Website and application management
A website needs care after launch.
A working website depends on its application, database, scheduled tasks and deployment process. We review those dependencies together, then define the maintenance and hosting responsibilities around the site you actually operate.
Discuss your projectIndividually scoped. Personally looked after.
The environment
Look after the application, not just the space it occupies.
A working website depends on its application, database, scheduled tasks and deployment process. We review those dependencies together, then define the maintenance and hosting responsibilities around the site you actually operate.
Application maintenance
Review the application stack, runtime versions, extensions and update process. Changes need a way to test the important journeys and recover if a release causes a problem.
A maintenance process that recognises application dependencies.
Data and recovery
Identify what must be backed up: website files, databases, uploads and configuration. Agree retention and restore checks around the amount of work your business can afford to lose.
A documented approach to the website’s important data.
Day-to-day operation
Connect availability checks, logs, certificates and scheduled tasks to useful operational actions. Define who investigates an alert and when an application issue needs your developer.
Clear ownership of routine operation and developer handover.
Illustrative operating scenario
An update goes live. The enquiry form stops working.
The page still loads, but a useful customer journey has failed. We follow the request through the application and its dependencies before deciding which change to make.
Reproduce the failed journey
Check the form, its validation, the receiving application and the evidence of a failed request.
Find the changed dependency
Compare the release, extension versions, mail configuration and relevant logs with the last working state.
Restore the useful behaviour
Agree a correction or rollback, then test the complete submission journey rather than only the homepage.

Working together
Bring the website’s operating context
Every management engagement and project is scoped and quoted individually. We will listen to what you need and prepare a proposal for the work we agree to take on.
Discuss your projectWhat you bring
- Application or CMS, extensions and current hosting access
- Deployment process, backups and known recurring problems
- Important user journeys and who maintains the application code
What we agree
- A maintenance process that recognises application dependencies.
- A documented approach to the website’s important data.
- Clear ownership of routine operation and developer handover.
15+ years
Production Linux experience
Every engagement is bespoke and quoted individually. Any hosting is part of management.
Questions worth asking
Can you take over an existing website?
We review its dependencies, access and recovery position before proposing ongoing care. The review identifies work needed before routine maintenance can begin.
Does management include application development?
Routine operation and feature development are different responsibilities. We agree which application changes belong in the engagement and where your developer remains involved.