Webpage designers from hell
Haven't written for a while, despite a lot of most amusing adventures in data, because could not find a way to write that would not identify the customer, the company and myself.
I have a little job on the side though, occasional webmastering for a certain security company. Recently the SecurityCompany decided to acquire a new webpage without telling me. Which would be quite OK if they hadn't ordered it from a Web Design company called PeelotRUs.
Three weeks ago:
SecurityGuy (SecurityCompanyCEO): Hey, we got the new pages! Check them out and if you like them copy them to our server. Here is the URL.
Koodiorjatyttö: Well, they don't go through any validation, have no titles, the menus are implemented by JavaScript for no visible reason, and they mostly go to the wrong places. Tell'em to fix it.
PeeloIsMe (the CEO of PeelotRUs): Validation is for women and children and would prevent us from using the bells and whistles of the most popular browsers! Titles will be added RealSoonNow. And JavaScript is really cool but it's up to the customer.
Koodiorjatyttö (to SecurityGuy): You have to decide whether you want bells, whistles and unnecessary JavaScript. I advise against it.
SecurityGuy: Ok.
Two weeks ago:
SecurityGuy: Did they fix anything yet? If they did put it on our server.
Koodiorjatyttö: No, they didn't.
Yesterday:
SecurityGuy: Did they fix anything yet? If they did put it on our server. I want it now!
Koodiorjatyttö: Now they fixed everything that does not go through validation that is not bells and whistles. Menus go to the right places, too. BTW, what did you decide about bells, whistles and JavaScript?
SecurityGuy: How the fuck am I supposed to know? I don't care! I want it now!
Koodiorjatyttö: As you wish. We can put it up now and resolve the title and JavaScript issues later.
SecurityGuy: Here is the admin URL, username and password they gave us.
The password is straight from the dictionary, clearly meant to be changed after the first use. I go to their admin page. The connection is not secure. There is no settings, no utilities for changing passwords and no logout button or link. There is a possibility for editing all the pages, but no convenient way to copy them all, or indeed even one, except cut and paste. There is, a bit more surprisingly, also a possibility to edit some other poor fuckers' pages, some music festival.
Koodiorjatyttö (to PeeloIsMe): How do I copy all the pages to our server? Also, just for curiosity's sake, how does one log out of there?
PeeloIsMe: It was planned that the page would be hosted by us. You don't need to copy anything anywhere, you can edit the pages right there. here are the instructions:
PeeloIsMe: Yeah, and the site logs off automatically when you close the browser.
Heh. I'll talk to the SecurityGuy today and then we'll see how long PeelotRUs keep hosting their page. Still, I wish the SecurityFuckers would inform their long-suffering webmaster every time they want to make some little changes, like order the new web pages from some unspeakable morons and have them host it.
I have a little job on the side though, occasional webmastering for a certain security company. Recently the SecurityCompany decided to acquire a new webpage without telling me. Which would be quite OK if they hadn't ordered it from a Web Design company called PeelotRUs.
Three weeks ago:
SecurityGuy (SecurityCompanyCEO): Hey, we got the new pages! Check them out and if you like them copy them to our server. Here is the URL.
Koodiorjatyttö: Well, they don't go through any validation, have no titles, the menus are implemented by JavaScript for no visible reason, and they mostly go to the wrong places. Tell'em to fix it.
PeeloIsMe (the CEO of PeelotRUs): Validation is for women and children and would prevent us from using the bells and whistles of the most popular browsers! Titles will be added RealSoonNow. And JavaScript is really cool but it's up to the customer.
Koodiorjatyttö (to SecurityGuy): You have to decide whether you want bells, whistles and unnecessary JavaScript. I advise against it.
SecurityGuy: Ok.
Two weeks ago:
SecurityGuy: Did they fix anything yet? If they did put it on our server.
Koodiorjatyttö: No, they didn't.
Yesterday:
SecurityGuy: Did they fix anything yet? If they did put it on our server. I want it now!
Koodiorjatyttö: Now they fixed everything that does not go through validation that is not bells and whistles. Menus go to the right places, too. BTW, what did you decide about bells, whistles and JavaScript?
SecurityGuy: How the fuck am I supposed to know? I don't care! I want it now!
Koodiorjatyttö: As you wish. We can put it up now and resolve the title and JavaScript issues later.
SecurityGuy: Here is the admin URL, username and password they gave us.
The password is straight from the dictionary, clearly meant to be changed after the first use. I go to their admin page. The connection is not secure. There is no settings, no utilities for changing passwords and no logout button or link. There is a possibility for editing all the pages, but no convenient way to copy them all, or indeed even one, except cut and paste. There is, a bit more surprisingly, also a possibility to edit some other poor fuckers' pages, some music festival.
Koodiorjatyttö (to PeeloIsMe): How do I copy all the pages to our server? Also, just for curiosity's sake, how does one log out of there?
PeeloIsMe: It was planned that the page would be hosted by us. You don't need to copy anything anywhere, you can edit the pages right there. here are the instructions:
- Select the article to edit on the Admin->Articles page
- Click on the top edit control and hit Ctrl+A to select all HTML text
- Hit Ctrl+C to copy it into the clipboard
- Go to any HTML editor (such as FrontPage) and hit Ctrl+P to paste the HTML text from the clipboard
- Edit the page and do the same in the opposite direction: copy all HTML text and paste it into the HTML edit control on the Admin->Articles page and click the Update button.
PeeloIsMe: Yeah, and the site logs off automatically when you close the browser.
Heh. I'll talk to the SecurityGuy today and then we'll see how long PeelotRUs keep hosting their page. Still, I wish the SecurityFuckers would inform their long-suffering webmaster every time they want to make some little changes, like order the new web pages from some unspeakable morons and have them host it.
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