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Devguys - some things you may want to know before hiring

Daniel McCoy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:08:53 +0000

First of all, if this is the wrong forum then I apologise.

I am following moderator instructions to take up any issues I have in a seperate thread to the advertisement. Normally I would not say anything but this 'designer' has said some blatent lies which I think need addressing before a WHT member gets seriously ripped off.

I understand a friend of mine, Sam Asante, has been suspended from the boards due to this issue and while I do not know the full details surrounding his suspension, I'd like to point out that I'm following moderator advice and I'm not looking to earn myself a ban.

Let me just set the scene - Devguys is a freelancer from California who can't even be bothered to create his own favicon (the image that appears next to it's listing in your Favourites list in IE or FF).

See for yourself in the image below. The exact same favicon as world reknowned fashion designer, Dolce & Gabbana.

http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?i...sripperix4.jpg

Now, let me just quote this thread recently posted by Devguys in the Design Offers forum:

Quote:

Originally Posted by DevGuys (Post 5413416)

I also do other sites that need attention and have had the pleasure of working with the following companies:

Apple
CoffeeMate
DreamWorks
Nikon
PHPSnaps
FACE Mineral Cosmetics
and MORE!

Now, let's take a look at this list. Devguys says he recently worked on an advertising publication for Apple's flagship product in the telecommunications market, the iPhone. The official company which designs all of Apple's creative media is:

http://www.tbwa.com/

Only one of the worlds leading creative agencies. Oh, they do work for Addidas, MacDonalds and Nissan too.

Apple's estimated profits for this quarter: $11 000 000 000 - yes, $11bn. This quarter. The average Devguys job?

Quote:

Regular Price for Coding: $175 per page.

Not exactly the same ballpark, is it?

Simmilarly, Nikon:

http://nikon.com/

Apparantly Devguys redesigned their site?

http://www.devguys.com/clients/nikon/

Oh silly me, he's removed it on his new portfolio but the project description on his old portfolio mentioned he got bored and had a go at desiging a concept for the nikon site. Far from being commissioned by the worlds leading camera maker.

And DreamWorks? Wait, not the company who's in the opening scenes of every other movie I've ever seen? The guys that brought us Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, Shrek, Tropic Thunder, Minority Report and Anchorman?

Something smells fishy to me guys, and personally I wouldn't work with someone who lies about their client list.

Ask yourself, if you were a designer that worked for all these large companies, wouldn't you be getting paid six-figures per project? Would you still be offering to do jobs on a hosting forum for <$500.

Now, I can guarantee Devguys will take this personally, and will say a lot of things about myself and my work in retaliation. This is a risk I'm willing to take to prove to the administrators of this board and also the users of this board who would otherwise hire this guy, that he is fraudulent. Poeple like this shouldn't be allowed to trade on a board as reputed as WHT.

And let's finish with a quote from the self-proclaimed high-flying designer himself:

Quote:

[21:36] devguyslive: Your buddy Sam just got suspended from WHT, you keep it up sucker and you will be next
[21:36] encore2k6: I'm following moderator advice.
[21:37] devguyslive: Yeah you better punk *** bi**h

Thanks for reading,

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Daniel McCoy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:59 +0000

Hello,

I am using clientexec and trying to transfer a hosting account (package) to a different client.

Short of deleting and recreating the package which i really don't want to do, how do i do it?

many thanks

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how does a suPHP upgrade mess up a website?

Daniel McCoy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:45:21 +0000

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An email from the webhost said that a suPHP upgrade(?) caused this.

The only PHP file I have is one that reads text files to put up on a News page.

I am confused as to exactly how a suPHP upgrade which I have never heard of until today can cause this much damage.

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Daniel McCoy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:39:33 +0000

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Gmail Gets New Theme Selection Feature

Daniel McCoy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:37 +0000

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The new Theme setting features of Gmail was rolled out a couple of days ago initially to some users, but I supposed by now, majority of Gmail users already have this feature setup on their Gmail account. You would quickly know if this setting is up on your Gmail account because you’d see a notice box at the upper portion of your screen when you logged into your Gmail Inbox.

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Additionally, this new theme selection feature also has a location-customization feature. And some themes would display real-time widgets specific to the location you entered for your account. If you select one of the themes with this feature, you will be presented with a “Country/Region drop-down menu where you can select your country and city name.

This new theme selection feature is good for Google in making its Gmail service in tune with the signs of the times. Those theme can enliven Gmail, although others may still prefer the classic look. Either you are free to try out any of themes and see which one you would like to use for your Gmail account. If you get bored about it after some time, you can always change to another theme or revert to the old classic Gmail look.

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Hello WHT!

Daniel McCoy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:05:43 +0000

I'm new and I don't have much to say except that

I've been around forums for 5 years and now how to behave, So obviously I've already read the rules and all the guidelines.
Don't try to act smarter than me I will share my knowledge. (In certain subjects)
I've been around the web host business for 2 years.
I'm a moderator on Vlexo Web Hosting.
I own Tyreus Post2Host Web Hosting.
I am affiliated with numerous other free web hosts.
I am from Lower East Michigan
I am 16 years old.

Yup. :)

Safest minimum specs?

Daniel McCoy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:05:00 +0000

Hi,

I'm going to host a web application on a dedicated server. The problem is, I don't know what I should ask for when looking for one.

What's the safest minimum specs I shall go with? I wouldn't want to pay for something that's beyond my needs.

Appreciate your help :)