In the world of Crankshaft, their good intentions will get infested with pop-ups, viruses and malware. And a pop-up with Ed’s picture will keep coming up saying “See? I told you so”.
When my son Josh was still in primary school, back in the 90s, he created and maintained a Disney website. He didn’t get those cyber smarts from me. eBay still thinks my name is Josh.
It all depends on how much functionality the Web site has. If it’s just a 1990s-style site with static pages connected by a few hyperlinks (you go from the welcome page to other pages with lists of books by subject, such as mysteries, etc.), then setting that up would be dirt cheap, although you would have to do frequent editing of the pages as the stock changes. Modern customers, however, would expect far more interactivity, requiring a back-end server built around a searchable database of all books by title, author, date, subject, etc., and they would probably like to be able to purchase those books online, which requires extensive software (especially for security). Lillian can of course just put up a page with a picture of the store and its address and leave it at that, since no one ever buys anything there anyway.
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Is this story arc a re-run? I can’t believe they haven’t done this already, long ago.
Botulism Bob almost 2 years ago
In the world of Crankshaft, their good intentions will get infested with pop-ups, viruses and malware. And a pop-up with Ed’s picture will keep coming up saying “See? I told you so”.
Bill Thompson almost 2 years ago
Welcome to “The Clone Bores,” where Batiuk’s interchangeable characters battle to do something on the cheap.
Kjvman1 almost 2 years ago
Oh great. Now even the comics have reruns.
Geophyzz almost 2 years ago
When my son Josh was still in primary school, back in the 90s, he created and maintained a Disney website. He didn’t get those cyber smarts from me. eBay still thinks my name is Josh.
elbow macaroni almost 2 years ago
Tedium sets in…
JudithStocker Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Give these kids a chance and I bet they’d set up the website.
ladykat almost 2 years ago
If I can get into the work I want, I will have to learn how to set up a website of my own. My brain hurts at the thought of it.
puddleglum1066 almost 2 years ago
On the plus side, panel three shows that Davis has perfectly mastered the trademark Batiuk Smirk.
MuddyUSA Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Where is Crankshaft?
seismic-2 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
It all depends on how much functionality the Web site has. If it’s just a 1990s-style site with static pages connected by a few hyperlinks (you go from the welcome page to other pages with lists of books by subject, such as mysteries, etc.), then setting that up would be dirt cheap, although you would have to do frequent editing of the pages as the stock changes. Modern customers, however, would expect far more interactivity, requiring a back-end server built around a searchable database of all books by title, author, date, subject, etc., and they would probably like to be able to purchase those books online, which requires extensive software (especially for security). Lillian can of course just put up a page with a picture of the store and its address and leave it at that, since no one ever buys anything there anyway.
Jacob Mattingly almost 2 years ago
Who are these werid twin children that creep me out?
ToneeRhianRose over 1 year ago
I’m sure they could, but would it look as good as a professional would make it?