Here is a site that we have spent a little bit of time on for the following reasons:

• The update request took a while for the previous guardians to approve. They acceded to accepting the update request and then after the third time that the update was refused by them, they waited until we started getting heated and using four letter words before turning around and telling the business owner that they would release it when money outstanding was paid. WHY THEY NEVER SAID SO FROM THE WORD GO IS A MYSTERY!!
• Now the site is a combined static / dynamic one with a blogging engine and RSS newsfeed to the Index Page.

Lessons learnt:

• It is always the sites that you are doing on a shoe string that give you the most headaches.
• Never assume that the client or his present hosting provider understands you completely.
• When doing an update of a .co.za site name the client as the Owner.
• Static sites are easier to cost, design and implement.
• Dynamic Sites require a lot of ongoing maintenance, client training and cleaning up.
• Make sure that you have a service agreement in place for any dynamic site.