I need REAL advice on my web page.....

[KoolBak]

http://www.koolbak.com

OK...so I wrote the damn thing like 20 years ago when it was actually ok to code directly in html.

Since then, I had a "friend" manage it for me and set up a shopping cart, etc and bring it into this century. My "friend" is gone and I am too stoopid / old / unedjumuhkayted to figure out how to modify it now

I am not wealthy and basically don't trust people when it comes to things like this - hiring someone out of the blue to modify the page. Been screwed (not the good kind) too many times.....Does anyone here do this or have recommendations for me?

I want 1. to simply change some wording and 2. delete the google shopping cart and change the payment method to strictly paypal.

Thanks in advance for your constructive help

[BigBallinStalin]

I want more female butt pictures.

[KoolBak]

Shall I email them to you?

[BigBallinStalin]

Haha, that won't be necessary. Why not set them free on your website for all to enjoy?

[KoolBak]

I got a bunch....the ladies at motorcycle events take a LOT more personal, hands on fitting than the dudes....and they like showing off their belted backsides Gotta love biker babes......

[BigBallinStalin]

There ya go, KoolBak. Have a picture of you and biker babe. You're "measuring" along her backside, and the caption will read: "customer service is our specialty" or" At Koolbak & Co., we care about our customers... very much so."

[KoolBak]

There ya go.....better advertising advice, free, than I've PAID for in the past! Thanks ;o)

[HapSmo19]

Something about ladies receiving "a free reach-around" might bring em in.

[AlgyTaylor]

Looks to me like it's autogenerating the page from PHP/ASP/somethinglikethat. If that's the case, your options are to learn whatever language it's written in, pay someone else to do it for you or do the website again, yourself. Sounds a bit harsh, but effectively those are your answers.

If you want to hire someone, set them a little 'test' of writing a bit of trivial code, eg the fuzzbuzz program (write numbers from 1 to 100, but on every multiple of 3 say "fuzz" and every multiple of 5 say "buzz" - and "fuzzbuzz" if it's both, ie output:

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1
2
fuzz
4
buzz
fuzz
7
8
fuzz
buzz
11
fuzz
13
14
fuzzbuzz
16
...

It's trivial. Anyone who can program can write that, and if they can program they're a safe bet. If they can't do that, in no way hire them.

If you don't know what you're looking for, the code should look fairly similar this

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void fuzzbuzz() {
for(i = 1; i <= 100; i++) {
bool printnumber = true;
if (i % 3 == 0) {
print "fuzz"; printnumber = false;
} if (i % 5 == 0) {
print "buzz"; printnumber = false;
}
if (printnumber) { print i; }
}
}

[natty dread]

Sorry, I'm all out of real advice. Can I offer you some fake advice instead?

[john9blue]

what kind of files are your website data stored in?

you can try editing the HTML file or programming code file in a word processor and change the wording from there (making sure to backup your old file)

typically changing a string (a series of words) won't change the overall way the website works

[KoolBak]

I have tried that; all I have is MS Frontpage and it doesn't recognize the format ;o(

[isaiah40]

I have Dreamweaver CS4 with the HTML5 extensions.

[john9blue]

I have tried that; all I have is MS Frontpage and it doesn't recognize the format ;o(

what is the file type/file extension?

[KoolBak]

*scratches sloping forehead*

I think my brother isaiah40 is gonna help me out THANKS ALL!!!!!!!!!!

[2dimes]

I don't see a place on your web page to put REAL advice on it.

[nietzsche]

I went to see your page and had some great advice for you but then I read the others' comments to see if they had mentioned it, the thing is they made laugh a lot lol and forgot what my advice was.

[KoolBak]

[Frito Bandito]

I've got a friend/colleague who could "make it so"