[thelist] pricing for web sites?

[Joel Canfield]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Nan Harbison <nan at nanharbison.com> wrote:

> This is excellent advice, does anyone have a good reference on how to go
> about doing this? I have been teetering on the edge of doing this, but
> needed a push and a source to help me!
> Thanks
> Nan


You were asking, I think, about using a development server? The quick and
dirty method for a small developer is to simply create a subdirectory for
the client on your own website, do the development there, and don't transfer
the code to their server until it's paid for (and working.) There are loads
of more refined ways to do this as well.

The quick and dirty requires thought about paths, and a handful of other
things. Forethought and simple search/replace scripting can make that
uncomplicated.

I've rarely run into a site complex enough that this became challenging.

joel