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Matthew Schenker
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Frank-Jan said:
Frank,
Yes, that's what I'm trying to see -- how many people would actually utilize this idea.
I've made this discussion a sticky topic. Now let's see what happens.
If enough people respond saying they want it, I'll create a new board.
Thanks,
Matthew
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All, I'm not a professional woodworker or in any way associated professionally with the building or construction trades. Woodworking and DIY projects are my hobby.
Nevertheless, if and when I will need professional help because the tasks are too big or beyond my skills level, I would definitely want to have available a listing of FOG members who contract their service and who sell products (as does Nick). As others have said, wouldn't you rather work with someone whose work and perhaps more you know than someone you know nothing about?
I'd like the member services participants listings to be arranged or to be searchable like the Yellow Pages are. I would like to be able to identify potential service providers by specialty and geographic availability.
Dave R.
Nevertheless, if and when I will need professional help because the tasks are too big or beyond my skills level, I would definitely want to have available a listing of FOG members who contract their service and who sell products (as does Nick). As others have said, wouldn't you rather work with someone whose work and perhaps more you know than someone you know nothing about?
I'd like the member services participants listings to be arranged or to be searchable like the Yellow Pages are. I would like to be able to identify potential service providers by specialty and geographic availability.
Dave R.
Matthew Schenker
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Good Afternoon,
Just to pick up on this again... I am still working out a way to have a member service area in the forum. Just trying to think of the best way to put this together.
I hope to put it together in the next couple of days.
In the meantime, suggestions or ideas are welcomed!
Stay in touch,
Matthew
Just to pick up on this again... I am still working out a way to have a member service area in the forum. Just trying to think of the best way to put this together.
I hope to put it together in the next couple of days.
In the meantime, suggestions or ideas are welcomed!
Stay in touch,
Matthew
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Matthew:
It might make sense to set up something similar to building an e-commerce site. You could get all of the functionality you need and much more just by using the off-the-shelf version of osCommerce.
It already has the coding to structure menus by category and manufacturer. You could just map that to skill and region (or something like that). The service provider could build their own webpage and that could be the equivalent of the product pages that osCommerce has.
It would be an (almost) out-of-the-box solution that could be implemented really easily. It runs on php and MySQL, plus it's free.
Tom
It might make sense to set up something similar to building an e-commerce site. You could get all of the functionality you need and much more just by using the off-the-shelf version of osCommerce.
It already has the coding to structure menus by category and manufacturer. You could just map that to skill and region (or something like that). The service provider could build their own webpage and that could be the equivalent of the product pages that osCommerce has.
It would be an (almost) out-of-the-box solution that could be implemented really easily. It runs on php and MySQL, plus it's free.
Tom
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