# Client doesn't have a Mac!
**URL:** https://discourse.softpress.com/t/client-doesnt-have-a-mac/1125
**Category:** Freeway
**Created:** [March 26, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/client-doesnt-have-a-mac/1125 "2008-03-26T12:35:39Z")
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### Author:  [@Glenn1](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Glenn1)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/client-doesnt-have-a-mac/1125/1 "2008-03-26T12:35:39Z")
Hi,
I’ve been using Freeway Pro to author a website for a client. Now he wants to do it himself!
I was going to tell him to buy Freeway and then just pass the files over but he only has a PC and now I discover Freeway is only Mac compatible.
What’s the best solution to this problem? He’s a total novice so the simpliest solution please.
TIA!
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### Author:  [@davedesigner](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/davedesigner)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/client-doesnt-have-a-mac/1125/2 "2008-03-26T12:44:50Z")
Glenn,
Simply put…
2 Options:
1. Give him the site folder
2. Tell him to buy a mac and buy Freeway.
If he want’s to do it himself, then its his responsibility to sort out how.
On 26 Mar 2008, at 12:35, Glenn wrote:
> He’s a total novice so the simpliest solution please.
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### Author:  [@BigG2](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/BigG2)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/client-doesnt-have-a-mac/1125/3 "2008-03-26T13:20:18Z")
I have a client that edits the site themselves after I have completely designed it ([www.adaptive.com](http://www.adaptive.com)). I told them that once they start editing it then it’s down to them from that point on. It’s not the best solution as 6 months down the line if they need any help on it (a new page etc.) then I can’t really assist.
So, a Mac and Freeway is the only thing I can think of if you need to collaborate on a site. Or, if there are only parts of a site that the client needs to edit the you could always use a CMS like WebYep ([http://www.obdev.at/products/webyep/index.html)](http://www.obdev.at/products/webyep/index.html)) it works well with freeway.
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On 26 Mar 2008, at 12:35, Glenn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’ve been using Freeway Pro to author a website for a client. Now he wants to do it himself!
>
> I was going to tell him to buy Freeway and then just pass the files over but he only has a PC and now I discover Freeway is only Mac compatible.
>
> What’s the best solution to this problem? He’s a total novice so the simpliest solution please.
>
> TIA!
>
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### Author:  [@Glenn1](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Glenn1)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/client-doesnt-have-a-mac/1125/4 "2008-03-26T13:25:33Z")
Right, so Freeway files are not readable by any other authoring package.
I can’t say, export the site as HTML and get him to import it through some other authoring application. (Just looking through the menus it doesn’t look like I can).
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### Author:  [@waltd](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/waltd)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/client-doesnt-have-a-mac/1125/5 "2008-03-26T13:26:31Z")
Just to point out the unsaid inference here: the site folder (what
gets published to the server) contains standards-compliant HTML and
associated graphics files. Your client would need to invest in an
HTML editor of some sort, which would range from cheap and cheerful
to ultra-expensive and hand-holding.
Walter
On Mar 26, 2008, at 8:44 AM, David Owen wrote:
> 1. Give him the site folder
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### Author:  [@Glenn1](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Glenn1)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/client-doesnt-have-a-mac/1125/6 "2008-03-26T13:35:07Z")
> On 26 Mar. 2008, 1:20 pm, BigG wrote:
>
> I have a client that edits the site themselves after I have completely
> designed it ([www.adaptive.com](http://www.adaptive.com)). I told them that once they start
> editing it then it’s down to them from that point on. It’s not the
> best solution as 6 months down the line if they need any help on it (a
> new page etc.) then I can’t really assist.
>
> So, a Mac and Freeway is the only thing I can think of if you need to
> collaborate on a site. Or, if there are only parts of a site that the
> client needs to edit the you could always use a CMS like WebYep ([Objective Development - WebYep](http://www.obdev.at/products/webyep/index.html)
> ) it works well with freeway.
Thanks Nathan, that’s a feasible option for the short term. I’ll check it out.
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