Maintenance & updates – What differentiates Great Websites from Absent ones
- Making regular updates to website content, including adding new pages, modifying existing content, updating product/service information, and ensuring all content is accurate and up to date.
- Conducting regular security checks to identify and address vulnerabilities, applying security patches and updates, and implementing measures to protect the website from malware, hacking attempts, and other security threats.
- Implementing automated backup systems to regularly back up website data and files, ensuring that in the event of data loss or a website crash, the site can be quickly restored.
- Monitoring and optimizing website performance, including optimizing page load times, reducing server response times, and optimizing website code and scripts for improved speed and efficiency.
- Updating and maintaining plugins, themes, and other third-party integrations to ensure compatibility, security, and optimal performance, as well as leveraging new features and bug fixes provided by updates.
- Addressing and resolving technical issues, bugs, errors, and other website problems that may arise, ensuring smooth functionality and a seamless user experience.
- Monitoring and maintaining server infrastructure, including server updates, performance monitoring, server security, and optimizing server configurations for better website performance.
- Regularly checking and optimizing the website’s mobile responsiveness to ensure that it displays correctly and provides an optimal user experience across various mobile devices and screen sizes.
- Keeping the content management system (CMS) up to date by applying the latest updates and security patches, ensuring the website’s core framework is secure and functioning properly.
- Ensuring the website remains compliant with relevant industry standards, regulations, and best practices, such as GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) or ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance.
- Regularly reviewing and analyzing website analytics data to identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement, and using insights to make data-driven decisions for website enhancements and updates.
- Providing periodic design updates or refreshes to keep the website visually appealing, modern, and aligned with the brand’s evolving identity and industry trends.
- Assisting with content management tasks, such as uploading blog posts, updating images and videos, managing user-generated content, and ensuring consistent formatting and layout across the website.
- Managing and renewing SSL certificates to ensure secure data transmission between the website and its users, maintaining trust and data integrity.
- Continuously monitoring website uptime and performance, identifying and addressing any issues that may arise, and implementing measures to minimize downtime and ensure the website is always accessible to users.
