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12 plain-English articles on looking after your site for owner-run businesses.
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How often should you update your website
How often to update your small business website, the difference between software and content updates, and a simple monthly and yearly routine.
30 October 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteMoving hosting without breaking your site
How to move your website to a new host safely: backups, domain and DNS in plain English, email records, testing, timing and when to cancel old hosting.
19 October 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteAccessibility basics for small business websites
Simple ways to make your small business website easier for everyone to use, from text size and contrast to alt text, forms and captions.
11 October 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteWhy WordPress sites break without regular updates
Why set and forget WordPress sites break or get hacked, what needs updating, what regular care looks like and when a simpler site is better.
8 October 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteWhat to do when your website goes down
A calm, step by step guide to what to check and who to contact when your small business website goes down, and how to keep customers informed.
30 September 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteWhat a website care plan should include
What a monthly website care or maintenance plan should cover, the red flags to watch for, and how to compare plans fairly.
8 September 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteWhy your business email should be on your own domain
Why an email address on your own domain beats Gmail or Hotmail, the main options, and how to avoid losing email when you change website provider.
17 August 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteWebsite backups explained
What a website backup is, how often to take one, where to store it and how to check it works. A plain guide for small UK businesses.
2 August 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteYour web designer has disappeared: what to do next
Your web designer has vanished and nobody knows the logins. A calm, step by step guide to getting your domain, hosting, email and site back.
18 July 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteWhat an SSL certificate is and why your site needs one
What the padlock and https mean, why browsers show a Not secure warning, and how SSL certificates are provided and renewed for small business sites.
3 July 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteWebsite hosting explained in plain English
What website hosting is, the difference between shared and managed hosting, and what cheap hosting leaves you to sort out yourself.
4 June 20265 min readRead → Looking after your siteDo you actually own your domain name?
How to check who owns your domain name, why it matters for your business, and how to move it into your own name if someone else holds it.
20 May 20265 min readRead →Your website for £99. Then £14.99 a month.
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