Off, Off Topic Help Needed!

I am trying to find out if anyone has had this problem and how they delt with
it. A non profit asked me to redo their website and I transfered it from GoLive
to Dreamweaver. I have been redesigning the website to look more professional.
The main problem I am having is the client is sending me amateur flyers and
pdf's riddled with run on sentences and poor grammer to post on the web site.
The graphics are terrible and need a lot of Photoshop help. I cringe at the
thought of posting anything like this to the website I am working on. I have
asked them just to send me the copy with an idea of what they want but it seems
to fall on deaf ears. I would be very grateful for any thoughts or ideas on
this? I try to get along with all my clients but have never run into this
problem! Should I just post the work no matter how bad it is?

I hope the non-profit is not RIF (reading is fundemental).

One thing to keep in mind is that every site you do is a billboard to the
world of your work, so if you post some bad work that you could have fixed,
it is very possible, even likely that someone will see it and assume the bad
all lies with you and it could cost you future work. (Yikes, I just
noticed...that was a run on sentence).

You dont mention if you are getting paid, but if so, create the quality work
and add it to the bill.

Gary


"graphicartist04" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I am trying to find out if anyone has had this problem and how they delt
with
it. A non profit asked me to redo their website and I transfered it from
GoLive
to Dreamweaver. I have been redesigning the website to look more
professional.
The main problem I am having is the client is sending me amateur flyers
and
pdf's riddled with run on sentences and poor grammer to post on the web
site.
The graphics are terrible and need a lot of Photoshop help. I cringe at
the
thought of posting anything like this to the website I am working on. I
have
asked them just to send me the copy with an idea of what they want but it
seems
to fall on deaf ears. I would be very grateful for any thoughts or ideas
on
this? I try to get along with all my clients but have never run into this
problem! Should I just post the work no matter how bad it is?

There's a lot of things you can save a client from, but you can't save them
from themselves.

If it's truly horrible and they won't take your advice, upload it anyway and
exclude it from your professional portfolio.

In fact, you could charge them a little more with the following argument:

1) When I agreed to perform this work, it was with the idea that I would be
signing my name to it.
2) I do not sign my name to anything of which I am not proud.
3) I cannot be proud of what you want me to do, am unable to sign my name to
it, and am therefore sacrificing an advertising opportunity by completing the
project for you.
4) I must ask that you compensate me for the loss of potential revenue
brought about by the absence of my signature, or allow me to adjust the content
in such a way that we can both be proud.

Of course, if you have already devoted a lot of time to the project, and they
refuse Item 4, you are stuck. Just complete the project as quickly as
possible, omit your signature, and demand the next time around that you see all
of a project's content before you accept a project.

Roddy :smile;

Thank you for all the great responses. I did forget to mention that this is a
non-profit and I am getting paid but at a much reduced rate. Half pay and half
volunteer work. I had intended to use the website as part of my portfolio. I
did find out that the person sending the poor work for the website is a young
inexperienced graphic artist that was hired into a marketing position. This is
not a one-time project but I have been working on the site adding updates each
month so this problem has been ongoing. I have explained my position many times
so hense the term "falling on deaf ears". I sent another email to the director
so I will see what happens.

I will post again to update.

Thanks to All,

Annette