So I have been developing web sites for over 12 years and I need to vent.  I have some of the greatest clients in the world, but some of these people drive me up a wall.  As the internet has grown, so have the amount of tools we integrate for people to take over the content of their sites.  The issue here is that we develop a design with a specific marketing message and that message gets obliterated by clients who don’t know how web sites work and how the messages are perceived by their visitors.

In most cases, these clients who are trying to make their sites “better’ end up deleting all of the graphics we created and (because they don’t know graphic design) end up replacing the graphics with all text.  These people don’t have a clue about how the combination of graphics, text, and flash animation ALL combine to create a cohesive message.

The only solace I have is in the fact that these people are paying money to have the tools created and the web sites designed.  It takes every ounce of strength I have to not reach through cyberspace and strangle these people who ruin the work we’ve done because they think their methods are right.  All I have to say is good luck and hopefully your message gets out and you don’t ruin your brand.

Let the experts do what they do and you do what you do to be successful.