8.4. Meeting with the Client

After you're done with all the little tweaks, you take Claudia on a quick tour of the new functionality. She loves the fact that she can add new pages and create HTML e-mails. She knows she can now start adding real products and data to the web site.

"As you work with the site, you're going to notice a few things," you tell her. "For example, you may need more database fields to store information, or the WYSIWYG editor might need more options added to it. Just make a list and we'll talk in a few days."

"What are you going to be doing until then?" she asks.

"Well, I'm going to be doing a sweep tomorrow to secure the web site. Anywhere there might be a place for someone to cause mischief, I'm going to make it harder for them to do that. I'm also going to be running a few tests for performance and setting up caching so your site can handle lots of visitors."

"Sounds good! Then we can turn on the checkout features and go live!"

"We're just about there. It's exciting, isn't it?"

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