About as creative use of the web as you'd expect from a "webmaster". I bet this guy (http://www.phildub.com/) could have come up with something better.
We're hiring - but we probably won't pay you.
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, theres more to it. > Just Like We Haven't Paid Our Webmaster or Accountant! > and even refuses to respond to phone calls and emails.
Of course there is, I don't do website design or development for the public anymore due to years of dealing with problems like this, so I understand. It's not very professional however, and makes himself look bad. Just disable the site and remove everything you've done if you want the business owner to answer your phone calls.
Assuming he has the ability to do that and hasn't just sent all the code to his client.
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#23"What We Offer:
• Competitive Wages" - from their employment apply page.
..Not sure if any other employer can beat them lol
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of course there is, I don't do website design or development for the public anymore due to years of dealing with problems like this, so I understand. It's not very professional however, and makes himself look bad. Just disable the site and remove everything you've done if you want the business owner to answer your phone calls.
Assuming he has the ability to do that and hasn't just sent all the code to his client.
If he has been able to change the page source, he should probably be able to remove it.
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#25Somewhat off-topic, but is the term "hiring" generally associated with payment? I've run across some (otherwise very reasonable) gaming websites that periodically post big "we're hiring!" notices...and in the small print you see that there's no actual salary, employment agreement, etc. Really they're asking for volunteers, but they very consistently say they're "hiring." [When I ask what's up with that, they're kinda…
Yes. To hire is "to employ for wages" according to Apple's Dictionary app. Or if you take the British meaning (mostly the same as the American meaning of the word "rent") to obtain use for payment.
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#27Really, how much could this site be worth? If I got this type of work from someone I'd probably tell them no thanks and stop returning their emails as well.
Seriously?
If you asked someone to build a three page "We're Hiring" site and got this, you'd "probably tell them no thanks and stop returning their emails". Why?
Their main .biz site looks fine to my eyes too, like thousands of other business websites settled on functional and simple - I'm sure all of this was built closely to spec. What am I missing here?
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#28The "Webmaster" better hope he doesn't pay his attorney either.
It's not libel if it's true! But it may be some sort of fraud / infringement.
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#29Really, how much could this site be worth? If I got this type of work from someone I'd probably tell them no thanks and stop returning their emails as well.
The work may not be good but if you commission someone to create something for you under the pretence of providing payment for their time and services (any amount of money) and then decide you didn't like the work they produced, they'd still want payment (partial or full). Otherwise it's just similar to spec work
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#30Do people still refer to themselves as "webmasters"?
I always assumed the term referred to non-technical or semi-technical people who do things like content authoring/proofreeding for company websites and blogs using a CMS and perhaps do basic SEO.