XF 1.2 HELP!!!

[Matthew Hawley]

Okay so, I was helping a customer with his node list and well...I just messed up his whole site.

http://www.wirraltalk.co.uk/

 

[TPerry]

ROFLMAO - I'm sending you an invoice for a new monitor *tries to clean coffee off monitor*

Send the bill to Clint... he can afford it!

 

[Sheldon]

I have requested the refund on this thread and via private message so i await a message from PayPal informing me of the refund.

Any luck with this refund? Or has Matthew skipped town?

 

[Amaury]

Any luck with this refund? Or has Matthew skipped town?

He hasn't been on since yesterday at 7:23 PM PT, so probably hasn't skipped town.

 

[MattW]

Probably got homework to be doing

 

[Sheldon]

He hasn't been on since yesterday at 7:23 PM PT, so probably hasn't skipped town.

Compared with his normal browsing behaviors, this is actually odd.

 

[Inkman]

Any luck with this refund? Or has Matthew skipped town?

No havnt heard a thing, i have linked PayPal with this thread of proof of what has gone on... If he doesn't issue the refund then PayPal will just take it from his bank account (as they do)
I am pretty disgusted of his behaviour to be honest.

 

[Daniel Hood]

Wirral, I'm sorry but for future reference I have two pieces of advice: 1) Set up a dev site with an exact copy of your site and make them do the changes there first, nobody needs to work on your live site unless your live site is already messed up 2) Do more research on a person before hiring them. Matthew isn't very reputable (from what I've read). I hope he refunds you. Good luck. Is your site still messed up?

Matthew, is seems like you need to stop doing css work. If you cannot debug css, you should just give up. Assuming you don't use Internet Explorer, your browser by default provides with you all the css tools you really need.

 

[Wing]

Oh wow... just now seeing this topic.

Is he still no where to be found for you guys?
The reason why I ask, is he was helping a bit tonight on some customization for us.

I am now going to revoke his rights to proceed any further, until I hear he pays @WirralTalk back.

 

[Shelley]

Oh wow... just now seeing this topic.

Is he still no where to be found for you guys?
The reason why I ask, is he was helping a bit tonight on some customization for us.

I am now going to revoke his rights to proceed any further, until I hear he pays @WirralTalk back.

He's been actively posting on the forums.

 

[tajhay]

@Matthew Hawley when are you going to refund @WirralTalk ?

It is in your best interest to apologise and refund him the money. You are getting a very bad rep based on this thread and im sure word of mouth will slowly reach everyone on this site to simply avoid using you or even installing any of your addons if you fail to recognise your totally unprofessional attitude in regards to this whole episode.

and to think i gave you admin permissions for a few hours. thank god my site didnt get screwed over as you were too busy too work on it at the time.

 

[Matthew Hawley]

@Matthew Hawley when are you going to refund @WirralTalk ?

It is in your best interest to apologise and refund him the money. You are getting a very bad rep based on this thread and im sure word of mouth will slowly reach everyone on this site to simply avoid using you or even installing any of your addons if you fail to recognise your totally unprofessional attitude in regards to this whole episode.

and to think i gave you admin permissions for a few hours. thank god my site didnt get screwed over as you were too busy too work on it at the time.

I can refund him this weekend. My dad handles paypal and Im with him this weekend. I did apologize in a convo.

And your site wouldnt have gotten screwed up...

 

[Matthew Hawley]

I would just like to clearify...

I did not run off with this money. My step-dad made me go to bed and I couldnt resolve it. I can refund him this weekend because my dad handles paypal and I'm with him this weekend.

 

[Russ]

@Matthew Hawley if he handles paypal are you able to call him up and ask him to do it? It's like 3 clicks when you're signed in and would be the right thing to do especially if it's sitting in the paypal.

 

[Matthew Hawley]

@Matthew Hawley if he handles paypal are you able to call him up and ask him to do it? It's like 3 clicks when you're signed in and would be the right thing to do especially if it's sitting in the paypal.

Well, yes I guess I could call him. I will do it tomorrow.

 

[Matthew Hawley]

I sent him an email. And if your wondering why I will do it tomorrow and not now, its because for me its 1: 30 and I can't wake up my parents.

 

[Russ]

Well, yes I guess I could call him. I will do it tomorrow.

Right on you, and just take this as a learning experience(I'm sure you have ), and just keep on pushing and helping XF folks when you can and IF you can.

My tips...

• Get a localhost setup on your computer immediately
  • http://xenforo.com/community/resources/setting-up-a-local-server-environment.2023/ OR
  • http://xenforo.com/community/resources/how-to-install-xenforo-locally-to-your-pc-using-xampp.355/
• When working on a clients style inform the client you'll work off your localhost or a test site they have setup(never a live site)
• Don't spend the money if they send a deposit (not saying you did just pointing out)

 

[Digital Jedi]

Lessons to be learned by both parties here. Always do your research before hiring someone. Even some basic thread searching will usually turn up quite a bit. Fortunately for you, malicious intent wasn't the cause of the problem. Just lack of experience.

Conversely, even if you're not very new to doing certain things, always let people know what your level of experience is. They should know going in what you're capable and not capable of. And always ask for a test site/style to do your edits in.

 

[Matthew Hawley]

Lessons to be learned by both parties here. Always do your research before hiring someone. Even some basic thread searching will usually turn up quite a bit. Fortunately for you, malicious intent wasn't the cause of the problem. Just lack of experience.

Conversely, even if you're not very new to doing certain things, always let people know what your level of experience is. They should know going in what you're capable and not capable of. And always ask for a test site/style to do your edits in.

I knew how to do the job successfuly. ....I just made a mistake which caused the site to go boom. <.<

And I should've made the edits on a test site.

 

[tajhay]

I knew how to do the job successfuly. ....

If you did, you wouldnt have written this post
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/help.61352/

As Jedi says hopefully its a learning experience for everyone involved and all onlookers as well. I, myself will be more stringent on who i hire to do work for me as a result.

 

[Matthew Hawley]

If you did, you wouldnt have written this post
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/help.61352/

As Jedi says hopefully its a learning experience for everyone involved and all onlookers as well. I, myself will be more stringent on who i hire to do work for me as a result.

Hence why I said I made a mistake.