BaanPakSabai.com was one of those website builds where I has no idea what I was getting into until I was already deep in it.
On the surface it looks like a straight-forward WordPress build with a sack full of plug-ins thrown onto a pretty theme template … if only it were that simple.
The background was straight-forward enough, the client had a fairly basic site built on Joomla! and trying to use the back-end to add content was far too complex and difficult for him. He wanted a replacement site built – one that he could actually understand how to use, and which would draw enough traffic and sales to pay for all the development work. Other than that, I would have a free-hand doing whatever was needed, as long as the existing content and photos were included in the final presentation. Seemed simple enough.
After assessing the client’s current site for content and functions (and totally overlooking one vital function – more on that later), the first major task was to obtain or create the right visual theme for the site. This was critical for two major reasons …
