I have a tricky question.

[lukeurtnowski]

I'm a freelance web designer and I was wondering if I could put page on a cliennts server, and the page (or certain parts of the page) would automatically be deleted unless I did something?? (like maybe a javasript function or something). The reason I'm asking is because sometimes peeople I do work for leave me high and dry, don't pay me and just change their password to their server.
Thanks.

[JPnyc]

Well I think most of us demand payment upon completion and final approval, but before uploading the files to their server. To answer the original question, I don't know a way to do what you asked. There may be a slight chance that a serverside script that could erase the text on the HTML files by a particular date, unless you delete the script. It's not likely that you'd have delete permissions on their server. But you'd have to know in advance what kind of serverside languages are supported bytheir host. I don't see it being practical.

[ray326]

First, require incremental payments as the project progresses. You need to host the proposed site on your own server and upload it to your client after acceptance and payment. Doing something after the fact will probably get you sued and quite possibly is a criminal offense.