Client Charge..... wot would you do

[TXAlba]

so selling myself short then.......

[mwenz]

On the other hand, adding an editor takes how long? Minutes? If I valued the client (and some I do not) and had modest work for them now and again that I would bill x hours through a year, I would do this for no charge.

[TXAlba]

mwenz......... this was my initial thoughts also but in this case the client is a pain in the backside, a 'free loader' who i would be only too glad to see the back of. Though i would say that any development should be chargeable regardless of how good the client is. I would, as most would, discount just about anything as part of a project but this is quite specific. It may take only moments to do, but to the client there are big benefits to gain.

[Albacore]

The Joomla/Wordpres/Drupal sites that I have done locally I have charged a monthly contract to maintain and update. It's a simple contract where I do all the obvious maintenance, backup, technical telephone support, protect sites from offensive comments, backtrack spam, web stats,,,, I could go on but that is just for the clients. I don't charge much it depends on the client but it ranges from £10 to £275/month. The high one is for a real estate biz with a lot of updating and of course free hosting. As for adding new editor that would be included in monthly charge so adding new one is free and as Mike rightly states only takes a few minutes. I find all of these duties easy to do and I am not adverse to use my web hosting company's templates as a starting point for sites in this area.