Thank you Karen, Mary and ferodynamics. I've been thinking about doing the same thing, taking only projects for which I can also do the maintenance.
Boone, I'm just talking about general maintenance of small business sites of all kinds. I've heard some designers just do designs and not maintenance; but, the idea of handing over my creation to folks who are not able to maintain it seems unprofessional. I know there must be different ways of handling this and just wondered what each of you does. I agree that giving them too much "rope" is not a good idea. But, at the same time, it's not really my decision. Thanks for all your input folks! Holly Boone Putney wrote: > Hey Holly, > > What sorts of maintenance are you referring to? If you are talking about > basic HTML/CSS updates, we've been alright handing that off to someone else. > For more intense maintenance like CMS customizations, upgrades, or other > endeavors that could take the whole site down, I prefer to keep those > in-house. If the client has a CMS in place, I'm all about having them > maintain their content, but I've found (depending on the client) you need to > be careful with how much rope you give them. > > If you do hand it over to a webmaster, make sure it's someone you trust. > Multiple bad updates, especially to site frameworks and the like can start > to make things pretty buggy. > > Boone Putney > President > > Soleer - Web Solutions > (512) 922-5474 > www.soleer.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Holly Fortenberry > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 3:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Refresh Austin: 4171] site maintenance > > > Hi folks, > > Do any of you have "webmasters" (that handle the ongoing maintenance) > that you recommend to clients after you deliver their site or do you > just let your client figure out how to do their own maintenance? Do any > of you maintain sites for your clients after you build their sites? > > Thanks, > Holly > > > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.19/2245 - Release Date: 07/26/09 > 11:07:00 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
