need the four radio buttons as per the normal donor form. An existing user is just as likely to revisit the site find out about charity and add or amend their existing donation.

me wrote:Hmmm…. I see your point, but that’s not what I agreed with Kristen or what we developed. We need it to work this way for the pre-population of charities to work when coming from a charity page—if you have the four buttons at the top all the time, that stuff isn’t going to work properly.

client wrote:I’m not sure what you agreed with Kristen she’s not here to confirm but the below is what we need. If major issue leave it until Kristen is in and we can agree way forward then. ‘If they come from the charity – they still need the three options ‘New, Additional or Replacement’ This should also be the same of coming from the calculator etc too

me wrote:OK, but the donor form has been testable in that state for nearly two weeks and this should have been flagged earlier. It’s going to be hard to change core functionality at this late stage; I’m not sure what impact this has on the rest of the site…

Anytime you make an ad-hoc functional change like this, you have to test the impact on all other dependencies in the site. Changes like this can create new unexpected problems that might take a while to fix.

I’ve built what was requested, so I will have to charge for any time spent on this as per my Ts & Cs.

client wrote:Matt it’s not an ad-hoc change. I assume the client has only just noticed it as we’ve only just asked them to test.

me wrote:o_0

Hi guys

I know everyone's under pressure to get WPG live and it's all hands to the pump. However, I'd like to raise some issues that concern me.

I previously agreed to finish the remainder of the site for free, based on my estimate of 37 hours work (just under one standard work week.) I was happy to offer this discount on the basis that we'll be working together on future projects.

However, issues arose that changed this: I lost a whole day last weekend trying to get things to work on Fasthosts. I lost more time on Monday setting up the new EzPz server. There are now also new issues regarding functionality of the Donor form that will take time to address.

I draw your attention to the Ts & Cs of my service agreement, in particular "Estimates", "Revisions" and "Additions" on page 5, and also "Production Schedule / Project Delivery" on pages 5/6. As noted here, I cannot be held responsible for problems and delays caused by other third parties and I am not liable for absorbing any related costs.

I'm sorry to get "tough" so to speak but I have to protect my time investment and ensure I'm compensated fairly for the work I've put in. I understand that you have your client relationship to maintain and that they will not release any further funds, however I have to maintain a good relationship with my bank balance and need to put food on the table.

I will therefore be invoicing for my time over the agreed 37 hours, at my hourly rate of £30. This currently stands at 47 hours and will increase with the Donor form changes.

I trust that you will agree that this is a fair and reasonable course of action.