Suzanne wrote:
> Furthermore, not that the average client would care, but if I turn to
> something I've designed and see something that's been done to it
> differently than the way I would have done it myself, it's like someone has
> stabbed me in the heart with a knife. It takes the joy out of having done
> the work.
I see your point 100%, but I do have to come back to one thing.
I'm still not sure I understand *why* the live web site, the one that is
there every day, and is *also* a marketing piece and is expected to
evolve and grow and change, is the one you rely upon as the portfolio
piece. I can relate to the feelings about your art in that I despise it
when well planned architectures are tossed out the door by some newbie
webmaster that gets a site I spent hours laying our and decides there's
too many directories for his taste, so he condenses menu bars to match
his directory structure.
But, as of the moment I cash that check, even if I owned the site, I
have already put the version that will be in my portfolio *in* my
portfolio, as *that* represents my "work"--it's either somewhere
password protected in its original version, or printed out, or on zip.
Even if I wanted to trust clients to maintain something, and even if
they're were contractually obligated to do so, I still would never trust
that to happen. For graphics, all they have to do is simply open and
close one, and if they save along the way they can change default color
palettes or depth or other features without even knowing it.
So, my curiosity here (and to some extent, bemusement) is more toward
the attachment to the working site, as opposed to preserving the "ideal"
separately. I guess, to me, it seems sort of like the dilemma of owning
a new car . . . you don't want to park it at Walmart, because you *know*
someone is going to give it a door ding eventually. But that leaves you
a choice, garage it and never take it out in public, or live with door
dings and maybe take a picture of it new to preserve the memory . . .
Maybe we see websites differently. My view is more as "utilities" meant
to serve other purposes and very seldom do I see one that in any way
would lead me to say "nice piece of art" . . .
B
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