Professional CodeIgniter, Thomas Myer
Chapter 8: Last-Minute Upgrades
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" No, " you answer, " Once I had the administrative framework figured out, adding new screens wasn ' t
hard at all. "
hard at all. "
" Good, because I need to ask you for a few more things, " she says, and you both laugh. Isn ' t this how it
always goes with clients? Of course!
" I need to be able to manage a handful of pages, " Claudia says. " I don ' t need a full - fledged content
management system, but I want to make changes to just a few pages without having to call you in all the
time. "
" I assume you ' re talking about the About Us, Privacy Policy, and Contact pages? "
" Yes, that ' s right. Just those three or four pages would do it. "
" Not a problem. I ' ve already been kicking around a few ideas for how something like that would work. "
" Excellent. The other thing I need is a bit more complicated, " Claudia admits. " I need a way to
communicate with my customers over e - mail. "
" Can you get more specific? "
" Of course, " she says, pulling out some notes. " As you can see, I ' ve given this some thought. I ' d like it if
visitors to my web site could subscribe to a newsletter. I ' d like to have their e - mail addresses stored
somewhere on the site. Then I ' d like to be able to put together e - mail messages that go out to those
folks. "
visitors to my web site could subscribe to a newsletter. I ' d like to have their e - mail addresses stored
somewhere on the site. Then I ' d like to be able to put together e - mail messages that go out to those
folks. "
" Sounds simple enough, " you say. " Do you want to be able to store the messages and maybe reuse them
in the future? "
in the future? "
" No, that ' s not necessary, as we can just blind - copy ourselves for now, " she nods. " But it would be great
to send out HTML e - mails to my subscribers. "
to send out HTML e - mails to my subscribers. "
" Do you need anything else, like being able to manage Unsubscribe requests? "
" It would be better for me if the customer could manage their own Unsubscribe requests, but yes, that is
very necessary. "
You look down at your notes and then smile. " Sounds like I ' ve got some work cut out for me. How
about if we visit again tomorrow to look at what I ' ve come up with? "
" Sure thing, " she says. " It feels like we ' re almost done ... this is very exciting! "
With the client meeting now complete, it ' s time to review your notes and get to work on the upgrades.
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