i think what clients i've been dealing with for the last year sum up this whole thread .. but it's their logic that i love .. for their portal site i created joe standard directory listing .. -client: "drop the interface, we'll just do it static pages" me: "uhh ok, why? you've already got 90% of the info in there" client: "we don't want to manage it"--------------6 months later (launching another portal, same company .. same site basically .. different city)--------------client: "lets make this…