How To Build A Website And Stay Sane has been released
Wed, Dec 1 2004
At times I felt like it would never actually happen, but at long last my book "How To Build A Website And Stay Sane" has finally become a reality!
As it says on the back cover, "There are thousands of books which try to turn you into a web developer. This is not one of them."
Most business owners couldn't care less about XML, browser compliance, deprecated tags, RFCs and cascading stylesheets. They don't have time to become web developers themselves: they're too busy getting on with business. They would rather just find a professional developer who can create a website that achieves results.
I wrote 'How To Build A Website And Stay Sane' as a plain-talking survival guide for business owners and operators who want to find a good developer and not get ripped off. It explains the strategies and processes employed by many companies running very successful websites, and I included case studies of several of IVT's clients: Pro-Am Australia, Agilent Technologies, Bikeoz, and Shaver Shop. The book also shows which types of developers will promise the world for $1.50, and how to find one that will actually deliver a good job at the end of the day. It shows how to balance short versus long term costs, and how to streamline maintenance and updates.
The book is layed out to illustrate the development sequence of a typical website project so the reader will have a good idea in advance what to expect when they start looking for a developer and then work through the process of having a site created.
And of course there's a website specifically about the book: check out www.stay-sane.com to find out more about it. There's even a complete copy of the book in PDF format that you can download free.
I'd love to hear feedback on it, so if you feel like giving me some honest comments feel free to send me an email or give me a call. I'll be out of the office for the rest of the week (presenting 3 technical papers at the Open Source Developers Conference - yay!) but I'll be back on deck next week and I can't live without reading my email.