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Discussion on: Freelancers, do you host and maintain client websites? Why or why not?

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rhymes • Edited

Nope, I've never done it before. It never occurred to me honestly to propose I host their websites. They usually have their own infrastructure or I suggest using a commercial option. I've even referred clients to WordPress specialists because of requirements that didn't need a custom made web app (or even SquareSpace) :-)

Though I would probably start exploring the option of a static website in the future, with something like Hugo

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Terrance Corley

Hey Rhymes,

Yeah, I don't think I'm going to host either, at least not for now. Those static site generators are interesting. Might play around with Hugo or Jekyll someday myself.