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Someone has asked me to update their website - just to add some very simple content-manageable pages. I know how to do this using a flat-file database and PHP, (yes I know I could use MySQL, but I thought that, for this simple purpose, where updates are infrequent and done only by one person, a flat-file would be OK), but - I'm wondering about the commercial practicalities of updating someone's existing website, per se.
I have quite reliable multi-domain hosting, so should I host the updated site myself?
If I do, should I (a) get the present registration agent just to change the domain's Name Servers to those of my hosting server, or would it be preferable to (b) register the domain afresh on behalf of (and in the name of) this client, by getting the present registration agent to change the Nominet tag to that of the company which I commonly register domains with, and then insert my hosting DNS addresses myself?
I can't think what the alternative is to hosting it myself. I don't know if the present hosting setup has PHP enabled or not, and then there's FTP-ing the new pages, possible .htaccess files, etc, etc. Maybe it's obvious that I should host the whole thing myself, but I'd be glad for any observations here, things to look out for, etc.
Also, I'm wondering about any 'intellectual property' issues. Does the client own all the code? The site says it's copyright [client's name], so I guess he does, but again I'd appreciate any advice on potential pitfalls to look out for here. For example, how can I put "website by [me]" if a lot of the code was written by someone else? Perhaps I can't? Or should I steer this client to a complete rewriting, as well as new hosting, for that reason?
Thanks for any and all advice!
