Credit Attribution & Link
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- YetiMade
Guys, how do you feel about credit attribution on sites you've designed? If a client balks at the idea of it, is it a deal breaker for you? How does that make you feel?
- duckseason0
I feel it depends on the site and the client.
For me, it's not a deal breaker if they don't.
- doesnotexist0
I would prefer a nice site to NOT have a credit on it, and I never ask for one.
- set0
I think essentially it shouldn't be a problem for a client to put one on, but on the other hand it shouldn't be a problem to the designer if they don't want to...
- set0
ie - EVERYBODY BE COOL
- hans_glib0
stick the credit in the code
- i_monk0
Why do photographers and writers get prominent credit but designers don't?
- Ive been at jobs where we stopped giving the photographer credit if we buy the photo.capn_ron
- photos are much easier to steal and reappropriate than a websitemonospaced
- ETM0
<meta name="author" content="me">
That said I do sometimes have a credit on clients sites, but it's super subtle, small text with minimal contrast to the bg color, and below their copyright.
- doesnotexist0
there are other places more appropriate to credit yourself.
your portfolio, for one. sites like siteinspire, press, social media, &c
- Putting it right on the site stops you from getting Båshed.i_monk
- not reallydoesnotexist
- UKV0
I think a lot of the "credit" thinking comes from the editorial world, and when a lot of the new interactive shops sprang up in the early 2000's they did the same as an easy way to get credit / new clients. I do a lot of work in the outdoor space, and have had a few well known outdoor shooters incensed that they weren't credited in a full page print ad. Laughable.
There is a place for credit; portfolios, annuals and award shows. Lots of back slapping there that is just fine. Free booze too.
The bottom line is that the work is about helping the brand, not about you. Ever.
- dMullins0
Drop that shit in the HTML and CSS as the author meta data.
- YetiMade0
Up until this point I had never put one on any of the work I've done. However, it's a common practice at agencies to put "Site By ____."
I was thinking about including this in a possible site design and branding since a majority of my work has been through other agencies, firms etc. - but at the same time, I'm hesitant about doing so because I feel that featuring it in my portfolio I think is more than enough.
So, there we go. Hesitation, reluctance validated.
- ETM0
I posted the humans.txt method above (http://humanstxt.org/). Anyone employing that, themselves?
- fadein110
Small to medium clients and if they have a copyright statement in the footer then adding a credit the why not?
A larger client probably no - and they often have a credits page but if not then not a problem.
Was a long thread on this a while ago.- and i didn't make any sense to anyone other than myself.fadein11
- i_monk0
"photos are much easier to steal and reappropriate than a website" – monospaced
Online sure, but even in print you see photographer and writer credits all over the place, but almost no credit given to designers.
- they're usually on the masthead page, all listed outdoesnotexist
- Most things don't have mastheads.i_monk
- Mastheads have mastheads.YetiMade