: Where to store project resource files? You are working on a website for a client. He (the client) sends you a bunch of MS Word documents with text that you have to use in the website. Where

@Jamie184

I think there is value in storing them in an FTP-accessible directory for their site, calling it whatever... such as "ClientProvided" or "SourceDocuments."

Here is why:


Client, if they have FTP access, would unquestionably have access to the same docs they provided to you
Should you ever lose their account, or wish to fire them as a customer, everything is ready for transition to another web professional


While some people might have the opinion that if you don't do business with them you won't care or need to give them such source material, I'm of the belief that it's easier to just hand everything over (within your terms and conditions). What you don't want is future repeated calls for a trickling out of more files, more history/info, and also any suggestion by the client or another firm that you are uncooperative.

Like Kris suggested, JIRA and/or SVN could also be good places to put that data, but you might not want to hand over the contents of those, perhaps more internal and sensitive, forms of data.

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@Si4351233

We use JIRA as an issue tracker. In the scenario you describe I'd open an issue on the update being requested and attach the Word document to the issue.

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