I can see that Pat has a bit of a problem here. I maintain a small website for our recorder group and for the most part, I develop the pages on my computer then upload them to the web. However, if there is something I want others to check, I find the easiest way is to upload the relevant pages but without any links with the main site, then email round the url and ask others to look and comment.

The thing is that there comes a point in developing a site when you really have to test it on the web proper. Once you do that then anyone can find the pages if they happen to enter appropriate terms in a search engine. It's a risk you have to take.

In the case of the recorder site it mostly doesn't matter very much but in the case of a commercial site like this it does matter and I think it is important that there really needs to be a very prominent warning about the status of the site and of the materials on it on every page (a search engine won't necessarily take you to the home page). Even then seeking the permission from the owners to use their material as examples and to explain what you are doing is still, as a minimum, a necessary courtesy.

My 2.5p worth


I must admit, I didn't know that Caddam Wood was still in copyright. Who wrote it?