FN 02 · August 10, 2026
Your web developer disappeared. Here's the 48-hour checklist
Ghosted by your web developer? The first 48 hours, in order: domain, hosting, CMS access, backups — what to secure, what to check, and when it's time for a rescue.
FN · August 10, 2026
Three lookups that tell you what you actually own
Ten minutes, no passwords, no developer: WHOIS your domain, check your DNS, read your site's generator tag — and know your registrar, host, platform, and two expiry dates.
FM · August 10, 2026
Avoiding the website hostage situation
How organizations end up unable to leave their web vendor, what the lock-in patterns look like from inside, and the contract lines that prevent all of it.
FM · August 10, 2026
Choosing your next developer after a bad experience
The seven questions that separate a real professional from the next bad chapter — and the answers that should end the interview early.
FM · August 10, 2026
Your site got hacked: the first five moves
The calm sequence for a compromised website — what to do in the first hour, what evidence to preserve, and the mistakes panicked owners make that deepen the damage.
FM · August 10, 2026
Five signs your website is quietly abandoned
The checks anyone can run in ten minutes — no developer required — to find out whether anyone is actually watching your site, before an emergency answers the question for you.
FM · August 10, 2026
The handoff checklist: leaving a developer well (in either direction)
The complete transfer list when a website changes hands — what the departing developer delivers, what the owner verifies, and how both sides walk away clean.
FM · August 10, 2026
What a rescue assessment actually covers
The $1,500 flat assessment, itemized: what gets examined, what the written findings contain, and what you can do with the report whether or not you hire us.
FM · August 10, 2026
Rebuild or rescue? How to actually decide
The honest decision framework for a struggling site: when a rescue-and-stabilize saves real money, when a rebuild is genuinely right, and how to spot a rebuild quote that's really a ransom.
FM · August 10, 2026
Who actually owns your website? The four keys
Domain, hosting, code, content — the four things that constitute owning a website, who holds each one right now, and how to take them back without drama.