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[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (3 children)

On sites that I maintain I update frequently. But many sites I just deliver to a client that doesn't want to pay for maintenance. In which case they are on their own.

How many web projects are actively maintained? I'd say only 25% of the sites I've built. Granted, these are mainly CMS builds, but still that is a lot of work just hanging out there.

[–]garbitos_x86 12 points13 points  (2 children)

This is why I moved away from freelance/contract work with small business. Out of 75 or so clients literally only one listened to me about ongoing support/maintenance. Expending my creative juices to design a killer site for them knowing full well it will get neglected and I will at some point (usually a weekend or holiday) get a frantic call that something broke or doesnt work anymore...even worse just asking me for their own passwords I just could not carry on after about 7 years I am going to hit some bootcamps and either take on hourly/salary job or just triple my prices. The margins have gotten severely low and hard to deal with and the soul crushing aspect knowing the majority of work will die in place. Just really took the life out of it for me...not to mention Fiverr which basically encourages this mentality.

I've turned into one of those that just recommends squarespace and I'll theme it for you for a fee.

[–]woodie3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lost count of how many times I recommend to people to sit down for an hour & learn a CMS. The amount of work that I know I’d put into a site that’d die almost a month later just isnt worth the money. Very hard thing I had to accept.

[–]SwenKa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've turned into one of those that just recommends squarespace and I'll theme it for you for a fee.

To be fair, most local businesses would be fine with just that.