Artistic Integrity Vs. Client Wishes?

Originally Posted by Seb I wouldn't do that. That looks dishonest, and besides, that would mean you can't link to their live site. I guess you just have to make the best use out of the specified criteria. Hard, I know, but you can only try.

As a worker, you have no obligation to link to their site. A portfolio is to showcase your work, not to promote their site. The only reason I link to my clients sites is because I don't want to host all those scripts on my server.

Keeping the design on your server just means they might have changed it since you made it. No one will see it as dishonest.