Support & Maintenance

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What are the ongoing WordPress maintenance costs for a website?

Getting a website designed and developed is only the beginning of being a website owner. Like it or not, there's going to be ongoing fees, either monthly or annually. In...
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Website Maintenance Checklist: Keeping Your WordPres Website Running Smoothly

Launching your website is super exciting, but it shouldn't be the end of your relationship with your web design company. In the ever-evolving digital landscape, maintaining a small business website...
Website Maintenance

Three things every website owner should be doing to make sure their website is working

The thing about websites is that they aren't like posters and books... they are on technology that changes. Any tiny change can cause a problem with your website. Far too...
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What you should expect from a website maintenance service

Back in 2006, when we built the first website for our first paying customer, website maintenance was not really a thing. You built a website for a customer. You put...
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What happens if your website breaks? (And who has to fix it?)

With the ever-changing face of technology, you can't expect to have a website made, never look at it again, and expect it to work flawlessly for an indefinite period of...
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How often should you update your website?

Not surprisingly, I have a lot of opinions on this. I have a lot of opinions on many websites in general. So let me start with this - you should...
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Hard and fast rules for backing up your WordPress website

Are you backing up your website? I hope your answer is not no! Don't assume that someone else is doing it. I have heard all kinds of excuses about backups,...
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A WordPress Support Plan can save your site

We offer a few different WordPress Support Plans, and many of our clients sign up for these to keep their site up and running smoothly. Having a plan ensures your...
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You should be backing up your site. A lot.

Are you backing up your site? If your answer is "I don't know" or "I think so" then you need to keep reading. You should be backing up your own...
Save money and hassles by hiring a pro

Hiring a pro can save you money and headaches

I had a client contact me the other day. I had helped her set up her website a year ago, but she took on maintaining it herself and had done...
Small Business Website Designs by Sumy Designs

Do what you do best. Let us do the rest.

One question I get asked a lot by prospective clients is this: "What happens after the website is finished if I need something updated?" It's a good question. And I...
Save money and hassles by hiring a pro

It’s okay if you don’t know it all the first day

If you are a perfectionist like I am, you probably get frustrated when you can't get things figured out right away. One of the reasons we chose WordPress as our...
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Who should update my site?

A lot of clients struggle with the deciding whether they should try to update their site on their own, or if they should hire someone to maintain it for them....