naughty, naughty
I’m not sure I’ll ever understand how folks can steal other people’s designs and then have the audacity to claim ownership - especially when they also claim to be a web designer themselves. If you are a designer, shouldn’t you design your own portfolio site? Granted I used a template designed by someone else (a designer I rather admire) on this blog for some time, but this is a personal site and I never for a minute claimed it was my own design. There’s a big difference.
A blatant rip
This “designer” not only blatantly copied the Dynamic Vantage (the original of course) site design, but she copied text word for word to promote herself and even kept our Google Analytics code in the source (that was how I came across the site in the first place). Yes, admittedly, it can be flattering and reinforces the fact that you have a good looking site - which is one good thing to take away from this - but it’s also incredibly annoying since it is your own hard work. Most importantly though, I’d hate anyone to come across her site first and think that we copied her design. Far from the truth! It’s such a pity that folks do this.
I’m bemused by the copyright notice as well, “Please don’t steal. That’s naughty.“. Yes, yes it is. Naughty indeed.
Update: The site has been removed, although some of our files are still there. We never heard back from her, but I’m guessing the email from her host prompted some action. And, it seems the thievery spreads.
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