End-product for Web Dvelopment

[abdul_hadi25]

 Greetings, I have a small question here. Like when you get hired for, let's say, a project for constructing a website for the client. What is the end-form deliverables that I need to hand over to my client as the milestone submission? Just asking generally. Like how can we hand him/her the created website through Upwork? It would really help as I'm new to web development jobs here. 

[yitwail · Accepted solution]

Abdul, most of the clients I work with allow me to work on their web server directly, so I just make modifications in place. I suppose doing it this way, it's possible that a client could take the work and not pay on a fixed price, but that hasn't happened to me. The alternative is to set up a test site yourself and work on it, which the client can view with a web server, then if the client approves the milestone, either upload all the files to the client server, or perhaps put everything in a zip file and send it to the client as an attachment or upload it somewhere like Google Drive or Dropbox.

[abdul_hadi25]

I see. Thanks a lot!!

[alexandruifrim]

You could also setup a git repository (where both you and the client have access), and once everything is ready for release, make a pull on the client's server.

[chrisquinn352]

sometimes I use screenshots for "before" and "after" shots, and I keep track of all the changes I've made and then "sum" them up into a nice paragraph or two and use that as achieving a milestone.

I normally develop locally and utilize my own server if the client doesn't offer theirs.  I do it this way because the way I've seen some servers configured is just borderline dangerous to change anything.  I did work for a client and they specifically asked me to develop on their hosting, so I obliged. I was shocked when I accessed the filesystem through WinSCP to see that they had every website ever made for this company going back to 2002.  It was a total mess, just everything scattered everywhere.  I used to offer to clean up the servers for free, not delete things, just organize them better, because it messes with my OCD,  but I've learned to just ignore it.