Comments for My webmaster left, what do I do?

Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2005-11-28

2005-11-28T16:44:22Z

ToeKnee: that's a good observation ... if you in fact *have* an organization or entity to assign it to. There are many less formal groups that don't have that - my example list being one.

And even so, your registrar/isp/whatever may still require you to jump through hoops to prove that you are in fact an authorized representative of that organization.

Bottom line: I still feel it's faster / safer to make sure that someone else besides your webmaster has the information readily available.

]]>

A comment on: My webmaster left, what do I do?

Tech Questions? Get Answers! - Ask Leo! ... by Leo Notenboom
Leo's Answers Newsletter - Ask Leo! in your inbox every week.

Comment from Will Belden on 2005-11-28

2005-11-28T12:41:06Z

I work for a company called SmartUpdates.NET. We offer maintenance services to companies who know what they want to do, but don't necessarily want to mess with FTP, HTML, stylesheets, etc. And for far less than the cost of hiring a new webmaster!

]]>

A comment on: My webmaster left, what do I do?

Tech Questions? Get Answers! - Ask Leo! ... by Leo Notenboom
Leo's Answers Newsletter - Ask Leo! in your inbox every week.

Comment from ToeKnee on 2005-11-27

2005-11-28T05:38:03Z

I think you can make it much simpler than that and still be adequately protected: make sure the website is registered to the organization or business you have (domain owner) with proper address, and make sure you or an owner/director of the organization/business is listed as the administrative contact with valid e-mail address. (And put the registrar in your address book to make sure their e-mails don't go in your spam folder). Your webmaster should only be listed as technical contact and perhaps billing contact if that's the arrangement you have.

If the webmaster disappears, you can get the login to change the name servers quite easily if you're the admin contact. Any new webmaster worth his/her salt will easily be able to get in contact with the webhost (via the nameservers) and have ftp/control panel info sent to you (domain owner/admin contact) which you can then send on to him. Should you desire to move to a new server, a competent webmaster likewise should be able to get the registrar to send you login info to manage the nameservers. And, since you are admin contact, no one can change that info without your consent.

So, in a nutshell, just make sure you're owner and admin of your domain, and the rest can be handled by professionals. I am continually amazed how many organizations let their domain names be registered in the webmaster's name.

]]>

A comment on: My webmaster left, what do I do?

Tech Questions? Get Answers! - Ask Leo! ... by Leo Notenboom
Leo's Answers Newsletter - Ask Leo! in your inbox every week.