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How the order knocked on the door itself
I wasn't looking for it. But here another zerocoder helped me, surprisingly.
Last summer we had an offline party from Zerocoder, of which I was a participant.
The chat of this event remained, and after a uk email database while one of the participants wrote there asking to make a website. She realized that zero coding was not her thing, but now she needed services. We chatted - and it turned out that we understand each other perfectly. However, my price turned out to be high for her.
Then we talked to her some more, apparently something resonated with her - and so our cooperation began last winter.
Project details
The client simply adores India and dreams of introducing as many people as possible to its beauty through her tours. And for this, a website is needed ! Looking a little ahead, I can say that the work on it was not non-stop, but intermittent, since tourism is not my client's only business. We started in December 2023, and the full launch of the site took place in mid-August 2024.
Initially, the deadline for the work was set at two weeks — it had to be done before the New Year. But it turned out that some materials were delayed, ideas multiplied, and the site grew. In the end, we decided to move at a pace that was comfortable for both of us.
This allowed me to both work and continue my studies at university.
We chose Tilda as a platform, and the customer's main wish was to use standard blocks - the layout of the site on zero blocks would have gone well beyond the allocated budget. Moreover, initially we were talking only about the skeleton of the site - no images, texts. But this project became more than just a job for me.
A very personal story
This order was very close to me, I especially wanted to invest in it, because I myself love to travel, I have traveled to several dozen countries.
At that time, I had already completed training in neural networks and even taught lessons on Midjourney. I really wanted to try everything I had learned. In addition, I remembered the amount we had initially agreed on, and I simply wanted to do something nice for the client. This desire led to me deciding to approach the matter with soul and a special attitude.
A zerocoder's zerocoder will always help out!
We were in constant contact, discussing every element of the site. It wasn't like I told her, "Let's meet in a month, and I'll show you the results."
As a result, the site has grown to 20+ pages, and this is not the limit - work on its English and Italian versions is ahead.
Visual for the website
The client provided photos taken on a phone, but they were not suitable for the site: low resolution, unsuitable composition, vertical format.
I made page after page, each of which could contain up to 40 images: day one of the tour, day two, gallery... Naturally, the site header had to be beautiful, and an image for the feedback form. Unnoticed by me and the customer, the number of images exceeded 900.
Of these, about 200, maybe a little over 200, are images that were given to me by the client.
What Midjourney Won't Help With
Midjourney handles landscapes, people, animals well. There were no problems with landmarks, such as the Taj Mahal or the Gateway of India, which are full of images on the Internet.
But if it's some little-known object - for example, a temple somewhere in the mountains - Midjourney starts to fantasize. Of course, for those people who are not familiar with what the landmark should look like, this will all go down well. But the task was to ensure that the generated image was as close to reality as possible.
Another example: a tour program to exotic tribes. The women of the Dunguria Kondh tribe have a distinctive feature of their appearance: they wear three rings in their noses, and they are put on in a certain way. And this is exactly how this feature had to be depicted using AI. It was difficult to implement even with references that were given to the neural network for guidance.
After the site was ready, I asked the client to show the images to her Indian colleagues. And they replied that everything looked like in life - this was the best praise for me.
Ten thousand generations for success
Yes, there were many generations during the work on the site. I remember that for the tour "Spiritual Oases" I generated about 800 images, of which only about 50 were used. In fact, only one image out of 15 was selected for placement on the site.
I scoured the Internet a lot, looked at real photographs, meticulously comparing them with the resulting generations in order to understand what this or that attraction, which was mentioned in the tour program, should look like.
Judging by the fact that in the end about 700 images were used on the site, and this is one successful option out of fifteen, then about 10 thousand were generated, if not more.
I did not charge the client for this huge number of pictures, since it was my initiative. I wanted to give her such a gift, and hone my skills, and put together a beautiful website - an Indian fairy tale that you want to immerse yourself in.
Balance between customer desires and platform capabilities
But generations in Midjourney were not the main task. The main work was to make the site as it is now. That is, to develop the structure of each page, select standard blocks.
Another difficulty was that it was not always possible to implement all the client's wishes. Let's say she wanted to see some element in one way, but since we had already agreed on a fixed budget, I can only implement it in a certain way.
As a result, most of what is done in Tilda is somewhere in the middle between zero blocks and standard blocks.
Now I have received more than 100 thousand for the Russian version of the site on standard blocks.
Customer review
Tips for Beginners
The main advice is not to be afraid to try something new, not to be afraid to test new technologies. I always saw myself only in employment, but I went freelance. However, you don’t have to rush into it head-on, like I did.
The beauty of zero coding is that you can try it without interrupting your main activity.
Zerocoder University hosts webinars and three-day intensive courses on various tools, such as Glide, Tilda, FlutterFlow, Python.
And if we are talking about neural networks, then you can not only study them right away, but also apply them in your main activity. This period of adjustment will give you an understanding of whether this is yours or not, whether it makes sense to go into this swimming powerfully, leaving your hiring behind.
And also - be persistent and patient. Programming is a meticulous subject, in which something may not work out, but this does not mean that you should give up at the first difficulties.
And the most important advice is to believe in yourself, always and in everything. It sounds trite, but it is true. Without believing in yourself, you won’t get far.
Contact Ludmila
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