Naturally each time you create or re-design a website, you add it to your portfolio page. I mean why wouldn’t you? You just spent all that time coming up with a perfect design, and validating your web pages. Of course you should post that badge of honor on your portfolio page, but do proceed with caution.
If you have designed a website that others will be managing, you may find that all of your hard work and meticulous efforts will fall by the waste side. It’s real easy for someone who is inexperienced to inadvertently change your HTML or CSS so that it no longer validates. Worse yet, imagine what happens when the “graphically challenged” take over a website…suddenly your banner is replaced and you’ve got a wacked out color scheme.
If you are going to post a website to your portfolio that someone else will be managing, be sure to:
- check the site frequently to ensure the website is representative of your work (especially if you noted that pages validate for html/css/508).
- add a note on your portfolio page to indicate that the website is currently being managed by the site owner
- keep a copy of the site locally, so that if a perspective client points out a flaw in your portfolio you can show them that the original work was picture perfect
- remove the site from the portfolio if it doesn’t reflect well upon you
- remove the site if necessary
Proceed with caution when posting a website to your portfolio when you are no longer responsible for managing it!!
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