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SpiderMonkey
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How to ensure credit for your work

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OK, I've designed a number of websites for my current employer, and put my name in the meta tags.

If at some point I leave this company, I'm told they are unlikely to give references, so these sites are the only evidence I will have of my work here.

Is there any steps I can take to stop them changing the meta tags in that case?
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Post by feyd »

no. But you generally have every right to make copies of your work for your portfolio.
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Post by JayBird »

Didnt you already ask this here?

viewtopic.php?t=49633
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Post by SpiderMonkey »

Pimptastic wrote:Didnt you already ask this here?

viewtopic.php?t=49633
Different question.

First time I wanted to know if it was legal to insert my name in, basically. Now I'm asking what can I do if my employer (or some git who comes after me) removes or changes the information I've now put in there?
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Fair enough :D
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Re: How to ensure credit for your work

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SpiderMonkey wrote:Is there any steps I can take to stop them changing the meta tags in that case?
No, as a work for hire, they own the content, and can do with it as they please after you leave.

However, your goal isn't to prevent the change. Its to validate your employment and activity on those pages.

Thats what The Wayback Machine exists for. :)

It still has partial copies of my old homepage, way back from 2002! (Yes, it used frames. I've grown, haven't I?) :)
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Post by John Cartwright »

Roja, your page doesn't validate ;) jk
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

WOW. I can't believe some of the crap I produced. Well I can. I mean, after all, I haven't always been as perfect as I am right now, but whoo, that was some bad stuff. :oops:

Thanks for the link. Sorry to derail this thread.
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Post by Roja »

Jcart wrote:Roja, your page doesn't validate ;) jk
I KNOW! I'm honestly ashamed. Invalid code, frames, tag soup.. I even made it in Frontpage. Oh the shame of my youth. But hey, at least I can say I do better now.
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