Shai asked "Are there other things you wouldn't do if your client asked you?"<br><br>I have often found that Drupal consultants tell clients something is a bad idea when they don't know how to do it, so I think clients are often wise to be skeptical of what their consultants tell them. <br>
<br>That said, there are lots of really bad ideas I have been asked to implement, but I think you need to face it with humility, as sometimes a bad idea isn't that bad.<br><br>Then again, often it is bad. An example is how many clients want all kinds of social media
or forums that I know are not going to work -- mainly because they don't have
the resources or time to make work.<br><br>But I don't think its our place to refuse to put up, say, a forum if a client insists on it. <br><br>Or even if something proposes a security risk -- like they refuse to pay for upgrades. As long as we tell them what the risks are, it is their site. <br>
<br>Sam<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Shai Gluskin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shai@content2zero.com">shai@content2zero.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This whole thread raises the issue of how we relate to our clients' bad ideas. It's their site and they are paying us, right?<br><br>But certainly if your client asked you to do something illegal you wouldn't do it. <br>
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