How Not to Steal a Website

First, let's take a look at the website for a VCA Animal Hospital.
http://www.vcahospitals.com/alameda-east

Next, we'll take a look at a veterinary website in the UK.
http://petany.co.uk/east/home.html

As you may have noticed, these two websites look remarkably similar. I developed the VCA website while working at the Designory. This website from the UK has no association with VCA Animal Hospitals. Let's take a look at the source code for PETANY.

After reviewing the source code, I have created a short, non-exhaustive list of things to do when stealing someone else's work.

• Change the meta author tag - this one is a dead giveaway, it still says "Designory.com"
• Change analytics ids - a little bit trickier, because they aren't as obvious. Look, attention to detail is important to a programmer, especially important to a programmer who steals.
• Change API keys - Google Maps provides a free API for developers, all one has to do is apply for a key at no cost. On the Map & Directions page, PETANY is using the api key for vcahospitals.com, tsk, tsk.
• Change site verification keys - duh
• Ensure that forms do not post back to the site you stole the code from. PETANY is going to have a hard time accepting appointments online because the form is posting back to vcahospitals.com
• I did not do the creative for VCA, but when stealing a logo, if your client is in the UK, you probably should not include an outline of the United States (as is found in the original) in the logo.

One last thing to consider when stealing someone else's work, you should make every effort to disassociate yourself (developer) from your client's website. I searched Google for "petany.co.uk" (in quotes) and came up with one Facebook profile (Hi Alain).