Your webmaster is leaving. Here is what to collect before they go.
A website handover checklist for when your volunteer webmaster leaves: domain, hosting, WordPress, Google accounts, licences, permission, closing access.
Insights
Insights on running a website.
Accessibility, keeping a site running, and where AI fits. Written for the people who own the website, not the people who build it.
Who owns your website’s domain, hosting and logins? How to find out.
Who owns your website domain? Check in minutes, see what happens when a .ca domain expires, and move the domain, hosting and logins into…
Managed hosting and managed care are different things
Managed WordPress hosting vs a maintenance plan: hosts run the server, but most exclude plugin conflicts and site fixes. What each one covers, and…
What drives the cost of looking after a WordPress site
Website maintenance cost in Canada depends on what the site does, its plugins, response times, hosting and backups. How to compare quotes on equal…
Can you get ChatGPT to recommend your business? What the evidence says.
Can you get ChatGPT to recommend your business? Nobody can promise it. What the evidence supports: let AI crawlers in, write clear pages, earn…
Is llms.txt worth it? We read the studies so you do not have to.
Is llms.txt worth it? A 2024 proposal no major AI assistant says it reads; 97% of files got no requests in one study. When…
What happens when nobody updates a WordPress site for a year
What happens if you don't update WordPress: plugin holes pile up, WordPress and PHP drop out of support, and catching up gets harder. How…
Taking over a WordPress site you did not build
How to take over a WordPress site from a previous developer: secure the accounts and domain, back it up, review plugins and PHP, then…
Wild Apricot or WordPress: which fits your association?
Wild Apricot vs WordPress for your association: all-in-one membership software, or a website you own. Payments, data export, costs and how to choose.
What a website care plan includes, and what it does not
What a website care plan includes: updates, backups, security, monitoring and fixes. What it usually leaves out, and eight questions to ask before signing.