Timeline for How do I build my webdesign portfolio when all sites I've designed have been taken offline?
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| Mar 6, 2015 at 1:58 | comment | added | Lydia Shoto | Ok. Thank you so much for your insight. You have calmed me down. Haha! | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 1:42 | comment | added | cockypup | Of course, that would be awesome, as long as your client is OK with it. But remember that browsers get updated as well, and that often breaks the sites. So even if you have them backed up, I would suggest having screenshots of them so you don't have to keep updating them all the time. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 1:33 | comment | added | Lydia Shoto | Ok. But for future reference, should I back up a copy and have the websites linked to my own server where others can see how it operates and have it lead to www.mycompany.com/myclient? That way, it wouldn't matter if they got rid of it. I will always have it live. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 1:02 | comment | added | cockypup | It would be better if they can see how they worked, but this happens all the time. Clients change their mind and change their websites, so building a portfolio around a site over which you have no control is always risky. I would just use what you have, make it look as professional as possible and explain that the clients moved on for reasons out of your control. I would not explain the problems you had with the previous clients either, since it might set the new clients in a worrisome mindset. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 0:53 | comment | added | Lydia Shoto | I do have the screen shots of the websites. I just assumed that clients would want to see how they worked. I also have the other projects I did for them. Such as business cards and logos. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 0:48 | history | answered | cockypup | CC BY-SA 3.0 |