[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":107},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-after-launch-hosting-and-maintenance":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cover":91,"date":92,"description":93,"draft":94,"extension":95,"locale":96,"meta":97,"navigation":98,"path":99,"seo":100,"stem":101,"tags":102,"__hash__":106},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fafter-launch-hosting-and-maintenance.md","After launch: what hosting, updates and maintenance really involve",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":81},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,28,34,38,41,45,48,51,55,58,62,78],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Launch day feels like the finish line. It's more like moving into a new flat: the big work is done, and now someone has to take the bins out. Here's what happens after a website goes live, and what you should know before you sign anything.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"hosting-in-one-paragraph","Hosting, in one paragraph",[10,19,20],{},"Hosting is the computer your website lives on, rented by the month or year. For a small, fast, mostly static site that can cost very little. For a WordPress site with a database and plugins it costs more, because it needs a server that runs all the time and gets updated. For a shop it's more again. Ask which kind your site needs and what it costs per year, and make sure the contract is in your name.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"domain-and-email-keep-them-yours","Domain and email: keep them yours",[10,26,27],{},"Your domain (yourname.de) should be registered to you, with your own login. Same for your email. Designers come and go, agencies close, people forget passwords. If your domain is registered in someone else's name, you don't really own your web address. This is the one thing I'd check today, even if you're not planning anything.",[29,30,31],"blockquote",{},[10,32,33],{},"If someone else holds your domain, you're renting your own name.",[14,35,37],{"id":36},"updates-that-actually-matter","Updates that actually matter",[10,39,40],{},"Content management systems, plugins and frameworks get security updates. On a WordPress site with plugins, that's a regular job, and skipping it is how sites get hacked. Static sites, like most of the ones I build, have far less to update because there's no database or plugin layer to attack. Ask your designer what needs updating on your site, how often, and who does it.",[14,42,44],{"id":43},"what-maintenance-should-include","What maintenance should include",[10,46,47],{},"A sensible maintenance arrangement covers security updates, backups you can actually restore, a check that forms still deliver emails, a look at speed and broken links, and a small amount of time for changes. It should come with a clear monthly or yearly price and a list of what's included. \"Support as needed\" with no description usually means nothing happens until something breaks.",[10,49,50],{},"You don't always need a contract. If your site is simple and you can edit it yourself, paying for an hour when you need one is often enough.",[14,52,54],{"id":53},"edit-it-yourself","Edit it yourself",[10,56,57],{},"The best maintenance is a site you can update on your own: new texts, new photos, opening hours, a blog post. Every site I hand over comes with a short walkthrough so you're not dependent on me for a typo.",[14,59,61],{"id":60},"the-handover-checklist","The handover checklist",[63,64,65,69,72,75],"ul",{},[66,67,68],"li",{},"Logins for domain, hosting, CMS and email, in your name.",[66,70,71],{},"A copy of the code or an export of the content.",[66,73,74],{},"Where backups are and how to restore one.",[66,76,77],{},"Who to call if it breaks, and what that costs.",[10,79,80],{},"A good website should keep working when the person who built it is on holiday. Ideally it should keep working when they've retired.",{"title":82,"searchDepth":83,"depth":83,"links":84},"",2,[85,86,87,88,89,90],{"id":16,"depth":83,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":83,"text":24},{"id":36,"depth":83,"text":37},{"id":43,"depth":83,"text":44},{"id":53,"depth":83,"text":54},{"id":60,"depth":83,"text":61},null,"2026-09-29","A website isn't finished on launch day. What hosting actually is, which updates matter, what maintenance should cost and how to make sure you're never locked out of your own site.",false,"md","en",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fafter-launch-hosting-and-maintenance",{"title":5,"description":93},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fafter-launch-hosting-and-maintenance",[103,104,105],"Web Design","Maintenance","Clients","I9dp3Eid9SGmAqx2seYlDizx2gjOGMubMDuLzNlCre4",1792165381493]