How does everyone digitally sign their website work?

Chosen1

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i was thinking of writing a simple .php file and place it in the site's root directory so you could potentially do www.domain.com/whomademe.php and it would call a simple script with author/developer info.

anyone else have more clever idea? possibly an idea that is harder to recreate or remove?
 

troytime

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if you're an actual designer, your agreement should have a clause that keeps a reference, or even a link to your site in their footer.
 

sourceninja

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I don't sign anything, my work becomes property of the client once they job is finished. I honestly don't care what they do with it after they pay me.
 

Chosen1

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yeah i agree except my situation it would be nice as a way of saying yeah i worked on that
 

Markbnj

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yeah i agree except my situation it would be nice as a way of saying yeah i worked on that

You don't have any right to a logo/name placement unless you negotiated it when you took the gig, or can get them to agree to it now.
 

BoberFett

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I don't sign anything, my work becomes property of the client once they job is finished. I honestly don't care what they do with it after they pay me.

You don't have any right to a logo/name placement unless you negotiated it when you took the gig, or can get them to agree to it now.

Also you have the risk of somebody else changing the site for the worse. Since your signature is still on the site, it will look like the crappy work was yours.

All of these are correct.

Save the source code and development database of the site as you originally designed it, and take a few screen caps to put in your portfolio. Done.