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I'm about to hire someone to turn my PSD into a custom Genesis theme and I'm stuck between a few finalists.
1. Any questions a non-dev can ask that might help indicate how qualified the person is?
2. If I share a few sites from each finalist with a dev consultant who I know is good, but can't take on any projects, would they be able to tell how good that person is?
3. Is the fact that these are Genesis themes I'm sharing make it more difficult for the consultant to know? I'm making an assumption that not everything the developer has done can be seen via "view source" in a browser. Let me know if that's incorrect.
Thank you.
Hi,
I think it's great that you're exercising caution in hiring a dev. There are way too many people who advertise design and/or development services who have no idea what they're doing. In general, I would suggest starting with the devs on the StudioPress recommended developer list - http://www.studiopress.com/genesis-developers - since they are already known to be good at what they do.
You're correct that it's not possible to see everything a dev has done by viewing the page source. There are tons of other considerations, though I don't know how to tell you what to ask. I mean this in the nicest possible way, but if you don't already know what to look for, the answers you would get probably wouldn't help you, if that makes any sense.
If you need help whittling down the list, I'd be glad to take a look since I design for Genesis exclusively. I can promise an unbiased opinion, so if you want to email me I'll take a look. 🙂
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In French cooking it's "butter, butter, and butter."
In web design it's "references, references, references."
Contact the people whom your prospective developer has done work for and ask them how the project went AND if they would hire the developer again.
Good designers have good references, bad designers have no references.
Is the designer up-front about their prices and rates and when they expect to be paid.
Read the "about us" page of the designer. See if they also post a page about their business model and 'mission.'
Finally try to figure out what the foundation of their business is. All good designers will put something like "The foundation of our business: ....." on their home page, often in the footer. It is the old "If there is only one thing you get to tell me about your business, what is it?" That is what should be posted and it will help you make a decision. If it isn't, ask that question.
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