This is my reply to when I
buyer asked what I would need to start my work
“ I'll need access to your joomla
backend user/pass.and also to your hosting cPanel user/pass.i'll first install
a new 2.5 and then finish the conversion and replace the old one with the new”
So be clear about what you
need to start the work, if possible state the reason why you need the
information too.
After I had finished the work
I sent him this message
“hello site is done.i copied old articles
and categories and introduced a new category frontpage for the featured
posts.you did not provide any template so i got one.password is as you said”
As you can see I mentioned
the using of new template here. Reply from the buyer was
“The template to be used should have been
the one already there! This was an UPGRADE between versions, not a re-design of
the site. Hopefully you kept backup copies of what was there previously?”
I replied saying that in
joomla its not possible to keep the old template while updating to a new
version and I wouldnt change it deliberately .Joomla uses templates based on
its versions.a template for 1.0 will simply not work in 2.5.I also assured him
that I did keep backup of the old site.I also suggested some similar black
joomla templates.
Note that I did assure him of
his question about backup.
Then I tried to change the
template to a 2.5 version, which was failed. I asked him if it was possible to
use just another template. He replied why the template was so important.
“As far as the template is
concerned, the game itself is about Outer Space, so images like stars and
planets. This is how it looked in v1.0. Could you possibly duplicate that for
an additional fee? If not, that's OK, but I'll have to have someone else do
that work. Let me know, please! Thanks.”
I started working on the
template from a new angle and gave him the update
“ okay i deleted the template folder and
reuploaded it,now its working.i hope you are satisfied with the site “
I finished the template as
far as I could but he didn’t reply and the job was not stated finished in
freelancer site.So I waited for 2 days and asked him
“is everything alright?im kind of waiting
for the payment. “
Being a good man that he is, the
buyer replied
“ I'm going to need to get
someone to re-work the original template in order to satisfy my customer, but I
appreciate your attempt at it.”
“ Would it be possible to zip the
files from the old template so I can pass them along to whoever eventually
re-creates it?Thanks.”
I told him the way I backuoed
his site it’s still possible to revert to the old one anytime and use the old
template to upgrade.
“your old site is still there,renamed
folder "joomlax",including the mysql database.and the template is
there too.one can just rename the folder to "joomla" and upload the
mysql db to see the old site.i'll send you the old template now”
And I also sent him the old
template
After one day he replied
“I just sent you $22.50 in a milestone I
had created previously, so please delete this invoice and send a revised one
for the balance due which is $7.50. Thanks!”
Now the milestone was created
at first when I started the work but it was not released, so I replied
“ okay i just edited and sent you a
7.50 4INVOICE.ALSO I'VE REQUESTED THE 22.5 MILESTONE TO BE"RELEASED"”
Then there was this confusing
conversation
“I thought I released that milestone
payment yesterday, but today it looks like it's not. But when I attempted to
release it, it first said unavailable, and then had it broken into two parts -
a $7.50 and a $15.00. So is that the $7.50 you just invoiced (and I paid) or is
the original $22.50 milestone milestone broken into two parts? I'm SOOO confused!
I guess the question is this
- how much have you received from me in total so far?”
My reply was
“i've
received 15$ in milestone,but my account is showing 17.50$,this is
confusing!anyway,i was charged 5$ by freelancer,so at best i'll receive 25$
from you.you need to release 7.50$ milestone and i'll have 17.50+7.50=25$ in
total.thank you
also can you mark the project
done or completed?thank you”
The job was then officially
finished.
Then I encountered the 5$
problem. The help I asked from him was answered generously .
“ hello,there has been a
problem,i was hoping you could help me.I now have 25$ in my account,the lowest
amount I can withdraw to mooneybookers is 30$.So I can not withdraw this
25$.And also,I can not bid on any new project as freelancer is saying I have 0
bids left.To get to bid on new projects,I need to pay .50$ from my moneybooker
account to freelancer,which would not be a problem if I could move the 25$ to
moneybooker in the first place.Can you help me in this situation?I need 5$ more
in my freelancer.com acc to move the total of 30$ to moneybooker and then pay
freelancer 50 cent to bid on new projects.Hoping to hear from you”
The buyer replied
“Sure - you went above and beyond the
scope of the work trying to fix the template for me, so I've sent a $5 bonus
payment to you.”
Next I ran into the same kind
of problem and sent him this
“ hello,sorry to bother you
again.i am having the same problem again.today i accidentally clicked on
"take an exam"and it cost me 5$.had i known it,i would have never
clicked.anyway,my balance is again 25$.i'm very much ashamed to ask you,can you
help me again”
This ends the conversation. He didn’t reply
anymore.The problem was solved though, which you know by now.
