Separate Website Ownership From a Previous Designer's Account in Wayland
Move durable website assets into business-controlled accounts while preserving only the vendor access still needed for ongoing work.
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Move durable website assets into business-controlled accounts while preserving only the vendor access still needed for ongoing work.
Inventory domain, DNS, hosting, CMS, source code, email, analytics, forms, backups, licenses, and integrations before changing agency access or moving the site.
A half-finished website should be inventoried before anyone continues building: source code, hosting, domain, assets, credentials, requirements, working features, broken pieces, and ownership all need to be understood first.
Break a hosting bill into infrastructure, management, backups, domains, email, software, security, and support so the business can see what is actually included.
Audit website accounts, business facts, user access, forms, policies, branding, and connected services when a business changes ownership.
A website continuity plan removes single-person control over critical accounts and documents enough ownership, recovery, deployment, and provider information for normal operations to continue after an unexpected departure.
A small-business website handoff should document the few systems, accounts, renewal responsibilities, deployment steps, backups, and recovery paths needed for the owner or another developer to take over.
A new web developer works faster when the owner provides authoritative business facts, current priorities, existing assets, account access, and project constraints instead of expecting the developer to reverse-engineer the business.
Recover control of the domain, DNS, hosting, website accounts, content, backups, and connected services before deciding whether an abandoned business site needs rebuilding.
Use a business website as a stable home base while keeping Facebook useful for community, updates, and distribution.